[ Предположительная тональность: G ] Here it is. All of the Decemberists' songs and albums in one tab. I'll try to keep it updated as they come out with new albums, but it will take a little bit of time to update however, so don't expect instant service ;). Also, songs that are on more than one album will not be repeated. There are also a few songs that are impossible to get chords for so I have the tab. Any songs with no "Original Tabbers" are ones tabbed by me. ------ =Separation Between Songs ~~~~~~ =Separation Within Songs (Such as between the crane wife 1 and 2) |||||| =Separation Between Albums 1. Billy Liar I. Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right II. Sunshine 2. The Tain I. The Tain, Parts 1-5 3. Picaresqueties I. The Bandit Queen II. Bridges and Balloons III. Constantinople IV. The Kingdom of Spain 4. The Decemberists-CONNECT Set I. PLease Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas) 5. Always The Bridesmaid I. Valerie Plame II. O New England III. Days Of Elaine IV. I'm Sticking With You V. A Record Year For Rainfall VI. Raincoat Song 6. 5 Songs I. Oceanside II. Shiny III. My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist IV. Angel, Won't You Call Me? V. I Don't Mind VI. Apology Song 7. Her Majesty The Decemberists I. Shanty for the Arethusa II. Billy Liar III. Los Angeles, I'm Yours IV. The Gymnast, High Above the Ground V. The Bachelor and the Bride VI. Song for Myla Goldberg VII. The Soldiering Life VIII. Red Right Ankle IX. The Chimbley Sweep X. I Was Meant for the Stage XI. As I Rise 8. Castaways and Cutouts I. Leslie Anne Levine II. Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect III. July, July! IV. A Cautionary Song V. Odalisque VI. Cocoon VII. Grace Cathedral Hill VIII. The Legionnaire's Lament IX. Clementine X. California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade 9. Picaresque I. The Infanta II. We Both Go down Together III. Eli, The Barrow Boy IV. The Sporting Life V. The Bagman's Gambit VI. From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea) VII. 16 Military Wives VIII. The Engine Driver IX. On the Bus Mall X. The Mariner's Revenge Song XI. Of Angels and Angles 10. The Crane Wife I. The Crane Wife 3 II. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Feel Not the Drowning III. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) IV. O Valencia! V. The Perfect Crime #2 VI. When the War Came VII. Shankill Butchers VIII. Summersong IX. The Crane Wife 1&2 X. Sons & Daughters BONUS TRACKS XI. After the Bombs XII. Culling of the Fold XIII. The Perfect Crime #1 XIV. The Day I Knew You Wouldn't Ever Come Back XV. Hurdles Even Here 11. The Hazards of Love I. Prelude II. The Hazards of Love 1(The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone) III. A Bower Scene IV. Won't Want For Love(Margaret in the Taiga) V. The Hazards of Love 2(Wager All) VI. The Queen's Approach VII. Isn't it a Lovely Night VIII. The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid IX. An Interlude X. The Rake's Song XI. The Abduction of Margaret XII. The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing XIII. Annan Water XIV. Margaret in Captivity XV. The Hazards of Love 3(Revenge!) XVI. The Wanting Comes in Waves(Reprise) XII. The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned) 12. The King Is Dead I. Don't Carry It All II. Calamity Song III. Rise To Me IV. Rox In The Box V. January Hymn VI. Down By The Water VII. All Arise! VIII. June Hymn IX. This Is Why We Fight X. Dear Avery 13. Long Live The King I. E. Watson II. Forgone III. Burying Davy IV. I 4 U & U 4 Me V. Row Jimmy VI. Sonnet 14. We All Raise Our Voices To The Air I. Dracula's Daughter 1. Billy Liar I. Everything I Try To Do, Nothing Seems To Turn Out Right Originally tabbed by: Shokin INTRO C7M G C7M G VERSE 1 C7M The film was a bust but we stayed till the ending G Hair all a-mussed but your clothes didn't look so bad C7M And back on the street the rain was descending G In cold dirty sheets, so under the awning we sat C7M And then you hailed yourself a yellow cab PRE-CHORUS C G And I sat for a time by the valets in line and I read what you wrote on the card C G Above a cowboy you drew a big talk balloon saying "Try not to take it so hard" CHORUS Am C But there's this nagging suspicion that won't leave me alone tonight G It's just that everything I try to do, nothing seems to turn out right VERSE 2 C7M We laid on our backs and stared at the ceiling G Messed with your slacks, but ended up just holding your hand C7M The rain will remain, the TV was telling G A drip of the drain as your legs lift to brilliantly bend C7M And fall to resting on the ottoman PRE-CHORUS C G So we turned off the tube and we crawled to your room leaving discarded clothes in our wake C G And we both had some fun, though I twice bit my tongue, and it lasted too long for my taste CHORUS Am C And there's this nagging suspicion that won't leave me alone tonight G It's just that everything I try to do, nothing seems to turn out right C G C G C G La haaa la haaa la di da CHORUS Am C But there's this nagging suspicion that won't leave me alone tonight G It's just that everything I try to do, nothing seems to turn out right OUTRO C7M A wink and a wave and you're off to your family G I sit and watch as the taxi lights distantly fade C7M I guess I always thought it'd end this way --------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Sunshine Originally tabbed by: aflowerandagun INTRO (A E E A)x2 VERSE 1 A E E A On the lawn before the bouquet fell A E E A Long before we heard the ringing bell D E A E E A When all I want is a good look at your underside A E E A Reading Tress like it was Judy Blume A E E A Your paperbacks are strewn about the room D E A E E A Awaiting their instructions to be mobilized CHORUS D E A F#m And everybody knows how it shakes and how it goes D E A Everybody knows and so it goes D E D A E E A That everybody wants their shoes in the sunshine, now VERSE 2 A E E A Lazy Rayna had a million bucks A E E A Changed into pennies on a hundred trucks D E A E E A Cause linen's legal tender for a layabout A E E A Why hold your breath until your face turns blue A E E A A stretch of rope you know can do that too D E A E E A The truth be told, no one likes a gadabout CHORUS D E A F#m And everybody knows how it shakes and how it goes D E A Everybody knows and so it goes D E D That everybody wants their shoes in the sunshine, now OUTRO E D A E E A That everybody wants their shoes in the sunshine, now |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 2. The Tain e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| x2 A|------2-1h2p1----------2-5-6-7--| E|--0-3----------3-0--3-----------| e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------2-0-2-----------------------|x1 per line A|-------2-1h2p1---------0-2----------------2-1h2p1--------| E|--0-3-----------3p0--3-----0----------0-3----------3--0-3| VERSE 1 Here upon this pillow Made of reed and willow You're a fickle little twister Are you sweet on your sister? Your fallow won't leave you alone. e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| x2 A|------2-1h2p1----------2-5-6-7--| E|--0-3----------3-0--3-----------| e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------2-0-2-----------------------|x1 A|-------2-1h2p1---------0-2----------------2-1h2p1--------| E|--0-3-----------3p0--3-----0----------0-3----------3--0-3| VERSE 2 And granted for their pleasure Possessions laid to measure She's a salty little pisser With your cock in her kisser But now she's a will of her own e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| x2 A|------2-1h2p1----------2-5-6-7--| E|--0-3----------3-0--3-----------| e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------2-0-2-----------------------|x1 A|-------2-1h2p1---------0-2----------------2-1h2p1--------| E|--0-3-----------3p0--3-----0----------0-3----------3--0-3| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Part 2* INTRO (E5 C5 D5)x2 VERSE 1 E5 Damn your ankles and eyes wide C5 D5 E5 From you fingernails to your ponytails too. E5 King of the insects and the m-5 C5 D5 E5 Over Charlemagne in a motorcade too. PRE-CHORUS D5 G5 E5 And baby needs a new prize D5 G5 E5 Baby needs a new and shiny prize. CHORUS E5 E5/C In this place called heavenly E5 C5 You were born here. E5 E5/C This place called heavenly E5 C5 You were born here. D5 You were born here. E5 C5 D5 VERSE 2 E5 And now all the marchers descend from high C5 D5 E5 I will dedicate all of my awakenings to this E5 And damn all the angles that oppress my sight C5 D5 E5 I will bleed your heart through a samovar soon. PRE-CHORUS D5 G5 E5 Baby needs a new prize D5 G5 E5 Baby needs a new and shiny prize. CHORUS E5 E5/C In this place called heavenly E5 C5 You were born here. E5 E5/C This place called heavenly E5 C5 You were born here. D5 You were born here. C5 Em You were born here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Part 3* INTRO (Em C7M D C) x2 VERSE 1 Em C7M They settled dust in your hair D C To watch you shake and shout it out. Em C7M With our armaments bared D C We shed our bags and travel-alls. Em C7M D C VERSE 2 Em C7M From the lee of the wall D C He comes in the change and the chariot Em C7M And all his eunuchs in thrall D C Can scarce lift his line and lariat. CHORUS B Here come loose the hounds A To blow me down. (E A) x3 Blow me down. B On this stretch of ground A I'll lay me down. Ab Lay me down. F# To sleep. (Em C7M D C) x2 VERSE 3 Em C7M And now stricken with pangs D C That tear at our backs like thistle down Em C7M The mirror's soft silver tain D C Reflects our last and birthing hour CHORUS B Here come loose the hounds A To blow me down. E A E A Blow me down. B On this stretch of ground A I'll lay me down. Ab Lay me down. F# To sleep. CHORUS B Here come loose the hounds A To blow me down. E A E A Blow me down. B On this stretch of ground A I'll lay me down. Ab Lay me down. F# To sleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Part 4* INTRO e|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| G|--------6-------6---------------6---------------|---------6-------6---------------6--------------| D|--------7-------7---------------7---------------|---------7-------7---------------7--------------| A|9-----------------------8-----------------------|9-----------------------8-----------------------| E|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| G|--------6-------6-------6---7---6---------------|--------6-------6---------------6---------------| D|--------7-------7---------------------7---------|--------7-------7---------------7---------------| A|9-----------------------8-----------------------|9-----------------------8-----------------------| E|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| VERSE 1 e|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| G|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------| D|--------7-------7---------------7-------7-------|--------7-------7---------------7-------7-------| A|9-----------------------8-----------------------|7-----------------------6-----------------------| E|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| Oh the wind is blowing, it hurts your skin as you e|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| G|--------7-------7---------------7-------7-------|--------6-------6---------------6-------6--| D|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------|--------6-------6---------------6-------6--| A|5-----------------------8-----------------------|4-----------------------4------------------| E|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| Climb up hillside, forest and fen. Memories wrapped within paper and twine. e|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| G|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------| D|--------7-------7---------------7-------7-------|--------7-------7---------------7-------7-------| A|9-----------------------8-----------------------|7-----------------------6-----------------------| E|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| Your arms full of lullabies, orchids and wine your e|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| G|--------7-------7---------------7-------7-------|--------6-------6---------------6-------6--| D|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------|--------6-------6---------------6-------6--| A|5-----------------------8-----------------------|4-----------------------4------------------| E|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| Memories wrapped within paper and twine. CHORUS e|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| G|--------4-------4---------------4-------4-------|--------4-------4---------------4-------4-------| D|--------4-------4---------------4-------4-------|--------4-------4---------------4-------4-------| A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| E|6-----------------------5-----------------------|4-----------------------3-----------------------| The room that you lie in is dusty and hard e|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------| G|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------|--------6-------6----------| D|--------7-------7---------------7-------7-------|--------7-------7----------| A|9-----------------------8-----------------------|7-----------------------6--| E|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------| Sleeping soft babies on piles of yards e|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| G|--------4-------4---------------4-------4-------|--------4-------4---------------4-------4-------| D|--------4-------4---------------4-------4-------|--------4-------4---------------4-------4-------| A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| E|6-----------------------5-----------------------|4-----------------------3-----------------------| of gingham, taffeta, cotton and silk e|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------| 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A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| VERSE 2 e|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| G|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------| D|--------7-------7---------------7-------7-------|--------7-------7---------------7-------7-------| A|9-----------------------8-----------------------|7-----------------------6-----------------------| E|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| When the dawn comes to greet you, you'll rise with clothes on e|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|| B|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|| 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E|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| Cattle and maidens and withered old queens. e|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|| B|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|| G|--------7-------7---------------7-------7-------|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------:| D|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------|--------6-------6---------------6-------6-------:| A|5-----------------------8-----------------------|4-----------------------4-----------------------|| E|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|| Mu - sic carry you on. e|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| 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A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Part 5* VERSE 1 N.C. Darling dear what have you done? Your clothes are town, your make-up runs. (F#5 - E5)x8 VERSE 2 N.C I ran through brambles, blooming thistle I washed my face in the river when you whistled me on. (F#5 - E5)x8 VERSE 3 Darling dear, what have you done? Your hands and face are smeared with blood. (F#5 - E5)x2 e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|-----4-3b4b3----| E|-2-5---------5--| (F#5 - E5)x2 e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|-------2-3-4----| A|-----4----------| E|-2-5------------| VERSE 4 N.C The chaplain came and called me out To beat and to butcher his mother's sow e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|-----4-3b4b3----| E|-2-5---------5--| (F#5 - E5)x2 e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|-------2-3-4----| A|-----4----------| E|-2-5------------| VERSE 5 N.C. But darling dear, they found him dead This morning on the river. (F#5 - E5)x2 e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------1-2-3---| D|-----------------------2-3-4---------| A|-----4-3b4b3---------4---------------| E|-2-5---------5---2-5-----------------| B A B A BRIDGE B A But hush now darling, don't you cry. B A Your reward's in the sweet by-and-by. B A So hush now baby, don't you cry. B A Your reward's in the sweet by-and-by. e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|-------5-6-7----| E|-5-6-7----------| e|--------------------------- e|-------------------------------| B|--------------------------- B|-------------------------------| G|--------------------------- G|-------------------------------| D|--------------------------- x2 D|-------------------------2-0-2-| A|-----2-1h2p1-------2-5-6-7- A|-----2-1h2p1-------0-2---------| E|-0-3---------3-0-3--------- E|-0-3---------3p0-3-----0-------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Part 6* e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| x2 A|------2-1h2p1----------2-5-6-7--| E|--0-3----------3-0--3-----------| e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------2-0-2-----------------------|x1 per line A|-------2-1h2p1---------0-2----------------2-1h2p1--------| E|--0-3-----------3p0--3-----0----------0-3----------3--0-3| VERSE 1 And now we've seen your powers Softly stretch the hours You're a fickle little twister Are you sweet on your sister? As now you go wandering home. e|------------------------------0--| B|----------------------------0----| G|--------------------------0------| D|------------------------2--------| Em A|----------------------2----------| E|-0-3-7-6b7b6-3-0----0------------| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 3. Picaresqueties I. The Bandit Queen Originally tabbed by: Unregistered INTRO Colin: Greetings ladies Lady 1: Hi. Lady 2: Hi. Colin: My name's Joseph, I just rolled into town Lady 1: Would you like to sing a song for us? Colin: I believe I do have a song I'd like to sing: It's called the Bandit Queen Lady 2: Alright. I've got a good ear for the chords. VERSE 1 C C7 As the Sun is sinking low, F Fm And the evening's tucked in tow, C Am G G7 On the horizon, my true love I see-e-e-e-eee. C C7 She ain't fancy, she ain't fine F Fm While her fingers number only nine C Am F G She's the belle of the ball of the insurgency. CHORUS C Am She's my Bandit Queen, laying beneath the moon F G In a bandit cave, a blanket laid for two C Am If I could find a way to your hideaway by the sea F G7 C O Bandit Queen, steal away to me. BRIDGE Am Somewhere on a mountain, by a starry water fountain C C/B In an alcove hid by some trees Am Amidst a pile of treasure, reclining at her leisure, F G My ladylove sniffs at the breeze. F And sitting up, she adjusts her turban C And takes another swig from a bottle of bourbon D7 G And listening to the whistling of the train in station N.C Odds are it will never reach its destination. C Am 'Cause the Bandit Queen, astride her steed will ride F G C Oh, let me be the one to lay within