The Mountain Goats - Cobra Tattoo

      [Intro]
A7/G

[Verse 1: John Darnielle]
A7/G                  C#m      Bm          A
Sun just clearing the treeline when my day begins
A7/G                C#m      Bm                       A
Slippery ice on the bridges, northeastern wind coming in
A7/G               C#m   Bm                 A
You will bruise my head, I will strike your heel
A7/G                C#m                A/E                  A7/G
Drive past woods of northern pine, try not to let go of the wheel


[Chorus]
         C
Dream at night
            G        A
Girl with a cobra tattoo
       C
On her arm
                 G          A
Its head flaring out like a parachute


[Intro]
A7/G C#m Bm A
A7/G C#m Bm A


[Verse 2]
A7/G              C#m   Bm          A
Prisms in the dew drops in the underbrush
A7/G               C#m             Bm                A
Skatecase sailor's purses floating down in the black needlerush
A7/G            C#m   Bm            A
Higher than the stars I will set my throne
A7/G              C#m      Bm                          A
God does not need Abraham, God can raise children from stones


[Chorus]
         C
Dream at night
            G     A
Girl with a cobra tattoo
           C
And try to hear
                 G             A
The garbled transmissions come through


[Outro]
F#m A7/G
F#m A7/G
F#m A7/G
F#m A7/G