WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Mountain Goats - Spent Gladiator Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
D5 A5(V) D5 A5(V)
[Verse 1]
C5 E C5 E
Like a spent gladiator
A5
Crawling in the Colosseum dust
C5 E C5 E
Who can count on his remaining limbs
A5
All the people he can trust
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Like the one who stands behind him
A5
Cheering him on
C5 E C5 E
Ecstatic when he stands defiant
A5
Wild with abandon when he's gone
[Chorus]
F5
Just stay alive
C5 G5
Keep your eyes on the palla
A5(V)
[Verse 2]
C5 E C5 E
Like a village on the steppe
A5
About to get collectivized
C5 E C5 E
When the men emerge with rifles from the haystack
A5
Everybody looks surprised
C5 E C5 E
Like the mice in the forgotten grain
A5
Way up on the top shelf
C5 E C5 E
Like someone who's found a small town to escape to
A5
Keeps one eye on his abandoned former self
[Chorus]
F5
Stay in the game
C5 G5
Just try to play through the pain
[Bridge]
D5 F5 E5 C5
Like a fighter who's been told it's finally time for him to quit
A5 E5 E
Show up in shining colors and then stand there and get hit
[Intro]
D5 A5(V) D5 A5(V)
[Verse 3]
C5 E C5 E
Like the clock that ticks in Dresden
A5
When the whole town's been destroyed
C5 E C5 E
Like the nagging flash of insight
A5
You're always desperate to avoid
C5 E C5 E
Like the bloody knuckled gunman
A5
Still stationed at the breach
C5 E C5 E
Like that board game with the sliders
A5
And the children on the beach
[Chorus]
F5
Stay alive
C5 G5
Maybe spit some blood at the camera
F5
Just stay alive
C5 G5
Stay forever alive
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