your theivin' arms tonight. CHORUS C Am She's my Bandit Queen, laying beneath the moon F G In a bandit cave, a blanket laid for two C Am If I could find a way to your hideaway by the sea F G7 C O Bandit Queen, steal away to me. F G7 C O Bandit Queen, steal away to me. F La da da da ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Bridges and Balloons CAPO 4 INTRO (G Cadd9)x3 VERSE 1 G We sailed away on a winter's day Cadd9 With fate as malleable as clay G But ships are fallible, I say Cadd9 And the nautical, like all things, fades G And I can recall our caravel Cadd9 A little wicker beetle shell G With four fine masts and lateen sails Cadd9 Its bearings on Cair Paravel CHORUS Am Cadd9 Oh my love G Oh it was a funny little thing Am To be C The ones G To've seen (G Cadd9)x3 VERSE 2 G The sight of bridges and balloons Cadd9 Makes calm canaries irritable G And they caw and claw all afternoon Cadd9 Centenaries and dirigibles G Brace and buoy the living room Cadd9 A loom of metal warp woof wimple G And a thimble's worth of milky moon Cadd9 Can touch hearts larger than a thimble CHORUS Am Cadd9 Oh my love G Oh it was a funny little thing Am To be C The ones G To've seen OUTRO Am Cadd9 Oh my love G Oh it was a funny little thing Am C G It was a funny funny funny little thing Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Constantinople Originally tabbed by: aflowerandagun INTRO (C C/B)x4 VERSE 1 C C/G C C/G O the minarets of Constantinople Am Am/E Am Am/E Are plated gold, ivory, and opal F F/C F F/C G Their cupolas all onion domed and light. VERSE 2 C C/G C C/G And the magistrate of Constantinople Am Am/E Am Am/E Has made a match; his family was hopeful F F/C F F/C G Their daughter would be promised a wedding night. CHORUS F G But the Sultan's weary bride, she won't be wed tonight C C/B C/A C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E Nor fall beneath a canopy to lie F F/C F F/C G For far across the town, her lover's lying drowned C C/B C/A C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E And painted by the Bosporus in blue F F/C F F/C G And there's nothing for a broken heart to do. VERSE 3 C C/G C C/G Down the dirty streets of Constantinople Am Am/E Am Am/E The beggars weep, their hands all wide open F F/C F F/C G Their severed leper limbs all swing and sway. VERSE 4 C C/G C C/G At a windowsill in Constantinople Am Am/E Am Am/E Our Hero sighs to melodies noteful F F/C F F/C G And gazes on the walls that hold his love. CHORUS F G But the Sultan's weary bride, she won't be wed tonight C C/B C/A C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E Nor fall beneath a canopy to lie F F/C F F/C G For far across the town, her lover now is drowned C C/B C/A C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E And painted by the Bosporus in blue F F/C F F/C G And there's nothing for a broken heart to do. OUTRO F F/C F F/C G No, there's nothing for a broken heart to do. C C/B C/A C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E F F/C F F/C G G7 C Except cry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. The Kingdom of Spain Originally tabbed by: Unregistered VERSE 1 C In the Kingdom of Spain D G Em There are such colors C They defy any name D G Em Like drab and dolor CHORUS C D But oh the King and the Queen of Spain G Em With their long unpronounceable names C D Em D Grace the table at the long lost Kingdom of Spain VERSE 2 C In the Kingdom of Light D G Em A lithe young lawyer C Tries a case for D G Em Her unjustly arrested brother CHORUS C D But oh the King and the Queen of Light G Em Rule with unbendable might C D Em D So it's to the gallows for the long lost Kingdom of Light oh oh BRIDGE (G C D)x3 VERSE 3 C In the Kingdom of Love D G Em Oh, we're all just fodder C As the cannonades drub D G Em Our sons and daughters CHORUS C D But oh the King and the Queen of Love G Em In their long white fingerless gloves C D Em D Bang the gavel for the long lost Kingdom of Love OUTRO D Em Of love D Em Of love D ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 4. The Decemberists-Connect Set I. Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas) CHORUS/VERSE 1 N.C. A D Please, Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas A E E7 I don't wanna see my momma cry A D Please, Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas A E A I don't wanna see my momma cry VERSE 2 E A Just last year when I was only seven E A Now I'm almost eight as you can see A D B7 You came home a quarter past eleven A E A And fell down underneath our Christmas tree CHORUS A D Please, Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas A E E7 I don't wanna see my momma cry A D Please, Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas A E A I don't wanna see my momma cry A D A E E7 A D A E A VERSE 3 E A Momma smiled and looked outside the window E A She told me, "Son you better go upstairs" A D B7 Then you laughed and hollered Merry Christmas A E A I turned around and see my momma's tears CHORUS A D I say please, Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas A E E7 I don't wanna see my momma cry A D Please, Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas A E A I don't wanna see my momma cry OUTRO E D A Say, I don't wanna see my momma cry ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 5. Always The Bridesmaid I. Valerie Plame Originally tabbed by: Unregistered VERSE 1 G Oh Valerie Plame Am If that really is your name C I would just shout the same G To the world G Dear Valerie Plame Am So they made a wreck of you C But give me the rest of you G F#/G And I'll give the world CHORUS Em Am But you were just some silly girl C G Taking in the sights of your empire's colony Em Am So I took you into my confidence C G Without a thought of consequence D D7 G To my heart or to my mind VERSE 2 N.C. G But Valerie Plame Am If that really is your name C I would just shout the same G To the world G La da da de da Am la de da da C G la de da da da da dada da VERSE 3 N.C. G Oh Valerie Plame Am If that really is your name C I would just shout the same G From up high G Dear Valerie Plame Am I'll look for that long exchange C Outside of the Bureau Change G In Shanghai CHORUS Em Am But I was just some stupid boy on a bus C G When your nom de guerre was Codename Caroline Em Am And so my Vespa became your chariot C G From the Green Zone Marriott D D7 G To be etched upon my mind VERSE 4 N.C. G But Valerie Plame Am If that really is your name C I would just shout the same G To The world BRIDGE F Am G/Am F And when they flashed your picture 'cross the screen Am G/Am F How my heart seemed to leap out of me Am G/Am F And they attached a list of your identities Em But the one you'll always be VERSE 5 N.C. A Dear Valerie Plame Bm If that really is your name D I would just shout the same A To the world A Dear Valerie Plame Bm If that really is your name D I would just shout the same A To the world OUTRO G La da da de da Am La de da da C G La de da da da da dada da La da da de da (La la da di da) Am La de da da (La la da di da) C G La de da da da da dada da Laaaa G D Em G D A/D C/D A/D A/C D Em G A/D C/D A/D A/C (La da da da da da da.. hey hey Valerie Plame) x5 La da da da da da da.. hey hey Valerie Plame --------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. O New England Originally tabbed by: expendabletom INTRO A D A D VERSE 1 A D We'd come seven hours down A D Took the blue line to see where we hopped out A D And I was only joking, and I was only joking A D And I was only trying to get a laugh VERSE 2 A D You say this was the furthest that we had come A D Travel so far to watch it fall, undone A And I had lost my token D You were looking bent and broken A D Staring sideways with the rain coming down CHORUS Bm E But I am so enthralled A O New England D La da dum da A O New England D La da dum dum VERSE 3 A D This here is the fable of a failed attempt (Fable, failed attempt now) A D Find new life in a love in the seat of its origin (Failed attempt, now) A From Long to Coney Island D From mid to west to upper highland A D And all I got is a silk full colored souvenir CHORUS Bm E The new millennium in New York A And all of New England D La da dum dum A O New England D La da dum dum BRIDGE Bm O New England C# D In the face of your em - pire C# Bm I think I'd rather just wait in the car C# D And return to the turn - pike E Watching the New England skyline A Sinking below D Sinking below OUTRO A D A D We'd come seven hours down (We'd come seven hours down) A D We'd come seven hours down, down (We'd come seven hours down) A D We'd come seven hours down (We'd come seven hours down) A D We'd come seven hours down, down (We'd come seven hours down) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Days Of Elaine Originally tabbed by: fruitloof VERSE 1 E Those were the days of Elaine, that was the phrase that she used to describe D A E To her son, of the fun, she had had Long before he went away, long before days of the dull and the dregs D A E And the lull and the call never came PRE-CHORUS C D E To say, oh oh oh oh oh VERSE 2 Loitering lavender park, laying about in the day and the dark D A E Of a room while the noon passes by Always on verge of collapse, mother would quit and then suffer a lapse D A E From the drink you would think she was dead PRE-CHORUS C D E But they say, oh oh oh oh oh C D E She says, oh oh oh oh oh CHORUS C#m And the time that it takes B Well it goes so slow (goes so slow) C#m And she laid on the brakes B And she dove below (dove below) A Doesn't it go so slow Ab A When you build it up to tear it down E You're tearin' down A You tear it down F# Those were the days A Those were the days of Elaine E The days of Elaine D A E The days of Elaine VERSE 3 A lover like Alan Gulan, she followed him blind from saloon to salon D A E From the hills to the pills he would take Father had died in the mines, brother had showed no remorse for his times D When they strung him up A E He got all hung up on the scaffolding PRE-CHORUS C D E But he said, oh oh oh oh oh C D E He say, oh oh oh oh oh CHORUS C#m And the time that it takes B Well it goes so slow (goes so slow) C#m And she laid on the brakes B And she dove below (dove below) A Doesn't it go so slow Ab A When you build it up to tear it down E You're tearing it down A You tear it down F# Those were the days A Those were the days of Elaine E E The days of Elaine D A E D A E The days of Elaine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. I'm Sticking With You Originally tabbed by: Unregistered VERSE 1/CHORUS F C F I'm sticking with you Bb C F 'Cause I'm made out of glue C F Anything that you might do Bb C F I'm gonna do too VERSE 2 F C F You held up a stage coach in the rain Bb C F And I'm doin' the same C F Saw you hangin' from a tree Bb C F And I made believe it was me CHORUS F C F I'm sticking with you Bb C F 'Cause I'm made out of glue C F Anything that you might do Bb C F E I'm gonna do too BRIDGE: Am E Moon people go into the stratosphere Am E Soldiers fighting with their Cong C G But with you by my side I can do anything B E When we swing, we hang past right and wrong OUTRO A D I'll do anything for you E A D Anything you want me to E A I'll do anything for you D E A (Oh whoa, I'm sticking with you)x14 D E A D E A (Oh whoa, I'm sticking with you)x6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. A Record Year For Rainfall CAPO 4 INTRO (Em G C7M B7 Em G)x3 VERSE 1 C7M B7 Em I read in the paper today G C7M B7 It's been a record year for rainfall Em G And you were leaning against the bathroom wall C7M B7 In your lonely dress Em G C7M B7 Was your only dress Em G C7M VERSE 2 C7M B7 Em Stand accusing across G C7M B7 I got a temper set for tender Em G And you were shrugging it off like a feather C7M B7 Saying "oh... Em G C7M Would you look at this weather" CHORUS C7M B7 Em What's the use of all of this? G C7M Is to remember you in the entire B7 Em As I'm watching it slip away G C7M And in the annuls of the empire B7 Did it look this gray Em G C7M B7 Before the falllllll Em G C7M B7 Before the falllllll Em G C7M B7 Em G VERSE 3 C7M B7 Em So rake your thumbnail across G C7M B7 The stretch of the patina Em G Revealing a Proserpina C7M B7 In a low recline Em G C7M In a steep decline CHORUS C7M B7 Em What's the use of all of this? G C7M Is to remember you in the entire B7 Em As I'm watching it slip away G C7M And in the annuls of the empire B7 Did it look this gray? Does it look so gray? Does it always look so gray Em G C7M B7 Before the faaaallllll? Em G C7M B7 Before the faaaallllll? (Em G C7M B7 Em G)x8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Raincoat Song Originally tabbed by: Camila033 CAPO 5 C A7M/F x4 VERSE 1 C Caroline you're angry 'cause you sleep like a spinster and you're 28 A7M/F You've been thinkin' late C You couldn't catch a cold VERSE 2 C Bend your head double in the goose down piling all the pillows high A7M/F Heave your fiercest sigh C And see if that'll work PRE-CHORUS F Fm And the raincoat that you wore C When it rained today F Fm And the raincoat that you wore C When it rained today CHORUS C C/B Am Am/F I think it only made it rain more C C/B Am Am/F I think it only made it rain the more VERSE 3 C And if the water's all wickin' up your pant leg better wear your britches tight A7M/F I should teach you right C To be so down at heel VERSE 4 C Goin' off half-cocked not shot full of arrows from the cherubim A7M/F Oh, the nerve of them C To not draw their bows PRE-CHORUS F Fm And the raincoat that you wore C When it rained today F Fm And the raincoat that you wore C When it rained today CHORUS C C/B Am Am/F I think it only made it rain more C C/B Am Am/F I think it only made it rain the more ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 6. 5 Songs I. Oceanside Originally tabbed by: Unregistered VERSE 1 E Sweet Annabelle C#m As seen reclining on an ocean swell F#m As the waves do lather up to lay her down A 'til she's fast and sleeping oh well PRE-CHORUS E C#m I guess I'm something of a ne'er-do-well F#m Who fell asleep at the pealing of the steeple bell A E I'm on track and keeping but oh CHORUS F#m If I could only get you ocean side A To lay your muscles wide E It'd be heavenly F#m Oh if I could only coax you overboard A To leave these lolling shores E B7 To get you ocean side F#m Ocean side A Am Ocean side oh, oh BRIDGE E C#m F#m A Am VERSE 2 E At rising tide C#m You're looking fresher than a July bride F#m We're picking up what our mothers always stigmatized. A E The field is right for reaping oh well PRE-CHORUS C#m I guess I'm something of a ne'er-do-well F#m Even though that's something I could never do well A E I'm on track and keeping but oh CHORUS F#m If I could only get you ocean side A To lay your muscles wide E It'd be heavenly F#m Oh if I could only coax you overboard A To leave these lolling shores E B7 To get you ocean side F#m Ocean side A Am E Ocean side oh oh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Shiny Originally tabbed by: TimMobbs CAPO 2 INTRO Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M B5 Em B5 Em VERSE 1 Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M B5 Em B5 Em By the bumper cars, in the pretty twining light, Cadd9 C7M I may have gone too far, Cadd9 C7M B5 I may have gone too much, too long. Em G Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M B5 Em B5 Em I'm a dull and witless boy. VERSE 2 Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M B5 Em B5 Em In the after bars, think I was sullied by a dream. Cadd9 C7M In the killing jar, Cadd9 C7M B5 You and me at war at arms Em G Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M B5 Em B5 Em All falling in embrace. CHORUS Em D/F G Am B7 Tell me why you lied Em D Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M And what it is you do to keep your eyes, Em9/D Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M B5 Em B5 Em All shiny VERSE 3 Cadd9 C7M A tawny gypsy girl Cadd9 C7M B5 Em B5 Em Sleeping blanketed by stars Cadd9 C7M 'neath the tilt-a-whirl Cadd9 C7M B5 Where we were coyly caught alone Em G Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M B5 Em All fumbling with your blouse CHORUS Em D/F G Am B7 Tell me why you lied Em D Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M And what it is you do to keep your eyes, Em9/D All shiny BRIDGE D C And in the roller coaster din D C Em By the parachutes in saddle shoes you break your shin D C B5 Em B5 Em But I have never seen two eyes so shiny (Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M B5 Em B5 Em) x2 D C And the sullen beery swine D C Em Try to tangle you in sullen beery balls of twine D C B5 Em B5 Em Have they ever seen two eyes so shiny? VERSE 4 Cadd9 C7M The boys in denim vests Cadd9 C7M B5 Em B5 Em Smoking cigarettes between Cadd9 C7M Their bootblack fingertips Cadd9 C7M B5 Em Sweetly tipsy by the half-light G Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M B5 Em The light and the half-light CHORUS Em D/F# G Am B7 Tell me why you lied Em D Cadd9 C7M Cadd9 C7M And what it is you do to keep your eyes, Em9/D All shiny, all shiny OUTRO Cadd9 All shiny C7M All shiny Cadd9 All shiny C7M All shiny B5 All shiny Em All shiny B5 All shiny Em All shiny Em D/F G Am B7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist Originally tabbed by: mobaxwob INTRO (Am Am/E Am Am/E) x4 VERSE 1 Am Am/E C D G My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist Em D In pre-war Paris Am D B Em Emadd9 Em Smuggling bombs for the underground. Am D And she met my father B C At a fete in Aix-en-Provence. Cadd9 D He was disguised as a Russian cadet Em Emadd9 Em In the employ of the Axis. CHORUS C And there in the half-light Of the provincial midnight G To a lone concertina They drank in cantinas C D And toasted to Edith Piaf Em Emadd9 Em And the fall of the Reich. C D Am VERSE 2 Am Am/E C D G My sister was born in a hovel in Burgundy Em D And left for the cattle Am D B Em Emadd9 Em But later was found by a communist Am D Who'd deserted his ranks B C To follow his dream Cadd9 D Em Emadd9 Em To start up a punk rock band in South Carolina. CHORUS C I get letters sometimes They bought a plantation G She weeds the tobacco He offends the nation C D And they write, "Don't be a stranger, y'hear." Em Emadd9 Em "Sincerely, your sister." C D Am VERSE 3 Am Am/E So my parents had me C D G To the disgust of the prostitutes Em D On a bed in a brothel. Am D B Em Emadd9 Em Surprisingly raised with tender care Am D 'Til the money got tight B C And they bet me away Cadd9 D To a blind brigadier in a game Em Emadd9 Em Of high stakes canasta. CHORUS C But he made me a sailor On his brigadier ship fleet. G I know every yardarm From main mast to jib sheet. C D But sometimes I long to be landlocked C And to work in a bakery. OUTRO Em C Em Ahhhhh Ahhhhh Ahhhhh C D Am ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. Angel, Won't You Call Me? Originally tabbed by: Underglow RIFF e-----------| B-----------| G-----------| D---------0-| A---0-2-3---| E-3---------| INTRO (Riff D C G) VERSE 1 Riff D C G Angel, won't you call me? Riff D C G Could I be the only? Riff D C G Though I am a lost cause Riff D C G Angel, won't you call me? VERSE 2 Riff D C G Waiting for a sweet breeze, Riff D C G Read it in the tea leaves. Riff D C G Saw them crown you May Queen; Riff D C G G/F# Heard you sing the sweetest thing. CHORUS Em C G C G G/F# But I've been so unbridled Em C G I fled in the face of my rival D Dsus4 D When I