The Goat Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]I am[F] a s[Dm]impl[E]e g[Am]oat
[E]I live [Bdim]on the [E]back of a pick- up truck[Am]
The Old Man tied me here
[E]with a 3- foot [Am]rope
[Dm]Am I happy he [E]don't [Am]give a fuck
[G][C][F][G][Am]
He's filled with [G]anger, and [Am]filled with rage
And [F]tells me I smell like

[Verse 2]
[E]piss
His [F]drink, Jimmy Bean
His [G]chaser, a bear
After [Am]that, various alcohols
[F]That's when the beatings
[G]get so severe
[Am]Asleep I [Dm]pray he

[Verse 3]
[E]falls
But [Am]don't feel [C]sorry for [Am]me
[Dm]Things weren't [C#m]always this [Am]bad
Why, when I [G]was [F]a young talking goat
[Dm]The Old Man was just like [E]my d[A]ad
[Am]I come

[Verse 4]
from the hills of [G]Europe
That's [C]where I met the Old [E]Man
He was [F]lost in the woods,
I [G]gave him directions
[Am]He gave me a tuna can

[Verse 5]
Then he [Am]stopped in his tracks
And he [G]said, "Hey Goat!
Would you [C]like to live with [E]me?
I've got a [F]house with a pick- [G]up truck
In a place across the [Am]sea"
I said, [D]"Sure, why not, I've [Am]got no family
[D]You seem like a nice [Am]guy"

[Verse 6]
So we [F]went off to Amer[G]ica
The home of the apple [F]pie[A]
[D]On the boat, [E]the Old Man told [A]me
I would [F#m]be a p[E]resent for his wif[A]e
"A talking [D]goat!" he ex[E]claimed,
[A]"She'd never seen [Am]this in her life"
[C]I felt s[Bm]o spe [E]cial!

[Verse 7]
Well, [E]I just c[F#dim]ouldn't bel[F]ieve it
Af[C]ter all theses years I fi
[Am]nally had a [E]friend
[Am]He trimmed my bear[F]d
He scraped my [Am]hooves[C]
[Dm]I prayed it would ne[E]ver en[A] d

[Verse 8]
But when [Bbm]we got to his house
There [Cm]was no wife
[C#]Only a short, short [F]letter
It said: "I'm [Bbm]leaving
you for [G#]your broher
Because [F#]he fucks me be[Fsus4]tter"
[F]His eye[C#]s filled with tears of sad[G#]ness
His [Bbm]heart was filled with [F]grief

[Verse 9]
To soothe him[F#]self he drank
a pint [G#]of Old Granddad
And [Bbm]beat me like a side of beef
I screamed, [C#]"Send me back
to the hills [G#]of Europe!"
He just [Bbm]shook his head and said, [F]"Nope!
No [F#]one will ever leave me again
[G#]To make sure,
put [F]on this 3- foot fucking [Bbm]rope."

[Verse 10]
Present [G#]day,
I've been on the truck [C#]for 5[G#]1 years
My only friend is the AM radio
[C#]Sometime[G#]s the neighborhood
chil[C#]dren stop by
But [G#]it's always rocks and beer
bottles [C#]they throw

[Verse 11]
[G#]At first they're excited to se[C#]e
a talking goat
They gather [G#]around to hear
what I have to [C#]say
[G#]But I [F]guess sometimes
my stories [F#]go ont too long
So they [Ebm]leave and [Fm]giggle I need a [F#]bidet

[Verse 12]
[F#]
But you know there was a night that
I [C#]did get off [C#m]the truck
When the [F#]Old Man was
passed out [C#m]drunk
[F#]Three neightborhood kids took me to
a [C#]rock 'n roll concer[C#m]t
The kind of mu[F#]sic,
[C#m]old- s[C#]chool f[E]unk[G#][Bbm][C#][Ebm][Bbm][C#][E][G#]
[Bbm][E]
[F]It was the fir[Bbm]st time I[C#]
got [E]off [F]the truck
The music [Bbm]made me lose cont[E]rol

[Verse 13]
The lead [Bbm]singer asked [Db]if
we were [E]having [F]fun
I said, "Fuck[Bbm]ing crank
[C#]that rock [E]'n roll!"
[F]The women at [F#]the show [C#m]were beaut[E]iful
[F]As they dan[Bbm]ced
[C#]sexi[E]ly on the soft grass[F#]
[Bbm]One of them ev[C#]en pe[E]tted my fu[G#]r

[Verse 14]
Fuck me in the goat- ass!
[Bbm]Then some long- [C#]haired guys
[E]grabbed me by the [F]horns
And [Bbm]threw me [C#]in the mosh [E]pit
They [Bbm]passed me [C#]around
and [E]treated me [F]nie
[Bbm]Till I nervi[C#m]ously sprayed them with [E]shit
[F]Then the mus[C#]ic stopped
And everything was quite
And all the rock 'n rollers
started a fucking goat- [F#]riot
Kill [Bbm]the goat!

[Verse 15]
Kill [F]the goat!
[Bbm]Kill the goat!
Kill the [F]goat!

[Verse 16]
They [Bbm]chased me [E]under the [F]bleachers
[C#]They[Bbm] chased me onto the stre[F]et
[G#]They chase[Bbm]d me into an al le[F]y
And said I was a [Bbm]dead fucki[E]ng goat m[F]eat
[G#]But then I saw[E] a sig[F]ht
[C#]That I never[Bbm] thought I'd see[F]
[G#]The

[Verse 17]
[Bbm]Old Man swinging
his [F]hickory [G#]stick
But he [Bbm]wasn't [E]swinging at [F]me[Ab]
[Bbm]"Fuck you, [E]pot- smoking [F]turkey[E]s!
[Bbm]Don't you press your [F]luck!"
[G#]The long

[Verse 18]
[Bbm]hairs ran away s[F]creaming
[C#]As I[Bbm] scrambled onto the tr[F]uck
[G#]When we go[F#]t home, the Old Man sa[G#]id,
"Goat, you broke the sacred [Bbm]law
No! Please! Sorry! Shit!
[F#]I'll let it go this time,
but if you [G#]leave again
I'll break your fucking [Bbm]jaw!"

[Verse 19]
Super! Great! Okay!
[F#]"Thank you Old Man, for [C#]saving my life
[F#]Thank you again and [C#]again
You [F#]could have let them [C#]barbeque me,
[F#]But you acted like a[C#] friend"

[Verse 20]
"I'm not your [F#]friend,
I don't even [C#]like you
I'm [F#]just not drunk," he [C#]said
To prove his [F#]point,
he drank a bottle [C#]of grain alcohol
And [F#]beat the fuck[G#]ing shit [Bbm]out[G][Am]
[F]of [G]my [Am]tail[F]bone[Am][G][Am]
And [G]I'll probably [F]never
walk [E]straight again

[Verse 21]
[Am]I guess you'[G]d call me a scap[Am]egoat
A [F]punching bag for [G]the Old Man to [Am]mock
Just be[G]cause his wife [Am]left him
For his [F]brother's abnor
[Dm]mally large [E]cock

[Verse 22]
[Am]He could [G]have been my [C]buddy
But in[F]stead [G]he's a crazy old [Am]fuck
And, [F]once again,
I go to sleep in my [C]etern[D]al [D]home
The [F]back of the [Em]pick- up [A]truck
[B][Am][D][F][G]

[Verse 23]
Goodnight, Old Man!
Yeah, goodnight Goat!