Getting Into Knives
The Mountain Goats

E B C#m
E B E

E B C#m
I hit the cul-de-sac on the spiritual path
E B C#m C#m-B-A
Retraced my steps back home
A E
But the house burned down before I got there
B C#m
And I found myself alone

I tried to keep things in perspective
As I hunted down the perpetrator
Loaded up my toolkit
With every hateful instrument
Now here we are thirty years later

E B Asus2-G#m-F#m-Esus4
I'm getting into knives
E B Asus2-G#m-F#m-Esus4
I'm getting into knives
C# B
I've been up and down the buffet
A E
Several different times
I'm adjusting my focus,
B C#m
I'm getting into knives

I sought wisdom from the sages
Consulted with master tacticians
Met up with some guys
who wouldn't tell me their last names
They specialized in non-conventional munitions

Stayed on the scent like a bloodhound
Followed the clues where they led
Taste of hot ashes on my tongue all day
I took my rifle with me to bed

But I'm getting into knives
I'm getting into knives
It's a gift to be simple, it's a gift to be free
I'm adjusting my focus, I'm getting into knives

D C#m
Held to my vision all these days
G#7 C#m C#m-B-A
While stray signals kept flooding the switchboard
A E
Came all this way for hunger
B
May I be worthy of my reward

I stood at the door, and I listened
Rustled through my rucksack as quiet as I could
You can't give me back what you've taken
But you can give me something that's almost as good

I'm getting into knives
I am getting into knives
Behold, I stand at the door, and I knock,
and then I knock twice
I've adjusted my focus,
I'm getting into knives