felt his breath C Cm At the back of my neck G G7 G C G Angel, won't you call? (Riff D C G) x4 VERSE 3 Riff D C G So here I am in corduroy Riff D C G Catch it in your Polaroid Riff D C G Thought it was an off night, Riff D C G Caught in such a warm light. VERSE 4 Riff D C G So Angel, won't you call me? Riff D C G Could I be the only? Riff D C G Though I am a lost cause, Riff D C G G/F# Angel, won't you call me? CHORUS Em C G C G G/F# But I've been so unbridled Em C G I fled in the face of my rival D Dsus4 D When I felt his breath C Cm At the back of my neck CHORUS Em C G C G G/F# But I've been so unbridled Em C G I fled in the face of my rival D Dsus4 D When I felt his breath C Cm At the back of my neck G G7 G C G Angel, won't you call? G C G --------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. I Don't Mind INTRO (E E/Ab Am6 Am7 Am) x2 VERSE 1 E E/Ab Am6 Am7 Am Truly with his thorn in your side and you don't know why E E/Ab Am6 Am7 Am Julie dips her toe in the tide and you don't know why CHORUS F#m B C#m No, she don't know why she got all dolled up for a suicide F#m B And when the stage-lights dimmed on the fading scrim, E A It was morning before the cheering died Am B E Is it too late to tell you that I don't mind (E E/Ab Am6 Am7 Am)x2 VERSE 2 E E/Ab Am6 Am7 Am King George in imperial robe and a lazy eye E E/Ab Am6 Am7 Am Knelt down as the semaphore broke on his tawdry bride CHORUS F#m B C#m But we don't know why he got all stressed out on the motherland F#m B With his TV sets and his fighter jets E A And the royal ubiquitous handy cam Am B E Is it too late to tell you that I don't mind BRIDE (E E/Ab Am6 / Am7 Am) x2 Em/B C Dsus2 C Em/B VERSE 3 E E/Ab Am6 Am7 Am Here's you with your mom on your back going into the woods E E/Ab Am6 Am7 Am She's so proud that you're staying on track like a good son should CHORUS F#m B C#m But you don't know why you got all choked up when you said goodbye F#m B And you hear her still E A When the nights are still Am B E All crying out for calamine Am B C#m A Is it too late to tell you that I don't mind OUTRO Am B E Is it too late to tell you that I don't mind ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Apology Song VERSE 1 E A B E I'm really sorry Steven Ab C#m A But your bicycle's been stolen E I was watchin' it for you F# A 'Til you came back in the fall F# A C# Guess I didn't do such a good job after all VERSE 2 E A B E I was feeling really sorry Steven Ab C#m A And I spent all morning grieving E And everybody's saying F# A That you'll take the news gracefully F# A C# Somehow I don't think I'll be getting off that easily CHORUS C#m A I meant her no harm E Ab When I left her unlocked Outside the Orange Street Food Farm C#m A I was just running in E Eb Didn't think I'd be that long C#m A I came out, she was gone E Ab And all that was there was some bored old dog C#m A E Leashed up to the place where your bicycle had been F# B Guess we'll never see poor Madeleine again VERSE 3 E A B E Let this be consolation, Steven Ab C#m A That all the while you were in England E I treated her with care and respect F# A And have her lots of love F# A C# And I was usually pretty good 'bout locking her up CHORUS C#m A Where has she gone? E Ab Well, I bet she's on the bottom of a Frenchtown pond C#m A Rudely abused on some hescher's joyride E Eb So I wrote you this song C#m A In the hopes that you'd forgive me E Ab Even though it was wrong C#m A E Being so careless with a thing so great F# B And taking your poor Madeleine away, A C#m A Away A C#m A Away oh oh oh oh ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 7. Her Majesty The Decemberists I. Shanty For the Arethusa Originally tabbed by: lucky69 VERSE 1 Em Bb F Em We set to sail on a packet full of spice, rum and tea-leaves. Em Bb F Em We've emptied out all the bars and the Bowery hotels Em F# G G/B G Em Tell your daughters do not walk the streets alone tonight Em F# G E F# G B7 Tell your daughters do not walk the streets alone tonight VERSE 2 Em Bb F Em Tell the tale of the Jewess and the mandarin Chinese boy Em Bb F Em He led her down from her gilded canopy of cloth. Em F# G G/B G Em And through her blindfold she could make out the figures there before her Em F# G E F# G B7 B7/A G And how the air was thick with incense, cardamom and myrrh CHORUS C/G Em Em F# G So goodnight, boys, goodnight C/G B7 Say goodnight, boys, goodnight B7 B7/A G Em La da dum dum Em C G D B7 La da dum dum... VERSE 3 Em Bb F Em We set to sail on a clipper that's bound for South Australia Em Bb F Em The weather's warm there, the natives dark and nubile. Em F# G G/B G Em But if you listen, quiet, you can hear the footsteps on the cross-trees Em F# G E F# G B7 B7/A G The ghosts of sailors passed, their spectral bodies clinging to the shrouds. CHORUS C/G Em Em F# G So goodnight, boys, goodnight C/G B7 Say goodnight, boys, goodnight B7 B7/A G Em La da dum dum Em C G D B7 (x2) Em La da dum dum... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Billy Liar Originally tabbed by: Damsk1849 VERSE 1 N.C. G G/F# Em Billy Liar's got his hands in his pockets A Em Staring over at the neighbor's, knickers down. A Em A D He's got his knickers down. N.C. G G/F# Em So the summer is eternity for you? A Em Sleeping in until your father's shaking you down A Em A He's shaking you down. PRE-CHORUS G And the mail room shift gets a real short shrift F#m Em As you dole out the packages, no-one seems to want you around A Em A All skulking around. CHORUS D F#m Bm G Let your legs loll on the lino D F#m Bm G 'Til your sinews spoil D F#m Bm G Will you stay here for awhile, dear, D F#m Bm Em 'Til the radio, plays something familiar? A D Plays something familiar. BRIDGE (D) G G/F# Em e|--------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------3---0-----0------------| G|-------------------0-2-4----------2---------------| D|-------------0-2-4--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| A Em e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-------------2-3---0-----0------------------------| G|-------0-2-4----------2---------------------------| D|---2-4------------------------2-------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| A Em e|----(5)--(3)--(2)--(0)----------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------2h4--2-----------------| D|-----------------------------------4---2----------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| A D e|----(5)--(3)--(2)--(0)| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|----------------------| E|----------------------| VERSE 2 N.C. G G/F# Em All a-drifting, he's the nogood boyo A Em Sent a-fishing for a whalebone corset frame A Em A D (The only catch all day) N.C. G G/F# Em So he sits and lets the current take him A Em A gentle breeze will leave his pants in disarray A Em And at his ankles laid. PRE-CHORUS G As he drifts to sleep with a moan and a weep F#m Em He is decked by a Japanese geisha with a garland of pearls A Em How she twists and twirls! CHORUS D F#m Bm G Let your legs loll on the lino D F#m Bm G 'Til your sinews spoil D F#m Bm G Will you stay here for awhile, dear, D F#m Bm Em 'Til the radio plays something familiar A Plays something familiar Em Plays something familiar A Plays something familiar OUTRO Em A e--3--3--2--2--0--0----0-----------------------------| B--------------------3---3--2--2--3--3--4--4--5--5---| G----------------------------------------------------| D----------------------------------------------------| A----------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------| Em Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah-da-dah A Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Los Angeles, I'm Yours Originally tabbed by: JimmyB4403 INTRO C C C C Cadd2 C (x2) VERSE 1 C Cadd2 C Cadd2 Am There is a city by the sea, a gentle com - pa - ny, Asus2 Em F F G G I don't suppose you want to C Cadd2 C Cadd2 Am And as it tells its sorry tale, in harrowing detail Asus2 Em F F G G Its hollowness will haunt you CHORUS Dm Dmadd2 F Fadd2 Am Asus2 Its streets and boulevards, orphans and oligarchs it hears F Fadd2 Dm Dmadd2 A plaintive melody, truncated symphony F Fadd2 G An ocean's garbled vomit on the shore, F F G G C Los Angeles, I'm yours C C C C Cadd2 C (x4) F F G G VERSE 2 C Cadd2 C Cadd2 Am Oh ladies pleasant and demure, sallow-cheeked and sure Asus2 Em F F G G I can see your undies C Cadd2 C Cadd2 Am And all the boys you drag about, an empty fallow fount Asus2 Em F F G G From Saturdays to Mondays CHORUS Dm Dm(add2) F Fsus2 Am Asus2 You hill and valley crowd, hanging your trousers down at heel F Fsus2 Dm Dmadd2 This is the realest thing, as ancient choirs sing F Fsus2 G A dozen blushing cherubs wheel above F F G G C Los Angeles my love BRIDGE C C C C Cadd2 C (x2) (C C# D7M C#m D7M C#m C#m Eb)x4 E D D Bm Bsus2 F#m G G A A Oh what a rush of ripe elan, languor on divans, dalliant and dainty D Dsus2 D Dsus2 Bm But oh the smell of burnt cocaine, the dolor and decay Bsus2 F#m G G A A It only makes me cranky CHORUS Dm Dm(add2) F Fsus2 Am Asus2 Am Oh great calamity, ditch of iniquity and tears F Fsus2 Dm Dm(add2) How I abhor this place, its sweet and bitter taste F Fsus2 G Has left me wretched, retching on all fours F F G G C Los Angeles, I'm yours OUTRO F F G G C Los Angeles, I'm yours F F G G C Los Angeles, I'm yours F F G G C F F G G C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. The Gymnast, High Above The Ground INTRO e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------4-4-------4-4-------4-4-------4-4---------2-2-------2-2-------2-2-------2-2--| A|---2---------2---------2---------2-----------0---------0---------0---------0--------| E|-3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3-------3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0---------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0--| A|---2---------2---------2---------2-----------2---------2---------2---------2--------| E|-3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3-------3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3------| (x1, then with lyrics) VERSE 1 The gymnast, high above the ground, Limbers up and falls tender down Ankles splayed and all tied The gymnast long has arrived VERSE 2 Lazy, your long sister lays Waiting out this long light brigade Prayed for snow a long time And lazy, it long has arrived CHORUS C G Through the tarlatan holes, you've been slipping, been slipping away (la dee dum da) C G And the weather will hold, its been ever so, ever so gray (la dee dum da) Em G C Cm Em And here as we're coming down, we're sounding out, it's a terrible, terrible tide G C As it lights upon your eye Em G C Cm Em But there on the motorway, reeks of marmalade, it's a chemical, chemical kind G C Am C As it lights upon your eye, lights upon your eye SOLO e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------4-4-------4-4-------4-4-------4-4---------2-2-------2-2-------2-2-------2-2--| A|---2---------2---------2---------2-----------0---------0---------0---------0--------| E|-3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3-------3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0---------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0--| A|---2---------2---------2---------2-----------2---------2---------2---------2--------| E|-3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3-------3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3------| VERSE 3 The bosun calls upon the quay Compass gone, he long has lost his way To lighthouse shine, to calm tide The bosun long has arrived CHORUS C G Through the tarlatan holes, you've been slipping, been slipping away (la dee dum da) C G And the weather will hold, its been ever so, ever so gray (la dee dum da) Em G C Cm Em And here as we're coming down, we're sounding out, it's a terrible, terrible tide G C As it lights upon your eye Em G C Cm Em But there on the motorway, reeks of marmalade, it's a chemical, chemical kind G C Am C As it lights upon your eye, lights upon your eye OUTRO Em G C (x2) Em Em/F# G G/B C (x4) A - pril marches on... C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. The Bachelor and The Bride Originally tabbed by: Unregistered CAPO 1 VERSE 1 Em A There's a wrinkle, in the water D C7M Where we laid our, first daughter Em A C7M B7 And I think the wind blows so sweetly there, over there VERSE 2 Em A And the windows, and the cinders D C7M And the willows, in the timbers Em A C7M B7 The infernal rattling of the rain, still remains CHORUS Em B Em But I, said the bachelor to the bride B C I'm not waiting for tonight, G A No, I, I will box your ears B7 Em And leave you here stripped bare Em A D C7M Stripped bare... VERSE 3 Em A Hear the corncrakes, and the deer hooves D C7M And the sleet rain on the slate roof Em A C7M B7 A medallion locked inside her hands, in her hands VERSE 4 Em A And his fingers, are they telling D C7M Of the baron of her belly Em A C7M B7 Do his calluses cure her furrowed brow, even now CHORUS Em B Em But I, said the bachelor to the bride B C I'm not waiting for tonight, G A No, I, I will box your ears B7 Em And leave you here stripped bare, Em A D C7M Em A D C7M Stripped bare, stripped bare, stripped bare OUTRO Em B Em But I, said the bachelor to the bride B C Am not waiting for tonight, G A No, I, I will box your ears C And take your tears A C Em A D C7M And leave you, leave you here, stripped bare Em A D C7M (x2) Em ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Song for Myla Goldberg Originally tabbed by: ponyjohn VERSE 1 D G D G Myla Goldberg sets a steady hand upon her brow D G D G Myla Goldberg hangs a crooked foot all upside down PRE-CHORUS D G It comes around, it comes around D G It comes around, it comes around D G It comes around, it comes around D G It comes around, it comes around VERSE 2 D G D G Pretty hands do pretty things when pretty times arise D G D G Seraphim and seaweed swim where stick-limbed Myla lies PRE-CHORUS D G It comes around, it comes around D G It comes around, it comes around D G It comes around, it comes around D G It comes around, it comes around CHORUS A G D A Still know you're waiting to grow Em G A Inside you're old G D Sew wings to your pigeon toes Em Put paper to pen G To spell out "Eliza" VERSE 3 D G D G We begin with sticky shins, make sticky then our shoes D G D G Shoes beget to clothes and hat until sticky's sticking too PRE-CHORUS D G Finiculi finicula D G Finiculi finicula D G Finiculi finicula D G Finiculi finicula VERSE 4 D G D G Listen in as shin-kicked Jim relates his story sad D G D G About a boy who kicked until his shins were all but rubber bands BRIDGE But now D G I know New York, I need New York D G I know I need unique New York D G I know New York, I need New York D G I know I need unique New York CHORUS A G D A Still know you're waiting to grow Em G A Inside you're old G D Sew wings to your pigeon toes Em Put paper to pen G To spell out "Eliza" OUTRO D Eliza, Eliza, Eliza It comes around, it comes around, it comes around ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. The Soldiering Life VERSE 1 D C# Ambling madly all over the town D The call to arms you likened to a whisper C# I likened to a radio. D C# You were a brickbat, a Bowery tough, D So rough they culled you from a cartoon. C# Pulled out of your pantaloons. PRE-CHORUS A Ab But you, my brother in arms, F#m E I'd rather I'd lose my limbs than let you come to harm. A Ab But you, my bombazine doll F#m E The bullets may singe your skin and the mortars may fall. CHORUS A E But I have never felt so much light F#m D Than tonight, huddled in the trenches, A Gazing on the battlefield. E Our rifles blaze away. G D We blaze away. Oh Oh Oh VERSE 2 D C# Corporal Bradley of regiment five D In proud array, standing by the bathing C# Soldiers and the stevedores. D C# We laid on the mattress and tumbled to sleep D Our eyes aligned, swaddled in our civies C# Cradled in our dungarees. PRE-CHORUS A Ab But you, my brother in arms, F#m E I'd rather I'd lose my limbs than let you come to harm. A Ab But you, my bombazine doll F#m E The bullets may singe your skin and the mortars may fall. CHORUS A E But I have never felt so much light F#m D Than tonight, huddled in the trenches, A Gazing on the battlefield. E Our rifles blaze away. G D We blaze away. Oh Oh Oh OUTRO A E We blaze away. Oh Oh Oh Oh G D We blaze away. Oh Oh Oh Oh ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. Red Right Ankle Originally tabbed by: JimmyB4430 CAPO 5 INTRO (D/F# G)x4 D/F# G This is the story of your red right ankle, D/F# G And how it came to meet your leg D/F# G And how the muscle bone and sinews tangled, D/F# G And how the skin was softly shed CHORUS Em A And how it whispered, oh, adhere to me, Em A For we are bound by symmetry Em A And whatever differences our lives have been, D G D/F# We together make a limb Em A D/F# G D/F# G This is the story of your red right ankle VERSE 2 D/F# G This is the story of your gypsy uncle, D/F# G You never knew 'cause he was dead D/F# G And how his face was carved and ripped with wrinkles, D/F# G In the picture in your head CHORUS Em A And remember how you found the key, Em A To his hideout in the Pyrenees Em A But you wanted to keep his secret safe, D G D/F# So you threw the key away Em A D/F# G D/F# G This is the story of your gypsy uncle BRIDGE Em A Asus4 A Em A Asus4 A D/F# G (x2) VERSE 3 D/F# G This is the story of the boys who loved you, D/F# G Who love you now and loved you then D/F# G And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you, D/F# G And some just laid around in bed CHORUS Em A And some had crumbled you straight to your knees, Em A Did it cruel did it tenderly Em A And some had crawled their way into your heart, D G D/F# To rend your ventricles apart Em A G/B G/B Asus4 G G D/F# Em This is the story of the boys who loved you OUTRO Em A G This is the story of your red right ankle ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IX. The Chimbley Sweep Originally tabbed by: khabok CAPO 4 INTRO B7 Em VERSE 1 Em B7 I am a chimbley, a chimbley sweep Am No bed to lie, no shoes to hold my feet Em B7 Upon the rooftops in dead of night Am Em You'll hear me cry, I'll shake you from your sleep CHORUS G To hear me weep D C "Your day will come indeed Em G C Am For I am a poor and a wretched boy Em B7 Em A chimbley chimbley sweep." VERSE 2 Em B7 I am an orphan, an orphan boy Am I've known no love, I've seen no mother's joy Em B7 A dirty doorstep my cradle laid Am Em My fortune's made: I'll shake you from your sleep CHORUS G To hear me weep D C "Your day will come indeed. Em G C Am For I am a poor and a wretched boy Em B7 Em A chimbley, chimbley sweep." VERSE 3 Em B7 "O lonely urchin!" the widow cried Am "I've not been swept since the day my husband died." Em B7 Her cheeks a blushing, her legs laid bare Am Em And shipwrecked there I'll shake you from your sleep CHORUS G To hear me weep D C "Your day will come indeed. Em G C Am For I am a poor and a wretched boy Em B7 Em A chimbley chimbley sweep." OUTRO Em G C Am For I am a poor and a wretched boy Em B7 Em A chimbley chimbley sweep." