Heretic Pride Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays358

Heretic Pride by Mountain Goats is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			                                   A 
Well they come and pull me from my house 
                                  D 
And they drag my body through the streets 
                                  E              D 
And the sun’s so hot I think I’ll catch fire and burn up 
                               A 
in the summer air so moist and sweet 
                               A 
And the people all come out to cheer 
                              D 
Rocks in the pathway break my skin 
                               E            D 
And there’s honeysuckle on the faint breeze today 
                              A 
With every breath I’m drawing in 
          F#m                 D 
I want to cry out but I don’t scream and I don’t shout 
           A              D 
And I feel so proud to be alive 
           A  E                 D 
And I feel so proud to when the reckoning arrives 
A   D X2 
                          A 
Crowds grow denser by the second 
                             D 
As we near the center of the town 
                                   E                 D 
And they dig a trench right in the main square right there 
                                 A 
And they pick me up and throw me down 
                            A 
And I start laughing like a child 
                              D 
And I mark their faces one by one 
                       E              D 
Transfigurations gonna come for me at last 
                                A 
And I will burn hotter than the sun 
         F#m                     D 
I waited so long and now I taste jasmine on my tongue 
           A              D 
And I feel so proud to be alive 
           A  E              D 
And I feel so proud when the reckoning arrives 
A   D X4 
Finish on A 
    	

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100 BPM Andante