Counting Song For Bitter Children Chords
Counting Song For Bitter Children by Mountain Goats is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Csus4 and Bbsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
F Csus4 Bbsus4
e: ---8------8------6------|
B: --10------8------6------|
G: --10-----10------8------|
D: --10-----10------8------|
A: ---8-----10------8------|
E: ---X------8------6------|
vieurd: “The general chord progression is F-Csus4-Bbsus4-F-Csus4
John seems strum the sixth string on the F chord and the fifth and
sixth strings on the Csus4 and Bbsus4 somewhat lightly in order to
place emphasis on the guitar melody.”
| F | Csus4 | Bbsus4 | F Csus4 |
F
one, two
Csus4
I don't love you.
Bbsus4
three, four
F Csus4
Anymore
one, three
Stay away from me
five, seven
Good children get nothing
F
Na-na-na Na-na-na Na-na
Csus4
Na-na-na Na-na-na Na-na
Bbsus4
Na-na-na Na-na-na Na-na
F Csus4
Na Na-na Na-na Na
one, two, two and a half
Stick around here? Don’t make me laugh
two-and-a-half, three, four-point-five
The new day's dawning and my hour's arrived
one, two
I got things to do
one, three*
I got people to see, I got people that wanna see me
Na na na…
Na na na…
*This is what he sings in the recording.
According to John, “The final line actually goes
three fours lined up in a row
I got people to see, I got people that wanna see me
so that the last verse has a "one two three four"
except that the third one is "three fours," O young John tryna be all clever”