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- X. I Was Meant For The Stage Originally tabbed by: fruitloof VERSE 1 C I was meant for the stage, F C I was meant for the curtain. C C7M9 Am Am7/G I was meant to tread these boards, F C Of this much I am certain. VERSE 2 C I was meant for the crowd, F C I was meant for the shouting. C C7M9 Am Am7/G I was meant to raise these hands F C G With quiet all about me. oh, oh. VERSE 3 C Mother, please, be proud. F C Father, be forgiving. C C7M9 Am Am7/G Even though you told me 'Son, F C G You'll never make a living.' oh, oh. CHORUS G7 F From the floorboards to the fly, C Here I was fated to reside. G And as I take my final bow, C Was there ever any doubt? C7 F And as the spotlights fade away, C And you're escorted through the foyer, G You will resume your callow ways, C But I was meant for the stage. VERSE 4 C The heaven's at my birth. F C Intended my for stardom. C C7M9 Am Am7/G Rays of light shined down on me F C And all my sins were pardoned. VERSE 5 C I was meant for applause. F I was meant for derision. C C7M9 Am Am7/G Nothing short of faded self has F C G Affected my decision. oh, oh. CHORUS G7 F From the floorboards to the fly, C Here I was fated to reside. G And as I take my final bow, C Was there ever any doubt? C7 F And as the spotlights fade away, C And you're escorted through the foyer, G You will resume your callow ways, C But I was meant for the stage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XI. As I Rise INTRO (D C)x3 VERSE 1 G I have come a few miles. I got blisters on my slippered feet D C As I rise, as I ri-ise. VERSE 2 G California's ok. G But I think I might stay in the shade D C For a while, for a whi-ile. G D C VERSE 3 G Ladybug, ladybird G You're the prettiest song I heard D C In a while, in a whi-ile. OUTRO G D C La di dah, la dah, la di dah dah dah la dah, la la la, la dah dah-ah G D C G ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 8. Castaways And Cutouts I. Leslie Anne Levine Originally tabbed by: wolfey89 INTRO (E C7M Asus2) x4 VERSE 1 E C7M Asus2 My name is Leslie Anne Levine E C7M Asus2 My mother birthed me down a dry ravine E C7M Asus2 My mother birthed me far too soon E B Asus2 Born at nine and dead at noon CHORUS A C#m Fifteen years gone now, I still wander this parapet And shake my rattle bone A C#m Fifteen years gone now, I still cling to the petticoats C B E Of the girl who died with me (E C7M Asus2) x2 VERSE 2 E C7M Asus2 On the roof above the streets E C7M Asus2 The only love I've known's a chimney sweep E C7M Asus2 Lost and lodged inside a flue E B Asus2 Back in 1842 CHORUS A C#m Fifteen years gone now, I still wail from these catacombs And curse my mother's name A C#m Fifteen years gone now, still a wastrel mesallied C B E Has brought this fate on me (E C7M Asus2) x2 VERSE 3 E C7M Asus2 My name is Leslie Anne Levine E C7M Asus2 I've no one left to mourn for me E C7M Asus2 My body lies inside its grave E B Asus2 In a ditch not far away CHORUS A C#m Fifteen years gone now, I still wander this parapet A And shake my rattle bone A C#m Fifteen years gone now, I still cling to the petticoats C B E Of the girl who died with me OUTRO E C7M Asus2 E C7M Asus2 E Who died with me C7M Asus2 E Who died with me C7M Asus2 E Who died with me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect Originally tabbed by: Unregistered D9sus2: - 5 0 0 3 0 INTRO (C7M D9sus2)x2 VERSE 1 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 And here I dreamt I was a soldier C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 And I marched the streets of Birkenau C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 And I recall in spring the perfume that the air would bring C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 To the indolent town VERSE 2 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 Where the barkers called the moon down C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 The carnival was ringing loudly now C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 And just to lay with you there's nothing that I wouldn't do C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 Save lay my rifle down CHORUS Dsus2 C7M And try one, and try two Dsus2 C7M Guess it always comes down to Dsus2 C7M Alright, well okay Dsus2 C7M C7M Guess it's better to turn this way... D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 VERSE 3 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 And I am nothing of a builder C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 But here I dreamt I was an architect C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 From the outside world VERSE 4 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 But the angles and the corners C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 Even though my work is unparalleled C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 They never seemed to meet, the structure fell about our feet C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 And we were free to go CHORUS Dsus2 C7M And try one, and try two Dsus2 C7M Guess it always comes down to Dsus2 C7M Alright, well okay Dsus2 C7M C7M Guess it's better to turn this way... D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 VERSE 5 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 And here in Spain I am a Spaniard C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 I will be buried with my marionettes C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 Countess and courtesans will fall beneath my tender hand C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 When their husbands are not around VERSE 6 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 But you my soiled teenage girlfriend C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 Though you are furrowed like a lioness C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 And we are vagabonds, we travel without seat belts on C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 C7M D9sus2 We live this close to death CHORUS Dsus2 C7M And try one, and try two Dsus2 C7M Guess it always comes down to Dsus2 C7M Alright, well okay Dsus2 C7M C7M Guess it's better to turn this OUTRO Dsus2 C7M Dsus2 C7M Well I won, and you lose, guess it always comes down to Dsus2 C7M Dsus2 C7M The alright, it's okay, guess it's better to turn this C7M D9sus2 Way... (C7M D9sus2)x3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. July, July! Originally tabbed by: letdown00 INTRO E VERSE 1 A B E D There is a road that meets the road that goes to my house A B E And how the green grows there. A B E D And we got special boots that beat the path to my house A B E And it's careful, and it's careful when I'm there. VERSE 2 A B E D And I say your uncle was a crooked French Canadian A B E And he was gunshot running gin A B E D And how his guts were all suspended in his fingers A B E And how he held'em, how held'em, held'em in. PRE-CHORUS F#m E And the water rolls down the drain. (Water rolls down the drain) F#m E The water rolls down the drain. (Water rolls down the drain) D E O what a lonely thing! In a lonely drain! CHORUS A D E D July, July, July A D E Never seemed so strange A D E D July, July, July A D E D A D E Never seemed so, never seemed so strange. VERSE 3 A B E D This is the story of the road that goes to my house A B E And what ghosts do there remain. A B E D And all the thoughts that run the length and breadth of my house A B E And the chickens, how they rattle chicken chains. VERSE 4 A B E D And we'll remember this when we are old and ancient, A B E Though the specifics might be vague. A B E D And I'll say your camisole was a sprightly light magenta A B E When in fact it was a nappy bluish gray. PRE-CHORUS F#m E And the water rolls down the drain. (Water rolls down the drain) F#m E The blood rolls down the drain. (Water rolls down the drain) D E O what a lonely thing! In a blood-red drain! CHORUS A D E D July, July, July A D E Never seemed so strange A D E D July, July, July A D E D A D Never seemed so, never seemed so strange. OUTRO A D E Never seemed so strange A D E Never seemed so strange A D E Never seemed so strange ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. A Cautionary Song Originally tabbed by: Unregistered INTRO (Dm/A) x4 VERSE 1 Dm/A G/D There's a place your mother goes, when everybody else is soundly sleeping Dm Through the lights of beacon street G And if you listen you can hear her weeping, A Bb She's weeping, cause the gentlemen are calling CHORUS F And the snow is softly falling on her petticoats. Bb And she's standing in the harbor F And she's waiting for the sailors in the jolly boat. A See how they approach VERSE 2 Dm/A G/D With dirty hands and trousers torn they grapple 'til she's safe within their keeping Dm G A gag is placed between her lips to keep her sorry tongue from A Bb Any speaking, or screaming CHORUS F And they row her out to packets where the sailor's sorry racket Bb Calls for maidenhead F And she's scarce above the gunwales when her clothes fall to a bundle A And she's laid in bed on the upper deck Gm A Gm A La la la la laa,la la la laa, VERSE 3 Dm/A G/D And so she goes from ship to ship, her ankles clasped, her arms so rudely pinioned Dm G 'Til at last she's satisfied the lot of the marina's teeming A Bb Minions, in their opinions CHORUS F And they tell her not to say a thing to cousin, kindred, kith or Bb Kin or she'll end up dead F And they throw her thirty dollars and return her to the harbor A Dm/A Where she goes to bed, and this is how your fed OUTRO Gm A So be kind to your mother, though she may seem an awful bother, Gm A and the next time she tries to feed you collard greens, A Dm Remember what she does when you're asleep ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. Odalisque Originally tabbed by: aflowerandagun INTRO (Ebm Ab B B/F#)x2 VERSE 1 Ebm n Ab B B/F# They've come to find you, Odalisque Ebm Ab B B/F# As the light dies horribly Bbm Bbm Ebm Ab On a fire escape you walk Bbm Bbm Ebm Ab B B/F# All rare and resolved to drop Ebm Ab B B/F# VERSE 2 Ebm Ab B B/F# And when they find you, Odalisque Ebm Ab B B/F# They will rend you, terribly Bbm Bbm Ebm Ab Stitch from stitch 'til all Bbm Bbm Ebm Ab B B/F# Your linen limbs will fall Ab B C# x2 CHORUS Ab Ab Ab B C# Ab Ab B B Lazy lady had a baby girl Ab Ab Ab B C# Ab Ab Ab B C# And a sweet sound it made la ha ha Ab Ab Ab B C# A B Ab B B Raised on pradies, peanut shells and dirt Ab Ab Ab B C# Ab Ab Ab B C# In a railroad cul-de-sac la ha ha C# Eb And what do we do with ten baby shoes B C#m A kit bag full of marbles and a broken billiard cue? B What do we do? Ab Ab Ab B C# What do we do? la ha ha CHORUS 2 Ab Ab Ab B C# Ab Ab B B Fifteen stitches will mend those britches right Ab Ab Ab B C# Ab Ab Ab B C# And them rip them down again la ha ha Ab Ab Ab B C# Ab Ab B B Sapling switches will rend those rags alright Ab Ab Ab B C# Ab Ab Ab B C# What a sweet sound it makes la ha ha C# Ab And what we do with ten dirty Jews B C#m A thirty-ought full of rock salt and a warm afternoon? B What do we do? Bb What do we do? BRIDGE Lay your belly under mine B Bb Naked under me, under me Such a filthy dimming shine B Bb The way you kick and scream, kick and scream Bb Bb/A Bb Bb Bb/A Ab Bb CHORUS C# Eb And what do we do with ten baby shoes B C#m A kit bag full of marbles and a broken billiard cue? B What do we do? Ab Ab Ab B C# What do we do? la ha ha Ab Ab Ab B C# Ab Ab Ab B C# Ab OUTRO Ab Ab Ab B C# Ab Ab B B Lazy lady had a baby girl Ab Ab Ab B C# Ab And a sweet sound it made --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Cocoon Originally tabbed by: Unregistered INTRO (D7M G7M ) x2 VERSE 1 D7M G7M This cocoon, caught in Vesuvius' shadow D7M Only the ashes remain G7M And I waited there for you D7M G7M Why couldn't you? VERSE 2 D7M G7M Here we lie waiting for something to startle D7M To shake us from gravity's pull G7M And so sleeping hours are through D7M G7M What can we do? PRE-CHORUS Bm G7M Em7 The sorry conclusion, the low dirty war, it happened before you came to Bm G7M But this is solution, and this is amends Em7 The joke always tends to come true C Am E But there on your windowsill over the unmoving platoon C Am E Written in paperback, view to the quarterback's room G Under waning moon CHORUS D/F# Dm/F Em This quiet serves only to hide you Bm/F# Em Provide you G Gm D7M G7M What I knew, what I knew, it'd come back to you D7M G7M VERSE 3 D7M G7M Take this palm, follow the lines here are written D7M Tracing the bends and the shapes G7M And feel your fingers falling slack D7M G7M And all folding back PRE-CHORUS Bm G7M The tainted election, the hole in the sky Em7 Command what is tried, what is true Bm G7M But without solution, with feet on the ground Em7 It won't make a sound 'til you're through C Am So loosen your shoulder blades E This is your hour to make due C Am Because there on the timberline E Deep cold November shines through G Soft and absolute CHORUS D/F# Dm/F Em This quiet serves only to hide you Bm/F# Em Provide you G Gm D7M G7M What I knew, what I knew, it'd come back to you --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. Grace Cathedral Hill Originally tabbed by: Unregistered VERSE 1 G Grace Cathedral hill, Em All wrapped in the bones of a setting sun, C All dust and stone and moribund. D I paid twenty-five cents to light D7 A little white candle G For a New Year's day Em I sat and watched it burn away C Then turned and weaved through the slow decay. D We were both a little hungry D7 So we went to get a hotdog. G Down the Hyde St. Pier, Em The light was slight and disappeared. C The air, it sunk of fish and beer. D We heard a superman trumpet D7 Play the National Anthem. CHORUS C G Em And the world may belong for you, C G Em But he'll never belong to you. C But on a motorbike, Cm D D7 When all the city lights blind your eyes tonight, C D Are you feeling better now? G Em Are you feeling be...ttttter..nooooww. C Cm Are you feeling better now? VERSE 2 G Some way to greet the year: Em Your eyes all bright and brimmed with tears. C The pilgrims, pills and tourist here D All sing "Fifty three bucks D7 To buy a brand new halo." I'm sweet on a green-eyed girl, Em All fiery Irish clip and curl, C All brine and piss and vinegar. D I paid twenty-five vents to light D7 A little white candle. CHORUS C G Em And the world may belong for you, C G Em But he'll never belong to you. C But on a motorbike, Cm D D7 When all the city lights blind your eyes tonight, C D Are you feeling better now? G Em Are you feeling be...ttttter..nooooww. C Cm Are you feeling better now? OUTRO G Em C Cm (La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la) x2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. The Legionnaire's Lament Originally tabbed by: letdown00 VERSE 1 Dm F I'm a legionnaire, camel in disrepair, G Bb A Hoping for a Frigidaire to come passing by. Dm F I am on reprieve, lacking my joise de vivre, G Bb A Missing my gay Paree in this desert dry. VERSE 2 Dm F And I wrote my girl, told her I would not return, G Bb A I've terribly taken a turn for the worse now, I fear. Dm It's been a year or more F Since they shipped me to this foreign shore, G Fighting in a foreign war, Bb A So far away from my home. CHORUS F C If only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards Gm Bb And the sidewalk bagatelles (it's like a dream). F C With a roar of cars and the lolling of the cafe bars Gm Bb The sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine. Bbm Dm Lord, I don't know if I'll ever be back again. F G Bb A La Da Dum Dum La Da Da Dum VERSE 3 Dm F Medicating in the sun with pinch doses of laudanum, G Bb A Longing for the old fecundity of my homeland. Dm F Curses to this mirage! A bottle of ancient Shiraz! G Bb A The smattering of distant applause is ringing in my poor ears. Dm F On the old left bank, my baby in a charabanc, G Bb A Riding up the width and length of the Champs Elysee. CHORUS F C If only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards Gm Bb And the sidewalk bagatelles (it's like a dream). F C With a roar of cars and the lolling of the cafe bars Gm Bb The sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine. Bbm Dm Lord, I don't know if I'll ever be back again. F G Bb A La Da Dum Dum La Da Da Dum BRIDGE Dm F G Bb A CHORUS F C If only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards Gm Bb And the sidewalk bagatelles (it's like a dream). F C With a roar of cars and the lolling of the cafe bars Gm Bb The sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine. Bbm Dm Lord, I don't know if I'll ever be back again. OUTRO C Gm Bb Be back again, be back again, O be back again. F C Gm Bb Bbm Oh oh oh oh oh, la la la la, la la la la, oh oh oh oh F C Gm Bb Bbm Dm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IX. Clementine INTRO (G C G) x2 VERSE 1 G C G You slept in your overalls G C G After the wrecking ball G C G Bereft you of house and home G C G And left you with sweet fuck-all CHORUS Bm So we got in your car G With our kickabout hearts Em A And we hollered out 'sweet clementine' VERSE 2 G C G Tell your mom to marry us G C G A candle to carry us G C G Cans on our bicycle fenders G C G So sweet and hilarious CHORUS Bm And we'll find us a home G Built of packaging foam Em A That will be there 'til after we die BRIDGE (G C G)x5 VERSE 3 G C G And, I'll play the clarinet G C G Use clamshells for castanets G C G We play with our bags on our shoulders G G A My sweet lady lioness CHORUS Bm And I watch as you sleep G So indelibly deep Em A And I hum to you sweet clementine (G C G) x5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- X. California One/Youth And Beauty Brigade DROP D TUNING INTRO D Em F#m G Em D VERSE 1 D Em Take a long drive with me D On California one, On California one Em Take a long drive with me D On California one, On California one CHORUS And the road a-winding goes Gm D From golden gate to roaring cliff-side Gm D And the light is softly low as our hearts become sweetly untied C G D Beneath the sun of California one VERSE 2 Em Take a long dram with me D Of California wine, of California wine Em Take a long dram with me D Of California wine, of California wine CHORUS And the wine it tastes so sweet Gm D As we lay our eyes to wander And the sky, it stretches deep Gm D Will we rest our heads to slumber C Beneath the vines of California wine? D C G D Beneath the sun of California One BRIDGE D Asus4 D D/F# Em G Em G D/F# D/F# Annabelle lies, sleeps with quiet eyes G Em G Em On this sea-drift sun D/F# What can you do? And if I said, O it's in your head G Em G Em On this sea-drift sun D/F# What can you do? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Youth And Beauty Brigade* VERSE 1 D We're calling all bed wetters and ambulance chasers Poor picker-pockets bring 'em in CHORUS D/F# G D Come join the youth and beauty brigade D/F# G D Come join the youth and beauty brigade VERSE 2 We're lining up the light-loafers And the bored bench warmers Castaways and cutouts, fill it up CHORUS D/F# G D Come join the youth and beauty brigade D/F# G D Come join the youth and beauty brigade Em F#m G Nothing will stand in our way BRIDGE A D G I figured I had paid my debt to society F#m Em G By paying my overdue fines at the Multnomah County Library, at The library they said son, go join up D G D Go join the youth and beauty brigade' OUTRO D/F# G D Come join the youth and beauty brigade D/F# G D Come join the youth and beauty brigade D/F# G D Come join the youth and beauty brigade Em F#m G Nothing will stand in our way |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 9. Picaresque I. The Infanta Originally tabbed by: Unregistered VERSE 1 E Here she comes in her palanquin on the back of an elephant F E On a bed made of linen and sequins and silk All astride on her father's line with the king and his concubines F E And her nurse with her pitchers of liquors and milk CHORUS G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta VERSE 2 E Among five score pachyderm each canopied and passengered F E Sit the duke and the duchess's luscious young girls Within sight of the baronness seething spite for this live largesse F E On her side sits the baron, her barrenness barbs her CHORUS G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta BRIDGE Em D Em D Am Bb F F A phalanx on camel back, thirty ranks on a forward tack F# F Followed close, their shiny bright standards are waving While behind in their coach in fours ride the wives of the king of bores F# F And the veiled young virgin, the prince's betrothed BRIDGE CHORUS Ab Eb F And we'll all come praise the infanta Ab Eb F And we'll all come praise the infanta BRIDGE 2 E F And as she sits upon her place E F Her innocence laid on her face Bb F From all atop the parapets blow a multitude of coronets Bb F Melodies rhapsodical and fair Bb F And all our hearts afire, the sky ablaze with cannonfire E F We all raise our voices to the air E To the air VERSE 4 E And above all this folderol on a bed made of chaparral F E She is laid, a coronal placed on her brow And the babe all in slumber dreams of a place filled with quiet streams F E And a lake where her cradle was pulled from the water CHORUS G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta OUTRO G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta (G D E)x3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. We Both Go Down Together Originally tabbed by: Unregistered For the main riff, each chord is one strum MAIN RIFF:(Am Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2) x2 INTRO (Am Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2) x2 VERSE 1 Am Here on these cliffs of Dover Em So high you can't see over Am And while your head is spinning Em Hold tight, it's just beginning (Am Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2) x2 VERSE 2 Am You come from parents wanton Em A childhood rough and rotten Am I come from wealth and beauty Em G Untouched by work or duty CHORUS C Em F G And oh, my love, my love C Em F And oh, my love, my love E Am We both go down together (Am Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2) x2 VERSE 3 Am I found you a tattooed tramp Em A dirty daughter from the labor camps Am I laid you down in the grass of a clearing Em G You wept but your soul was willing CHORUS C Em F G And oh, my love, my love C Em F And oh, my love, my love E F We both go down together BRIDGE Am And my parents will never consent to this love F G E And I hold your hand Am Meet me on my vast veranda Em My sweet untouched Miranda Am And while the seagulls are crying Em G We fall but our souls are flying OUTRO C Em F G And oh, my love, my love C Em F G And oh, my love, my love C Em F G And oh, my love, my love C Em F And oh, my love, my love E Am We both go down together ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Eli, The Barrow Boy Originally tabbed by: Unregistered CAPO 4 INTRO Am G Am G VERSE 1 Am C C/B Eli the barrow boy of the old town Am C Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out G Am G Am G All down the day Am C C/B Below the tamaracks he is crying Am C Corncobs and candle wax for the buying G Am G Am G All down the day CHORUS F C Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe F Am Made of gold and silk Arabian thread F C But she is dead and gone and lying in the pine grove G Am And I must push my barrow all the day G Am And I must push my barrow all the day BRIDGE Am C C/B Am C G Am G Am VERSE 2 Am C C/B Eli the barrow boy when they found him Am C Dressed all in corduroy, he had drowned in G Am G Am G The river down the way Am C C/B They lay his body down in a churchyard Am C But still when the moon is out with his pushcart G Am G Am G He calls down the day CHORUS F C Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown F Am Made of gold and silk Arabian thread F C But I am dead and gone and lying in the church ground G Am But still I push my barrow all the day G Am But still I push my barrow all the day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. The Sporting Life Originally tabbed by: Hankjwimbleton VERSE 1 G7M I fell on the playing field Em The work of an errant heel C The din of the crowd and the loud commotion Am Dsus2 Went deafening silence and stopped emotion G7M The season was almost done Em We managed it 12 to 1 C So far I had known no humiliation Am Dsus2 In front of my friends and close relations VERSE 2 C7M G7M There's my father looking on C7M G7M And there's my girlfriend arm in arm Em With the captain of the other team C And all of this is clear to me Dsus2 C They condescend and fix on me a frown CHORUS Am Dsus2 How they love G7M The sporting life VERSE 3 G7M And father had had such hopes Em For a son who would take the ropes C And fulfill all his old athletic aspirations Am Dsus2 But apparently now there's some complications G7M But while I am lying here Em Trying to fight the tears C I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger Am Dsus2 Though I think I might lie here a little longer VERSE 4 C7M G7M There's my coach he's looking down C7M G7M The disappointment in his knitted brow Em I should've known he thinks again C I never should have put him in Dsus2 C He turns and loads the lemonade away Am Dsus2 And breathes in deep CHORUS G7M The sporting life Em The sporting life Cadd9 The sporting life G7M How he loves BRIDGE G7M Em C G7M C7M G7M There's my father looking on C7M G7M And there's my girlfriend arm in arm Em With the captain of the other team C And all of this is clear to me Dsus2 C They condescend and fix on me a frown CHORUS Am Dsus2 How they love G7M The sporting life Em The sporting life Cadd9 The sporting life G7M How they love OUTRO (G7M Em C G7M )X2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. The Bagman's Gambit E D A G B E E5/C: x 3 2 4 4 0 Cadd9: x 3 2 0 3 0 C7M : x 3 2 0 0 0 C7M *:x 3 2 0 3 x E5/C*: x 3 2 0 0 x Am: x 2 2 1 x x Esus4: x 2 2 0 x x Dsus2: x 2 2 3 x x For the verse, strum each chord once. INTRO (E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M *)x2 VERSE 1 E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 On the lam C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * E5/C From the law Cadd9 Cadd9 On the steps of C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * E5/C The capital Cadd9 Cadd9 You shot a plainclothes C7M C7M Cop on the C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * E5/C Ten o' clock Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* C7M * C7M Am Esus4 Dsus2 Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 And I saw momentarily Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 E5/C They flashed a photograph, It couldn't be you Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 You'd been abused so horribly Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 (E5/C But you were there in some anonymous room Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M *)x2 VERSE 2 E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 And I recall that C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * E5/C Fall Cadd9 Cadd9 I was working for the C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * E5/C Government Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M And in a bathroom stall C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * E5/C Off the national mall Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* C7M * C7M Am Esus4 Dsus2 Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 How we kissed so sweetly Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 E5/C How could I refuse a favor or two Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 And for a tryst in the greenery Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 (E5/C I gave you documents and microfilm too Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M *)x2 CHORUS G And from my ten floor tenement Am Where once our bodies lay C How I longed to hear you say Cm G "No they'll never catch me now Cm No they'll never catch me Am F No they cannot catch me now E F We will escape somehow Fm Somehow, oh" (E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M *)x2 VERSE 3 E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 It was late C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * E5/C One night E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 I was awoken by the C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * E5/C Telephone Cadd9 Cadd9 I heard a strangled C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * E5/C Cry on the end of the line Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* C7M * C7M Am Esus4 Dsus2 Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 Purloined in Petrograd Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 E5/C They were suspicious of where your loyalties lay Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 So I paid off a bureaucrat Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 (E5/C To convince your captors there to secret you away Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M *)x2 CHORUS G And at the gate of the embassy Am Our hands met through the bars C As your whisper stilled my heart Cm G "No they'll never catch me now Cm No they'll never catch me Am F No they cannot catch me now E F We will escape somehow Fm Somehow, oh" BRIDGE C B C B G G And I dreamt one night F# You were there in form G Hands held high F# In uniform G Oh F# Oh (E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M *)x2 OUTRO E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 It was ten C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * E5/C Years on E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 When you resurfaced C7M C7M C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * E5/C In a motorcar Cadd9 Cadd9 C7M C7M And with the wave of an arm C7M * C7M * E5/C* E5/C* C7M * C7M * You were there and gone ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea) CAPO 3 INTRO (Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/G) x2 VERSE 1 Am Am/E Am Am/E D Am Am/E Am Am/E Four score years living down in this rainswept town Am Am/E Am Am/E D Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/F#) Sea salt tears swimming round as the rain comes down CHORUS G Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/F# Mister postman, do you have a letter for me? G Am Am/E Mister postman, do you have a letter for me? F# A letter for me Am From my own true love G Lost at sea G G/Ab Am Am/E Am Am/E Lost at sea BRIDGE Am Am/E Am Am/E D Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E D Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/F# CHORUS G Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/F# Mister postman, do you have a letter for me? G Am Am/E Mister postman, do you have a letter for me? F# A letter for me Am From my own true love G Lost at sea G G/Ab Am Am/E Am Am/E Lost at sea ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. 16 Military Wives Originally tabbed by: Guitar JKH INTRO E VERSE 1 E G Sixteen military wives A E Thirty-two softly focused brightly colored eyes E G Staring at the natural tan A E Of thirty-two gently clenching wrinkled little hands A B Seventeen company men C# D A Out of which only twelve will make it back again E G Seargeant sent a letter to five A E Military wives, his tears drip down to ten little eyes CHORUS B Cheer them on to their rivals A E A E B Cause America can, and America can't say no A E A E B And America does, if America says it's so B It's so N.C. And the anchorperson on TV goes E La de da de da VERSE 2 E G Fifteen celebrity mimes A E Leaving their fifteen sorted wretched checkered lives E G Will they find the solution in time A E Using their fifteen pristine moderate liberal minds A B Eighteen academy chairs C# D A Out of which only seven really even care E G Doling out a garment to five A E Celebrity mimes, they're humbly taken by surprise CHORUS B Cheer them on to their rivals A E A E B Cause America can, and America can't say no A E A E B And America does, if America says it's so It's so A And the anchorperson on TV goes E La de da de da de di de di de da E La de da de da de di de di de da BRIDGE E, G, A, E, E, G, A, E VERSE 3 A B Fourteen cannibal kings C# D A Wondering blindly what the dinner bell will bring E G Fifteen celebrity mimes A E Served on a leafy bed of sixteen military wives CHORUS B Cheer them on to their rivals A E A E B Cause America can, and America can't say no A E A E B And America does, if America says it's so It's so A And the anchorperson on TV goes E La de da de da de di de di de da E La de da de da de di de di de da OUTRO E La de da de da de di de di de da E De da de da de di de di de da E De da de da de di de di de da E G A E G A E G A E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. The Engine Driver Originally tabbed by: Joho INTRO (Em C7M )x3 VERSE 1 C7M Em Bm I'm an engine driver C7M G D On a long run, on a long run C7M Em Bm Would I were beside her C7M G D She's a long one, such a long one PRE-CHORUS C7M G D C7M Em Bm And if you don't love me let me go C7M G D C7M Em Bm And if you don't love me let me go VERSE 2 C7M Em Bm I'm a county lineman C7M G D On the highline, on the highline C7M Em Bm So will be my grandson C7M G D There are powerlines in our bloodlines PRE-CHORUS C7M G D C7M Em Bm And if you don't love me let me go C7M G D C7M Em Bm And if you don't love me let me go CHORUS G Bm Em And I am a writer, writer of fictions C G I am the heart that you call home Bm Em And I've written pages upon pages C F E Trying to rid you from my bones F E My bones My bones BRIDGE C7M Em Bm C7M G D C7M Em Bm C7M G D VERSE 3 C7M Em Bm I'm a money lender C7M G D I have fortunes upon fortunes C7M Em Bm Take my hand for tender C7M G D I am tortured ever tortured PRE-CHORUS C7M G D C7M Em Bm And if you don't love me let me go C7M G D C7M Em Bm And if you don't love me let me go CHORUS G Bm Em And I am a writer, writer of fictions C G I am the heart that you call home Bm Em And I've written pages upon pages C G Trying to rid you from my bones OUTRO Bm I Am A writer Em C G I am all that you have called home Bm Em And I've written pages upon pages C F E Trying to rid you from my bones F E My bones My bones C7M G D (And if you don't love me let me go) C7M G D And if you don't love me let me go C7M G D (And if you don't love me let me go) C7M G D C7M And if you don't love me let me go ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IX. On The Bus Mall Originally tabbed by: wolfey89 INTRO C7M G x4 VERSE 1 C7M In matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our showboats G We kicked around C7M From stairway to station, we made a sensation G With the gadabout crowd C7M And oh what a bargain, we're two easy targets G For the old men at the off-tracks C7M Who've paid in palaver and crumpled old dollars G Which we squirreled away Em Am Asus2 Am In our rat-trap hotel by the freeway C C7M -C G And we slept in Sundays VERSE 2 C7M Your parents were anxious, your cool was contagious G At the old school C7M You left without leaving a note for your grieving G Sweet mother while your brother was so cruel C7M And here in the alleys your spirits were rallied G As you learned quick to make a fast buck C7M In bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and heirlooms G We bit our tongues Em Am Sucked our lips into our lungs 'til we were falling C Such was our calling CHORUS Em D Am C And here in our hollow we fused like a family Em D C But I will not mourn for you Em D Am C So take up your makeup and pocket your pills away Am Cm We're kings among runaways G On the bus mall Cm G We're down on the bus mall C7M G x8 VERSE 3 C7M Among all the urchins and old chinese merchants G Of the old town C7M We reigned at the pool hall with one iron cue ball G And we never let the bastards get us down C7M And we laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp dicks G On the colonnades of the waterfront park C7M As four in the morning came on cold and boring G We huddled close Em Am Asus2 Am In the bus stop enclosure enfolding C C7M -C Our hands tightly holding CHORUS Em D Am C But here in our hollow we fused like a family Em D C But I will not mourn for you Em D Am C So take up your makeup and pocket your pills away Am Cm We're kings among runaways G On the bus mall OUTRO Cm G We're down on the bus mall Cm G We're down on the bus mall Cm G Down on the bus mall D C7M G C7M G Ohhhh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- X. The Mariner's Revenge Song Originally tabbed by: Unregistered INTRO Am VERSE 1 Am We are two Mariners, our ship's sole survivors, E In this belly of a whale It's ribs our ceiling beams, it's guts our carpeting, Am I guess we have some time to kill You may not remember me, I was a child of three, E And you a lad of eighteen But I remember you, and I will relate to you, Am How our histories interweave VERSE 2 F Am At the time you were a rake and a roustabout. F E F E Spending all your money on the whores and hounds. Oh-oh Am E You had a charming air, all cheap and debonair, My widowed mother found so sweet Am And so she took you in, her sheets still warm with him, F Now filled with filth and foul disease. VERSE 3 Am As time wore on you proved a debt-ridden drunken mess. F E F E Leaving my mother a poor consumptive wretch. Oh-oh Am And then you disappeared. E Your gambling arrears, the only thing you left behind. And then the magistrate, reclaimed our small estate, Am And my poor mother lost her mind. F Am Then one day in spring my dear, sweet mother died. F E F E But before she did I took her hand as she dying cried, Oh-oh, CHORUS F "Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole Dm Am And break his fingers to splinters, Dm F Drag him to a hole until he wakes up, naked, Dm E F E Clawing at the ceiling of his grave, oh-oh." VERSE 4 Am It took me fifteen years to swallow all my tears, E Among the urchins in the street And then a priory, took pity and hired me Am To keep their vestry nice and neat. F Am F But never once in the employ of these holy men, E F E Did I ever once turn my mind from the thought of revenge. Oh-oh. VERSE 5 Am One night I overheard, the prior exchanging words E With a penetant whaler from the sea The captain of his ship, who matched you toe to tip, Am Was known for wanton cruelty. F Am The following day I shipped to sea with a privateer. E F E And in the whistle of the wind I could almost hear, oh-oh. CHORUS F "Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole Dm F Am And break his fingers to splinters, Dm Am F Drag him to a hole until he wakes up, naked, Dm E F E Clawing at the ceiling of his grave, oh-oh." BRIDGE C G There is one thing I must say to you, C G As you sail across the sea. Am Em Always your mother will watch over you, F E As you avenge this wicked deed. (Am E F E)x3 VERSE 6 Am And then that fateful night, E We had you in our sights, after 20 months at sea. Your starboard flanked abeam, I was getting my muskets clean, Am When came this rumbling from beneath F Am F The ocean shook, the sky went black and the captain quailed. E F E And before us grew the angry jaws of a giant whale, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh VERSE 7 Am Don't know how I survived, the crew all was chewed alive, E 1I must have slipped between its teeth. But oh what providence, what divine intelligence, Am That you should survive as well as me. F Am It gives my heart great joy to see your eyes glow with fear. F E F E So lean in close and I will whisper the last words you'll hear, oh-oh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XI. Or Angels and Angles VERSE 1 A There are angels In your angles B There's a low moon caught in your tangles A There's a ticking At the sill B A There's a purr of a pigeon to break the still of day CHORUS A As on we go drowning C Down we go away. A And darling We go a-drowning C A Down we go away. Away A B A VERSE 2 A There's a tough word On your crossword B There's a bed bug nipping a finger A There's a swallow There's a calm B A There's a hand to lay on your open palm today CHORUS A As on we go drowning C Down we go away. A And darling We go a-drowning C A Down we go away, away A B A OUTRO A There are angels A In your angles B There's a low moon caught in your tangles... |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 10. The Crane Wife I. The Crane Wife 3 Originally tabbed by: Unregistered INTRO (D A G)x2 VERSE 1 D A G And under the boughs unbound D A G All clothed in a snowy shroud D A G She had no heart so hardened D A G All under the boughs unbound (D A G)x2 VERSE 2 D A G Each feather it fell from skin D A G Till threadbare she grew thin D A G How where my eyes so blinded D A G Each feather it fell from skin CHORUS D A G And I will hang my head hang my head low D A G And I will hang my head hang my head low (D A G)x2 VERSE 3 D A G The gray sky looked bitter stained D A G A rain cloud and crane on wing D A G All out beyond horizons oh D A G A gray sky a bitter stain CHORUS D A G (And I will hang my head hang my head low)x6 OUTRO (D A G)x4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Feel Not the Drowning INTRO Em VERSE 1 There's an island hidden in the sound Lapping currents lay your boat aground G Affix your barb and bayonet A Bb The curlews carve their arabesques Em And sorrow fills the silence all around Come and see VERSE 2 There's a harbor lost within the reeds A jetty caught in over-hanging trees G Among the bones of cormorants A Bb No boot-mark here nor fingerprints Em The rivers roll down to a soundless sea Come and see G G/F# Em Come and see CHORUS D C The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye Em D C The willows mark the wind Em D C And all we know for sure amidst this fading light Em D C We'll not go home again B7 C Come and see B7 C D Em Come and see VERSE 3 In the lowlands, nestled in the heath A briar-cradle rocks its babe to sleep G Its contents watched by Sycorax A Bb And Patagon in parallax Em A foretold rumbling sounds below the deep Come and see G G/F# Em Come and see CHORUS D C The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye Em D C The willows mark the wind Em D C And all we know for sure amidst this fading light Em D C We'll not go home again B7 C Come and see B7 C D Am Come and see ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *The Landlords Daughter* INTRO (Am D)x5 VERSE 1 Am D Am D As I was a-ramble down by the water Am D Am D Am D Am D I spied in sable the landlord's daughter VERSE 2 Am D Am D I produced my pistol, then my saber Am D Am D Said, "Make no whistle or thou will be murdered!" CHORUS Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D La-Ha-Ha La-Ha VERSE 3 Am D Am D She cursed, she shivered, she cried for mercy Am D Am D "My gold and silver if thou will release me!" CHORUS Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D La-Ha-Ha La-Ha BRIDGE G Bb F Ab Eb Bbm A Dm Bb Dm Bb I'll take no gold, miss. I'll take no silver. Dm Bb Dm Bb But I'll take those sweet lips and thou will deliver! oh! CHORUS Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D La-Ha-Ha La-Ha OUTRO Dm C F G Am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *You'll Feel Not the Drowning* INTRO (Am Asus2)x10 VERSE 1 Am C I will dress your eyelids Am C With dimes upon your eyes Am C Lay you close to water Am C Green your grave will rise CHORUS G Go to sleep now, little ugly Am Go to sleep now, you little fool G Forty winking in the belfry F G You'll not feel the drowning F G Ab You'll not feel the drowning VERSE 2 Am C Forget you once had sweethearts Am C They've forgotten you Am C Think you not on parents Am C They've forgotten too CHORUS G Go to sleep now, little ugly Am Go to sleep now, you little fool G Forty winking in the belfry F G You'll not feel the drowning F G Ab You'll not feel the drowning (Am Asus2)x5 CHORUS G Go to sleep now, little ugly Am Go to sleep now, you little fool G Forty winking in the belfry F G You'll not feel the drowning F G Ab You'll not feel the drowning VERSE 3/OUTRO Am C Hear you now the captain Am C Heave his sorrowed cry Am C The weight upon your eyelids Am C Is dimes laid on your eyes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) Originally tabbed by: Warpstarkirby INTRO C Am C Am VERSE 1 C Am Heart-carved tree trunk, Yankee bayonet C Am A sweetheart left behind C Am Far from the hills of the sea-swelled Carolinas C Am That's where my true love lies C Am C Am Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah VERSE 2 C Am Look for me when the sun-bright swallow C Am Sings upon the birch bough high C Am But you are in the ground with the voles and the weevils C Am All a'chew upon your bones so dry C Am C Am (Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah)x2 CHORUS A C7M But when the sun breaks A C7M G To no more bullets in Battle Creek A C7M Then will you make a grave A F For I will be home then G I will be home then F I will be home then G I will be home then, then C Am C Am VERSE 3 C Am When I was a girl how the hills of Oconee C Am Made a seam to hem me in C Am There at the fair when our eyes caught, careless C Am Got my heart right pierced by a pin C Am C Am Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah VERSE 4 C Am But oh, did you see all the dead of Manassas C Am All the bellies and the bones and the bile C Am No, I lingered here with the blankets barren C Am And my own belly big with child C Am C Am (Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah) x2 CHORUS A C7M But when the sun breaks A C7M G To no more bullets in Battle Creek A C7M Then will you make a grave A F For I will be home then G I will be home then F I will be home then G I will be home then BRIDGE F G Stems and bones and stone walls too G Could keep me from you F Em Skein of skin is all too few G To keep me from you C Am C Am VERSE 5 C Am But oh my love, though our bodies may be parted C Am Though our skin may not touch skin C Am Look for me with the sun-bright sparrow C Am I will come on the breath of the wind C Am C Am (Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah) x2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. O Valencia! Originally tabbed by: jebeebus INTRO (C C7M G)x2 VERSE 1 C C7M G You belong to the gang C C7M G And you say you can't break away C C7M G C C7M G But I'm here with my hands on my heart C C7M G Our families can't agree C C7M G I'm your brother's sworn enemy C C7M G C C7M G But I'll shout out my love to the stars CHORUS Am F Dm G So wait for the stone on your window, your window Am F Dm G Wait by the car and we'll go, we'll go (C C7M G)x2 VERSE 2 C C7M G When first we laid eyes C C7M G I swore to no compromise C C7M G C C7M G 'Til I felt my caress on your skin C C7M G Well, how soon we were betrayed C C7M G Your sister gave us away C C7M G C C7M G And your father came all unhinged CHORUS Am F Dm G So wait for the stone on your window, your window Am F Dm G Wait by the car and we'll go, we'll go C Em Am But Oh, Valencia-ah-ah! F C With your blood still warm on the ground Em Am Valencia-ah-ah! F And I swear to the stars Dm G I'll burn this whole city down, oh oh oh (C C7M G)x4 C C7M G All I heard was a shout C C7M G Of your brother calling me out C C7M G C C7M G And you ran like a fool to my side C C7M G Well the shot, it hit hard C C7M G And your frame went limp in my arms C C7M G C C7M G And the lull of love was your dying cry CHORUS Am F Dm G So wait for the stone on your window, your window Am F Dm G Wait by the car and we'll, go we'll go C Em Am But Oh, Valencia-ah-ah! F C With your blood still warm on the ground Em Am Valencia-ah-ah! F C And I'll burn this whole city down OUTRO Em Am Valencia-ah-ah! F C With your blood gettin' cold on the ground Em Am Valencia-ah-ah! F And I swear to the stars Dm G C I'll burn this whole city down, oh oh oh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. The Perfect Crime #2 INTRO Em VERSE 1 Sing muse of the passion of the pistol Sing muse of the warning by the whistle A night so dark in the waning A dawn obscured by a slate sky raining, oh VERSE 2 Five and twenty burglars by the reservoir A teenage lookout on the signal tower The mogul's daughter in hogties The mogul fingers the wrong guy CHORUS C D It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em A perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime C D It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em A perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime It was the perfect crime VERSE 3 The bagman's quaking in the fingers The hand off lends a little lingers A well dressed man in the cross hairs A shot rings out from somewhere upstairs CHORUS C D It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em A perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime C D It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em A perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime It was the perfect crime BRIDGE C B It was like a ticker-tape parade C B When the plastique on the safe was blown away C B We all gazed from eye to eye C Em As we mouthed our silent good-byes VERSE 4 The valley's sleeping like a bastard It stinks of slumber and disaster Two words I spoke on the tap-wire The agent's ploy was a surefire backfire CHORUS C D It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em A perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime C D It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G Em A perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime OUTRO C D It was a perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect C G A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C D A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C G A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C D A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C G A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C D A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C G Em A perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. When The War Came INTRO (Bsus2 C# sus2 Csus2)x2 VERSE 1 Bsus2 With all the grain of Babylon C# sus2 Csus2 Bsus2 To cultivate, To make us strong And hidden here behind the walls C# sus2 Csus2 Bsus2 Are shoulders wide and tim -ber on Asus2 Till the war came Bsus2 C# sus2 Csus2 Till the war came VERSE 2 Bsus2 A terrible autonomy C# sus2 Csus2 Bsus2 Is grafted onto you and me A trust put in the governments C# sus2 Csus2 Bsus2 Who told their lies as heav -en sent Asus2 Till the war came Bsus2 Till the war came CHORUS G Asus2 Bsus2 And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul G Asus2 Bsus2 And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball G A Em G And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight When the war came Asus2 Bsus2 C# sus2 Csus2 Bsus2 The war came hard VERSE 3 We made our oaths to Avalon C# sus2 Csus2 Bsus2 We'd not betray the soul lain on The acres of hysteracy C# sus2 Csus2 Bsus2 To our own pangs of starva -tion Asus2 When the war came Bsus2 When the war came CHORUS G Asus2 Bsus2 And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul G Asus2 Bsus2 And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball G A Em G And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight When the war came Asus2 Bsus2 C# sus2 Csus2 Bsus2 The war came hard OUTRO With all the grain of Babylon With all the grain of Babylon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. Shankill Butchers Originally tabbed by: hojoseph99 CAPO 4 INTRO 2, 3, 4 (Am Am/B C Am/B) x2 VERSE 1 Am Am/E F The shankill butchers run tonight E You better shut your windows tight Am Am/E F They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives E And taking all their whiskey by the pint CHORUS Am Am/E F And everybody knows if you don't G Am Am/E Mind your mother's words Am Am/E F F/C A wicked wind will blow G Am Your ribbons from your curls Am/E Am Am/E F Everybody moan, everybody shake E E/B (Am Am/B Am/c) x2 The Shankill butchers wanna catch you awake VERSE 2 Am Am/E F They used to be just like me and you E They used to be sweet little boys Am Am/E F But something went horribly askew E Now killing is their only source of joy CHORUS Am Am/E F Cause everybody knows if you don't G Am Am/E Mind your mother's words Am Am/E F F/C A wicked wind will blow G Am Your ribbons from your curls Am/E Am Am/E F Everybody moan, everybody shake E E/B (Am Am/B Am/C) x2 The Shankill butchers wanna catch you awake BRIDGE (Am Am/E F E)x2 VERSE 3 Am Am/E F The shankill butchers on the rise E They're waiting until the dead of the night Am Am/E F They're picking at their fingers with their knives E And wiping off their cleavers on their thighs CHORUS Am Am/E F Cause everybody knows if you don't G Am Am/E Mind your mother's words Am Am/E F F/C A wicked wind will blow G Am Your ribbons from your curls Am/E Am Am/E F Everybody moan, everybody shake OUTRO E The shankill butchers wanna catch you E The shankill butchers wanna cut you E The shankill butchers wanna catch you Am Am/B Am/C Am/B Awake Am Am/B Am/C Am/B Awake Am Am/B Am/C Am/B Awake Am Awake ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. Summersong Originally tabbed by: tAKEAWAy CAPO 4 INTRO Am C Em G VERSE 1 Am C Ramblin' where to begin Em G I taste the summer on your peppery skin Am C Been saved the warmer the waves Em G I felt a slip into a watery grave Am C Em G Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa Am C Em G A la di da di da Ahhhhhhh PRE-CHORUS Am C My girl, linen and curls Em G Lips parting like a flag all unfurled Am C She's grand the bend of her hand Em G Digging deep into the sweep of the sand Am C Em G Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa Am C Em G A la di da di da Ahhhhhhh CHORUS G Am Em Am Summer arrives with a length of lights Em Am F Summer blows away C G Am C Em G And quietly gets swallowed by a wave Am C Em G It gets swallowed by a wave VERSE 2 Am C Waylay the din of the day Em G Boats bobbing in the blue of the bay Am C In deep far beneath Em G All the dead sailors slowly slipping to sleep Am C Em G Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa Am C Em G A la di da di da Ahhhhhhh PRE-CHORUS Am C My girl, linen and curls Em G Lips parting like a flag all unfurled Am C She's grand the bend of her hand Em G Digging deep into the sweep of the sand Am C Em G Oh ahhh Ah ha haaaa Am C Em G A la di da di da Ahhhhhhh CHORUS G Am Em Am Summer arrives with a length of lights Em Am F Summer blows away C G Am C Em G And quietly gets swallowed by a wave Am C Em G Am C Em G It gets swallowed by a wave Am C Em G Am C Em G It gets swallowed by a wave Am C Em G Am C Em G It gets swallowed by a wave --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IX. The Crane Wife 1&2 Crane Wife 1 tabbed by: Stormx Crane Wife 2 tabbed by: heymrrain INTRO G VERSE 1 It was a cold night Em And the snow lay around I pulled my coat tight C Against the falling down And the sun was all G Em And the sun was all down And the sun was all C G And the sun was all down VERSE 2 I am a poor man Em I haven't wealth nor fame I have my two hands C And a house to my name And the winter's so G Em And the winter's so long And the winter's so C D And the winter's so long CHORUS And all the stars were crashing 'round G As I laid eyes on what I'd found VERSE 3 It was a white crane Em It was a helpless thing Upon a red stain C With an arrow its wing And it called and cried G Em And it called and cried so And it called and cried C D And it called and cried so CHORUS And all the stars were crashing 'round G As I laid eyes on what I'd found Em C My crane wife, my crane wife G My crane wife, my crane wife VERSE 4 Now I helped her Em And I dressed her wounds And how I held her C Beneath the rising moon And she stood to fly G Em And she stood to fly away And she stood to fly C D She stood to fly away CHORUS And all the stars were crashing 'round G As I laid eyes on what I'd found Em C My crane wife, my crane wife G My crane wife, my crane wife G Em C G Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da G Em C G Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da D Bm D G D Bm D G D Bm D G D Bb D G D Bm D G D Bb D G ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Crane Wife 2* INTRO D VERSE 1 C G D My crane wife arrived at my door in the moonlight C G D All star-bright and tongue tied I took her in VERSE 2 D C G D We were married and bells rang sweet for our wedding C G D And our bedding was ready when we fell in CHORUS Em A Em Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red A G Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread A C G When all I ever meant to do was to keep you D G D C D My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife VERSE 3 C G D We were poorly, our fortunes fading hourly C G D And how she vowed me she could bring it back VERSE 4 D C G D But I was greedy I was vain and I forced her to weaving C G D On cold loom in closed room with down wove CHORUS Em A Em Sound the keening bell and see it's painted red A G Soft as fontanel, the feathers in the thread A C G When all I ever meant to do was to keep you D G D C D My crane wife, my crane wife, my crane wife OUTRO Em F There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart Em F There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart G C G C G C G C G C Rakes at my heart, heart, heart, heart, heart G C G C G C G C G C G C Heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart D My crane wife ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- X. Sons And Daughters INTRO: D G D G VERSE 1/CHORUS D G When we arrive, sons and daughters D G We'll make our homes on the water D G We'll build our walls aluminum D G D G We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now D G D G VERSE 2 D G These currents pull us 'cross the border D G Steady your boats, arms to shoulder D G 'till tides are pulled, hold our grounds D G D G Making this cold harbor now home D G VERSE 3 D G Take up your arms, sons and daughters D G We will arise from the bunkers D G By land, by sea, by dirigible D G D G We'll leave our tracks untraceable now BRIDGE D G D G D G D G D G CHORUS D G When we arrive, sons and daughters D G We'll make our homes on the water D G We'll build our walls aluminum D G D G We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now D G CHORUS D G When we arrive, sons and daughters D G We'll make our homes on the water D G We'll build our walls aluminum D G D G We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now D G D G CHORUS D G When we arrive, sons and daughters D G We'll make our homes on the water D G We'll build our walls aluminum D G D G We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now D G D G CHORUS D G When we arrive, sons and daughters D G We'll make our homes on the water D G We'll build our walls aluminum D G D G We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now D G D G D G D G OUTRO D G (Here all the bombs fade away) X 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BONUS TRACKS XI. After the Bombs Originally tabbed by: Unregistered INTRO (D B G) x2 VERSE 1 D Bm G After the bombs subside D Bm And this long, low campaign G Calls it good for the night D Bb We meet in the streets Bm A G Will we meet in a bar's cold light? D Bm We grip at our hands G We hold just a little tight PRE-CHORUS Fm Em After the bombs A D After the bombs subside VERSE 2 D Bm G And after the rockets come D Bm And the glimmer of fire G Pretends an early dawn D Bb We pinch at our skin Bm A G While we wonder how we escaped harm D Bm We forget all our trials G All there in our baby's arms PRE-CHORUS Fm Em After the rockets E A D After the rockets come CHORUS D G Then we'll go dancing D G Won't we go dancing? D G Fm Em Yes, we'll go dancing A D Until it all starts over again (D Bm G D Bm G D Bb Bm A G D Bm G Fm Em A D) x2 CHORUS D G D D G Then we'll go dancing D G Won't we go dancing? D G Fm Em Yes, we'll go dancing A D Until it all starts over again ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- XII. Culling of the Fold Originally tabbed by: Henner CAPO 4 VERSE 1 C Em Cut him up boy C Em You've got to cut him up boy C He's a wicked disgrace Em And he said it to your face C Em You better cut him up boy VERSE 2 Em Take him by the teeth Em Get him down on his knees F# With your hands all shaking C That'll teach him how to take it Em C Gotta cut him up boy Em And how CHORUS Am Ply her heart with gold and silver Em Am And take your sweetheart down to the river Em F#° Dash her on the paving stones C It may break your heart B To break her bones Am C B Em But someones got to do, the culling of the fold VERSE 3 C Em Cut him up girl C Em Really cut him up girl C Em He lives by himself in a hole in a wall, C Em You've gotta cut him up girl VERSE 4 Em You can take him in a stitch Em Dump his body in a ditch F#° Leave his limbs all naked C That'll teach him how to take it Em C Better cut him up girl Em And how CHORUS Am Ply her heart with gold and silver Em Am And take your sweetheart down to the river Em F#dim Dash her on the paving stones C It may break your heart B To break her bones Am C B Em But someones got to do, the culling of the fold BRIDGE C Em Listen up boy C Em And listen up girl C It's a shallow little trench Em And it's giving off a stench C Em It's a shallow little world Em Feeling down in the face Em Could you use a little space Dim When the radio crackles C And the in-laws cackle Em C You better cut him up boy Em And cut him up girl CHORUS Am Ply her heart with gold and silver Em Am And take your sweetheart down to the river Em F#dim Dash her on the paving stones C It may break your heart B To break her bones Am C B Em But someones got to do, the culling of the fold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XIII. The Perfect Crime #1 VERSE 1 N.C. 2...3...4! I got a gun, I got a girl I got a bullet-proof plan to pull A The perfect crime D I got the perfect crime VERSE 2 I got a warehouse down at the docks I got fifteen precincts of cops bought A The perfect crime D I got the perfect crime CHORUS G You got to get your clock locked D Get your stopwatch synchronized G D You got to get it so you can't put a pin through your alibi A To pull the perfect crime D To pull the perfect crime A D Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba VERSE 3 I got a guy bought on the inside I got a night guard gagged and hog-tied A The perfect crime D This is the perfect crime VERSE 4 I got a brain, I got a brawn I got all the proper papers for the gendarmes A The perfect crime D C'est ç the perfect crime CHORUS G I got the mob boss bought D I got a letter from the DEA G I got a mock-up of the lockup D Where they stock up on their pocket change A To pull the perfect crime D This is the perfect crime A D Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba A D Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba (D over solo) VERSE 5 We hit a snag when we tripped the alarm A Because the dock side spics had been tipped off in time D To this perfect crime VERSE 6 Called out the dogs, called out the cops I caught the deputy ops A In a cold cock. I will do time D For this perfect crime G D So we ran around town with the cops snapping on our tails G D Because we'd rather brave death then a fist-fuck in county jail A Just for the perfect crime For the perfect crime D This is the perfect crime A D Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba A D Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba D over long outro ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- XIV. The Day I Knew You Wouldn't Ever Come Back INTRO Bm VERSE 1 Bm The day I knew you'd not come back Am Bm I built this castle out of glass CHORUS But I could never understand Am Where the windows and walls began and end Bm No, I could never understand Am Where the windows and walls began and end Am and Bm over long solo VERSE 2 Bm I built this colonnade of sand Am Stretched out like fingers from my hand CHORUS Bm But with the waves coming in Am In the morning I had to build again Bm But with the waves coming in Am In the morning I had to build again Am and Bm over long outro ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- XV. Hurdles Even Here INTRO C#m E F#m A VERSE 1 C#m E So it started in your ovaries F#m A stone, A seedling A C#m Our bones entwined E A warning from the orderlies F#m A bulge for bleeding A C#m This would take its time E Oh oh oh oh F#m A Ah ah ahhhh VERSE 2 C#m E So it all went down the telephone F#m And saw me clearly A C#m All of nine years old E Calmly cast in Styrofoam F#m In my Tony Lamas A C#m When the shock takes hold E Oh oh oh oh F#m A Ah ah ahhhh CHORUS C#m Mom there are hurdles here D7M9 A that I cannot seem to clear C#m Dad there are demons round Ab I know I said that I I said I'd be alright A E A B5 C5 C#m I lied I lied I lied I liiiiiiiiied E F#m A VERSE 3 C#m E So fix your brood and belly now F#m Get your fingers ringing A C#m Get your lungs unstayed E It'll eat you from the inside out F#m Till it comes out screaming A C#m Till it all falls away E Oh oh oh oh F#m A Ah ah ahhhh CHORUS A C#m Dad there are hurdles here D7M9 A that I cannot seem to clear C#m Mom there are demons round Ab I know I said that I I said I'd be alright A E A B5 C5 C#m I lied I lied I lied I liiiiiiiiied E F#m A |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 11. The Hazards Of Love I. Prelude I am tabbing this song from 1:37 onward because before that it is just one or two notes. The note before that is D played in different octaves. Synthesizer (1:34-2:28) Viola(2:29-End) e|--0-1-6-5-4-0---1-6-7-5-0---0--| e|17-16-12-13-10-12-13-10-12-9-10--| B|3-------------3-----------3---2| B|---------------------------------| G|-------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-------------------------------| A|--------------------------------4| D|-------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. The Hazards of Love 1(The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone) Originally Tabbed by: Cassaroll168 DROP D VERSE 1 D G F D My true love went riding out in white and green grey G F D Past the pale of Arthur's wall, where she was wont to stray G F D G F D And there she came upon a white and wounded fawn CHORUS F Em F D G Singing Oh oh, the hazards of love VERSE 2 D G F D She being full of charity, a credit to her sex G F D Sought to right the fawn's hind leg, when here her plans were vexed G F D G F D The Taiga shifted strange, the beast began to change CHORUS F Em F D G Singing Oh oh, the hazards of love F Em F D G Singing Oh oh, the hazards of love F D You'll learn soon enough F D F D G D The prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone, undone VERSE 3 G F D Fifteen lissome maidens lay, along in their bower G F D Fourteen occupations paid, to pass the idle hour G F D G F D Margaret heaves a sigh, her hands clasped to her thighs CHORUS F Em F D G Singing Oh oh, the hazards of love F Em F D G Singing Oh oh, the hazards of love F D You'll learn soon enough F D F D G D The prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone, undone Undone, undone, undone ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. A Bower Scene Originally tabbed by: DonTago In all of the places I have the riff, you can just play the D chord. The D* is where you cannot play the riff. INTRO D e|--5---3---0-------5---7---8---7| B|--------------3----------------| G|5---5---5---5---5---7---7---7--| VERSE 1 F G D OR e|--5---3---0----| Thou inconsolable daughter said the sister B|--------------3| G|5---5---5---5--| F G D OR e|--5---3---0----| When wilt thou trouble the water in the cistern B|--------------3| G|5---5---5---5--| Bb C D* F D* G D* F D* G And what irascible black Bart is the father e|--5---3---0----| B|--------------3| G|5---5---5---5--| VERSE 2 F G D OR e|--5---3---0----| And when young Margret's waistline grew wider B|--------------3| G|5---5---5---5--| F G D OR e|--5---3---0----| The fruit of her amorous entwine inside her B|--------------3| G|5---5---5---5--| Bb C And so our heroine withdraws to the Taiga D* F D* G D* F D* G D* F D* G D* F D* G ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga) Originally tabbed by: DonTago DROP D INTRO D|--------------------0-3-0-----------------------0-3-0----| A|------0-3-0--------------h3p------0-3-0--------------h3p-| D|0-0-0------h3p0-0-0---------0-0-0------h3p0-0-0---------0| e|--------------0-------------------0----| B|------1-1-3-3---3-1-------1-1-3-3---3-1| G|2-4-4---------------2-4-4--------------| VERSE 1 D F G Gentle leaves, gentle leaves, please array a path for me F G D The wood's all growing thick and fast around G|2-4-4-5| D F G Columbine, columbine, please alert this love of mine F G D Let him know his Margret comes along e|--------------0---| B|------1-1-3-3--3-1| G|2-4-4-------------| CHORUS F G F G F G D And all this stirring inside my belly won't quell my want for love G|2-4-4-5| F G F G F G D And I may swoon from all this swelling but I won't want for love e|--------------0-------------------0----| B|------1-1-3-3---3-1-------1-1-3-3---3-1| G|2-4-4---------------2-4-4--------------| VERSE 2 D F G Mistle Thrush, Mistle Thrush, lay me down in the underbrush F G D My naked feet grow weary with the dusk G|2-4-4-5| D F G Willow boughs, willow boughs, make a bed to lay me down F G D Let your branches bow to cradle us e|--------------0---| B|------1-1-3-3--3-1| G|2-4-4-------------| CHORUS F G F G F G D And all this stirring inside my belly won't quell my want for love G|2-4-4-5| F G F G F G D And I may swoon from all this swelling but I won't want for love e|--------------0-------------------0----| B|------1-1-3-3---3-1-------1-1-3-3---3-1| G|2-4-4---------------2-4-4--------------| F F F Oh my own true love, oh my own true love B|5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1| F F F Can you hear me love? Can you hear me love B|5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1----------| G|------------------4-4-4-4\2| BRIDGE D|--------------------0-3-0-----------------------0-3-0----| A|------0-3-0--------------h3p------0-3-0--------------h3p-| D|0-0-0------h3p0-0-0---------0-0-0------h3p0-0-0---------0| e|--------------0----| B|------1-1-3-3---3-1| G|2-4-4--------------| CHORUS F G F G F G D And all this stirring inside my belly won't quell my want for love G|2-4-4-5| F G F G F G D And I may swoon from all this swelling but I won't want for love OUTRO Won't want for love Won't e|--------------0-------------------0----| B|------1-1-3-3---3-1-------1-1-3-3---3-1| G|2-4-4---------------2-4-4--------------| want for love Won't want for love e|--------------0-------------------0----| B|------1-1-3-3---3-1-------1-1-3-3---3-1| G|2-4-4---------------2-4-4--------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All) Drop D VERSE 1 D D/C# D And here I am, softer than a shower D/C# D And here I am, to garland you with flowers PRE-CHORUS C G D To lay you down, in clover bed C G D The stars a roof above our heads VERSE 2 D/C# D And all my life, I never felt a tremor D/C# D And all my life, that now disturbs my fingers PRE-CHORUS C G D To lay you down, in clover bed C G D The stars a roof above our heads CHORUS C G D And we'll lie 'till the Corn Crake crows C G D D/C# Bereft of the weight of our summer clothes Bm A G Em D G D And I'd wager all, the hazards of love, the hazards of love C G D C G D D/C# VERSE 3 D/C# D And take my hand and cradle it in your hand D/C# D And take my hand to feel the pull of quicksand PRE-CHORUS C G D To lay you down, in clover bed C G D The stars a roof above our heads CHORUS C G D And we'll lie 'till the Corn Crake crows C G D D/C# Bereft of the weight of our summer clothes Bm A G Em D G D And I'd wager all, the hazards of love, the hazards of love G D G D The hazards of love, the hazards of love, oh ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. The Queen's Approach Originally tabbed by: monoxianx DROP D e|---------1-----------5-1-----------1--------------------| B|----3------3-----3-------3-----3-----3-------1---------3| G|------2------------2-------------2-----2---2---2-----4--| D|--0------------0-------------0-----------3-------3/5----| A|--------------------------------------------------------| D|0------------0-------------0----------------------------| e|---------1-----------5-1-----------1--------------------| B|----3------3-----3-------3-----3-----3-------1---------3| G|------2------------2-------------2-----2---2---2-----4--| D|--0------------0-------------0-----------3-------3/5----| A|--------------------------------------------------------| D|0------------0-------------0----------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. Isn't it a Lovely Night? DROP D INTRO A|2-4-4-4-4-5-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-2-2-4| G|----------0-4-0-4-2-0---2-0-----0--------------------------| D|----0-2-4-------------4-----4-2---4-2-0---0----------------| A|2-4-------------------------------------4---2-2-4-4-4-4-5-2| G|----------0-4-0-4-2-0---2-0-----0--------------------------| D|----0-2-4-------------4-----4-2---4-2-0---0----------------| A|2-4-------------------------------------4---2-2-4-4-4-4-5-2| VERSE 1 Is-n't it a lov-ely night? G|-----------------0----4| D|-------0--2--4---------| A|2-4--------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| And so a-live with fi-re-flies pro-vi-ding us their ho-ly light G|0---4--2---0-------2---0------------0---------------------------------------| D|---------------4-----------4----2-------4---2--0--------0-------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------4-----2-2-4-4-4-4-5-2--| And here we made our bed of boughs G|--------------------------0----4| D|-------------0----2---4---------| A|2--------4----------------------| And this-tle down that we had found to lay up-on the de-wy ground. G|0---4--2----0--------2---0------------0-----------------------------------| D|-----------------4-----------4----2-------4--2--0--------0----------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------4-----2-2-4-4-4-4-5-2| CHORUS D D7 Em And is-n't it a love-ly way We got in from our play G|-------------------0----2| D|---------0--2--4---------| A|---2--4------------------| A G A G Isn't it babe? A sweet little baby A|2-4-4-4-4-5-2| VERSE 2 And was-n't it a love-ly breeze G|---------------------0----4| D|----------0--2---4---------| A|---2--4--------------------| That swept the leaves of ar-bor eaves and bent to brush our blush-ing knees G|0---4------2----0------2---0--------------0----------------------------| D|---------------------4-----------4----2-------4---2----0--------0------| A|------------------------------------------------------------4---------2| A|2-4-4-4-4-5-2| And here we died our lit-tle deaths G|------------------------0----4| D|------------0---2---4---------| A|---2---4----------------------| And we were left to catch our breath so swift-ly lift-ing from our chests G|0---4--2----0--------2----0--------------0----------------------------| D|-----------------4--------------4----2-------4---2----0--------0------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------4---------2| A|2-4-4-4-4-5-2| CHORUS D D7 Em And is-n't it a love-ly way We got in from our play G|-------------------0----2| D|---------0--2--4---------| A|---2--4------------------| A G A G Isn't it babe? A sweet little baby A|2-4-4-4-4-5-2| G|----------0-4-0-4-2-0---2-0-----0--------------------------| D|----0-2-4-------------4-----4-2---4-2-0---0----------------| A|2-4-------------------------------------4---2-2-4-4-4-4-5-2| G|----------0-4-0-4-2-0---2-0-----0--------------------------| D|----0-2-4-------------4-----4-2---4-2-0---0----------------| A|2-4-------------------------------------4---2-2-4-4-4-4-5-2| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|----------0-1| D D7 Em A G A G D|----0-2-4----| A|2-4----------| G|----------0-4| D|----0-2-4----| A|2-4----------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. The Wanting Comes in Waves INTRO e|--0-1-3-5-6-5-------0-1-3-5-6-5------0-1-3-5-6-5---0-0-0-1-0---0| B|3-------------3-5-3------------3-5-3-------------3-----------3--| Bb VERSE 1 Mo-ther I can hear your foot-fall, now e|----0---1--3---5----6----5-----------| B|3-----------------------------3-----5| Soft dis-tur-bance in the dead fall e|------0---1---3-----5--6---5------| B|3--------------------------------3| How it pro-ceeds you like a black smoke pall e|--------0----1----3----5--6---5------------| B|5---3-------------------------------3-----5| Bb Still the wan-ting comes in waves e|--0----0---1----0---------0| B|---------------------3-----| And you de-liv-ered me from dan-ger e|--------0---1----3--5----6----5---| B|-----3---------------------------3| Then pulled my cra-dle from the ree-dy glen, e|------------0---1---3---5----6----5-------| B|5-------3----------------------------3---5| Swore to save me from the world of men, e|------0---1---3---5----6---5---------| B|--3-----------------------------3---5| Bb Still the wan-ting comes in waves, e|--0----0---1---0----------0| B|--------------------3------| CHORUS In waves F Am Bb And waves Oooooh F Bb Am Bb And the wanting comes in waves Oooooh F Bb Am Bb And the wanting comes in waves Oooooh Gm And I want this night Bbm And I want this night N.C. Oh VERSE 2 G D C Ohh I made you, I wrought you, I pulled you G D C From war I labored you, from cancer I harbored you G And now Bb C This is how I am repaid Bb C This is how I am repaid G Remember, when I found you D C The miseries that hounded you G And I gave you motion D C Anointed you with lotion CHORUS G And now Bb C This is how I am repaid Bb C This is how I am repaid VERSE 3 Mo-ther, hear this pro-pos-it-ion, right e|----0-----1----3---5----6---5-----------| B|3------------------------------3-------5| Grant me free-dom to en-joy this night e|-------0---1---3---5-6---5-----------| B|3-----------------------------3-----5| And I'll re-turn to you at break of light e|---------0---1---3--5--6----5-----------| B|----3----------------------------3-----5| Bb Still the wan-ting comes in waves, e|--0----0---1---0----------0| B|--------------------3------| CHORUS In waves F Am Bb And waves Oooooh F Bb Am Bb And the wanting comes in waves Oooooh F Bb Am Bb And the wanting comes in waves Oooooh Gm And you owe me life Bbm And you owe me life N.C. Oh VERSE 4 G D C And if I grant you this favor, to hand you G D C Your life for the evening I will retake by morning CHORUS G And so D C G Consider it your debt repaid D C G Consider it your debt repaid D C G Repaid D C G Repaid ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IX. An Interlude DROP D Originally tabbed by: Stormx D:|----4-2-----5-4-----2h4-----4-2-----5-4-----2h4| A:|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----| D:|0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------| D:|----4-2-----5-4-----2h4-----4-2-----5-4-----2h4| A:|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----| D:|0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------| G:|----4-----4-------------------------------------------| D:|--4-----4-----0-----0-----0-5-0-------0-----0-4h5-----| A:|2-----2-----0-----5---4h5-------5---5---4h5-------5-0-| D:|----------------5-----------------5-------------------| D:|----4-2-----5-4-----2h4-----4-2-----5-4-----2h4| A:|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----| D:|0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------| D:|----4-2-----5-4-----2h4-----4-2-----5-4-----2h4| A:|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----| D:|0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------| G:|----4-----4-------------------------------------------| D:|--4-----4-----0-----0-----0-5-0-------0-----0-4h5-----| A:|2-----2-----0-----5---4h5-------5---5---4h5-------5-0-| D:|----------------5-----------------5-------------------| D:|----4-2-----5-4-----2h4-----4-2-----5-4-----2h4| A:|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----| D:|0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------| D:|----4-2-----5-4-----2h4-----4-2-----5-4-----2h4| A:|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----| D:|0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------| G:|----4-----4---|-------------2-----------------------| D:|--4-----4-----0-----0-----0---0-------0-----0-4h5-0-| A:|2-----2-----0-|---5---4h5-------5---5---4h5---------| D:|--------------|-5-----------------5-----------------| G:|---------------2-------------------------0-| D:|-------0-----0---0-------0-----0-4h5-0---0-| A:|-5---5---4h5-------5---5---4h5---------5-5-| D:|---5-----------------5-------------------5-| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- X. The Rake's Song Adapted from the tab by: Sandlas Juagas NORMAL TUNING INTRO (G Em) x4 VERSE 1 G Em G Em I had entered into a marriage G Em G Em In the summer of my twenty-first year G Em G Em And the bells rang for our wedding G Em G Em Only now do I remember it clear CHORUS Am C Alright, alright, alright (G Em) x2 VERSE 2 G Em G Em No more a rake and no more a bachelor G Em G Em I was wedded and it whetted my thirst G Em G Em Until her womb start spilling out babies G Em G Em Only then did I reckon my curse CHORUS Am C G Em G Em Alright, alright, alright Am C Alright, alright, alright (G Em) x4 VERSE 3 G Em G Em First came Isaiah with his crinkled little fingers G Em G Em Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn G Em G Em Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery G Em G Em Mercifully taking her mother along CHORUS Am C Alright, alright, alright (G Em) x2 VERSE 4 G Em G Em What can one do when one is widower G Em G Em Shamefully saddled with three little pests G Em G Em All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life So my burden I began to divest CHORUS Am C G Em G Em Alright, alright, alright Am C Alright, alright, alright VERSE 5 G Em G Em Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove G Em G Em Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath G Em G Em Isaiah fought but was easily bested G Em G Em Burned his body for incurring my wrath CHORUS Am C Alright, alright, alright (G E)x2 VERSE 6 G Em G Em And that's how I became your humble narrator G Em G Em To be living so easy and free G Em G Em Expect that you think that I should be haunted G Em G Em But it never really bothers me CHORUS Am C G Em G Em Alright, alright, alright Am C Alright, alright, alright G Em G Em Em Em ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- XI. The Abduction of Margaret DROP D In all of the places I have the riff, you can just play the D chord. The D* is where you cannot play the riff. INTRO e|--5---3---0-------5---7---8---7| B|--------------3----------------| G|5---5---5---5---5---7---7---7--| VERSE 1 F G D OR e|--5---3---0------| And all the while whispering arbors provide cover B|--------------3---| G|5---5---5---5-----| F G D OR e|--5---3---0----| What previous witness ardors of our lovers B|--------------3| G|5---5---5---5--| Bb C D* F D* G D* F D* G Our heroine here falls prey to her abductor e|--5---3---0-------5---7---8---7| B|--------------3----------------| G|5---5---5---5---5---7---7---7--| VERSE 2 F G D OR e|--5---3---0----| All a'gallop with Margaret slung rude cross withers B|--------------3| G|5---5---5---5--| F G D OR e|--5---3---0----| Having clamped her innocent fingers in fetters B|--------------3| G|5---5---5---5--| Bb C Our villain must calculate crossing the wild river ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XII.The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing Adapted from tab by: Stormx INTRO (D F D G)x4 VERSE 1 D F D G D F Iiiii'mmmmmm made of bones of the branches, D G D F D G The boughs, and the brow-beating light D F D G D F D G Oh, my feet are the trunks and my head is the canopy high D F D G F And my fingers extend to the leaves and the eaves and the bright G F Brightest shine, it's my shine (D F D G)x2 VERSE 2 D F D G D F D G D F D G And heeeeee was a baby, abandoned entombed in a cradle of clay D F D G D F D G And I was the soul that took pity and stole him away D F D G F And gave him the form of a fawn to inhabit by day G F Brightest day, it's my day (D F D G)x6 VERSE 3 D F D G D F D G And yoooouuuu have removed this temptation that's troubled my innocent child D G D F D F D G D F D G To abduct and abuse and to render her rift and defiled D F D G F But the river is deep to the banks and the water is wild G F But I will fly you to the far side (D F D G) x4 B:|---------6--------------------6--------------------6-----------| G:|---7p5-----7------------7p5-----7------------7p5-----7---------| D:|-0-----7------3-5-3-5-0-----7------3-5-3-5-0-----7------3-5-3-5| A:|-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5| D:|-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5| E:|------------------------------------8-| B:|----------------------------------5---| G:|------------5-------------5h7-5h7-----| D:|-7----7p5-----7~--7-7p5---------------| A:|-7--------7-------------7-------------| D:|-7------------------------------------| E:|------------------------------------8-| B:|----------------------------------5---| G:|------------5-------------5h7-5h7-----| D:|-7----7p5-----7~--7-7p5---------------| A:|-7--------7-------------7-------------| D:|-7------------------------------------| B:|---------6--------------------6--------------------6-----------| G:|---7p5-----7------------7p5-----7------------7p5-----7---------| D:|-0-----7------3-5-3-5-0-----7------3-5-3-5-0-----7------3-5-3-5| A:|-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5| D:|-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5| E:|------------------------------------8-| B:|----------------------------------5---| G:|------------5-------------5h7-5h7-----| D:|-7----7p5-----7~--7-7p5---------------| A:|-7--------7-------------7-------------| D:|-7------------------------------------| E:|------------------------------------8-| B:|----------------------------------5---| G:|------------5-------------5h7-5h7-----| D:|-7----7p5-----7~--7-7p5---------------| A:|-7--------7-------------7-------------| D:|-7------------------------------------| (D F D G) x3 E:|------------------------------------8-| B:|----------------------------------5---| G:|------------5-------------5h7-5h7-----| D:|-7----7p5-----7~--7-7p5---------------| A:|-7--------7-------------7-------------| D:|-7------------------------------------| E:|------------------------------------8-| B:|----------------------------------5---| G:|------------5-------------5h7-5h7-----| D:|-7----7p5-----7~--7-7p5---------------| A:|-7--------7-------------7-------------| D:|-7------------------------------------| B:|---------6--------------------6--------------------6-----------| G:|---7p5-----7------------7p5-----7------------7p5-----7---------| D:|-0-----7------3-5-3-5-0-----7------3-5-3-5-0-----7------3-5-3-5| A:|-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5| D:|-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5-0------------3-5-3-5| A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XIII. Annan Water VERSE 1 Am Annan water, you loom so deep and wide I would cross over if you would stem the tide Or build a boat that I might ford the other side F To reach the farther shore where my true love lies in wait for me G Am F Em G Am In wait for me, in wait for me, in wait for me VERSE 2 Oh, great river, your waters ramble wild The horses shiver and bite against the bridle But I will cross if mine own horse is pulled from me F Though my mother cries that if I try I sure will drowned be G Am F Em G Am Will drowned be, will drowned be, will drowned be CHORUS D Dm A F#m But if you calm and let me pass D E A A7 You may render me a wreck when I come back D Dm A A7 So calm your waves and slow the churn D E Am And you may have my precious bones on my return VERSE 3 Annan water, oh hear my true love's call Hear her holler above your water's pall God, that I could that my two arms could give me wings F And I would cross your breadth and rest my breast about her amber ring G Am F Em G Am Her amber ring, her amber ring, her amber ring CHORUS D Dm A F#m But if you calm and let me pass D E A A7 You may render me a wreck when I come back D Dm A A7 So calm your waves and slow the churn D E [start verse tabs here] And you may have my precious bones on my return Dm On my, on my return Am --------------------------------------------------------------------------- XIV. Margaret In Captivity Originally tabbed by: DonTago e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|----5-------3-------1-------0-------5-------3-------1-------0--| G|--5---5---4---4---2---1---0---0---5---5---4---4---2---1---0---0| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------| e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----5-------3-------1-------0---------------0-----------3--| G|---5---5---4---4---2---1---0---0-----2-----0---0---2/4------| D|-----------------------------------3---3-----------3/5-0----| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----------| VERSE 1: Play 5x (until "kickstand") e|----------------------------------| B|-----5-------3-------1-------0----| G|---5---5---4---4---2---1---0---0--| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| D|-0-------0-------0-------0--------| Then play: e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----5-------3-------1-------0---------------0-----------3--| G|---5---5---4---4---2---1---0---0-----2-----0---0---2/4------| D|-----------------------------------3---3-----------3/5-0----| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----------| I have snipped your wingspan, my precious captive swan Here all clipped of kickstand, your spirit won't last long Play 5x (until "akimbo") e|----------------------------------| B|-----5-------3-------1-------0----| G|---5---5---4---4---2---1---0---0--| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| D|-0-------0-------0-------0--------| Then play: e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----5-------3-------1-------0---------------0-----------3--| G|---5---5---4---4---2---1---0---0-----2-----0---0---2/4------| D|-----------------------------------3---3-----------3/5-0----| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----------| Don't you lift a finger, don't you snap and jaw Limber limbs akimbo, rest till rubbing raw CHORUS F G Oh my own true love! Oh my own true love! e|----------------------| B|---5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1--| G|---5-5-5-4-4-4-2-2-2--| F G Can you hear me, love? Can you hear me, love? e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----5-------3-------1-------0---------------0-----------3--| G|---5---5---4---4---2---1---0---0-----2-----0---0---2/4------| D|-----------------------------------3---3-----------3/5-0----| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----------| VERSE 2 Play 5x (until "wrecked you") e|----------------------------------| B|-----5-------3-------1-------0----| G|---5---5---4---4---2---1---0---0--| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| D|-0-------0-------0-------0--------| Then play: e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----5-------3-------1-------0---------------0-----------3--| G|---5---5---4---4---2---1---0---0-----2-----0---0---2/4------| D|-----------------------------------3---3-----------3/5-0----| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----------| Don't hold out for rescue, none can hear your call Till I have wrest and wrecked you, behind these fortress walls CHORUS F G Oh my own true love! Oh my own true love! e|----------------------| B|---5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1--| G|---5-5-5-4-4-4-2-2-2--| F G Can you hear me, love? Can you hear me, love? e|----------------------| B|---5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1--| G|---5-5-5-4-4-4-2-2-2--| OUTRO F G e|----------------------| B|---5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1--| G|---5-5-5-4-4-4-2-2-2--| F G e|----------------------| B|---5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1--| G|---5-5-5-4-4-4-2-2-2--| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XV. The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!) INTRO e|--0-1-3-5-6-5-------0-1-3-5-6-5------0-1-3-5-6-5---0-0-1-0---0| B|3-------------3-5-3------------3-5-3-------------3---------3--| Bb e|--0-1-3-5-6-5-------0-1-3-5-6-5------0-1-3-5-6-5---0-0-1-0---0| B|3-------------3-5-3------------3-5-3-------------3---------3--| Bb Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 VERSE 1 Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 Father I'm not feeling well, Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 The flowers me you fed Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 Tasted spoiled for sudden-ly Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 I find that I am dead Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 But father don't you fear, Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 Your children all are here CHORUS N.C. Singin ohhhh ohhh the hazards of love Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 VERSE 2 N.C. Eadd9 Cadd9 Father turn the water down the basin's overflowed Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 The water covers everything Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 And me left all alone Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 But father, here in death, Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 I have regained my breath CHORUS Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 To sing ohhhh ohhh the hazards of love To sing ohhhh ohhh the hazards of love Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 VERSE 3 Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 Spare the rod, you spoil the child Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 But I prefer the lash Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 My sisters, drowned and poisoned all Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 And me reduced to ash Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 And buried in an urn, Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 But father I've returned CHORUS N.C. Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 Singin ohhhh ohhh the hazards of love N.C. Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 Singin ohhhh ohhh the hazards of love OUTRO Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 The hazards of love The hazards of love Badd9 Eb7 Bbadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 D7M Eadd9 Cadd9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XVI. The Wanting Comes In Waves Reprise e|--0-1-3-5-6-5-------0-1-3-5-6-5------0-1-3-5-6-5---0-0-1-0---0| B|3-------------3-5-3------------3-5-3-------------3---------3--| Bb B F Bb Am Bb And here come the waves ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh F Bb Am Bb And the wanting comes in waves ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh F Bb Am Bb And the wanting comes in waves ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh F Bb Am Bb And the wanting comes in waves (F Bb Am Bb) x4 Bb And I want this night... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XVII. The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowning) Originally tabbed by: DonTago INTRO G VERSE 1 Em G Margaret arrayed the rocks around the hull before it was sinking Em G A million stones, a million bones, a million holes within the chinking Am C And painting rings around your eyes these peppered holes G So filled with crying Am C G A whisper weighed upon the tattered down where you and I were lying VERSE 2 Em G Tell me now, tell me this, A forest's son, a river's daughter Em G A willow on the willow wisp, our ghosts will wander all of the water Am C G So let's be married here today these rushing waves to bare our witness Am C G Em D And we will lie like river stones rolling only where it takes us CHORUS C Am G Em D But I pulled you and I called you here (Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I?) Am C G Em And I caught you and I brought you here (Didn't I) D Am C/B C D G These hazards of love, never more will trouble us BRIDGE Em G Em G Am C G Am C G VERSE 3 Em G Oh Margaret the lapping waves are licking quietly at our ankles Em G Another bow another breath this brilliant chills come for the shackle Am C G With this long last rush of air we speak our vows and sorry whispers Am C G When the waves came crashing down, he closed his eyes and softly kissed her CHORUS C Am G Em D But I pulled you and I called you here (Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I?) Am C G Em And I caught you and I brought you here (Didn't I) D Am C/B C D G These hazards of love, never more will trouble us D Am C/B C D G And these hazards of love, never more will trouble us |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 12. The King Is Dead I. Don't Carry It All Originally tabbed by: RandMcNally VERSE 1 G Em D Here we come to a turning of the season. G Em D Witness to the arc toward the sun. G Em D A neighbors blessed burden within reason. G Becomes a burden born of all and one. CHORUS Em D C And nobody, nobody knows. C G Let the yoke fall from our shoulders. C Em (D) Don't carry it all, don't carry it all. C G We are all our hands and holders. Bm C Beneath this bold and brilliant sun. This I swear to all. VERSE 2 G Em D Monument to build beneath the arbors. G Em D Upon a blimp that towers toward the trees. G Em D Let every vessel pitching hard to starboard. G Em D Lay it's head on summer's freckled knees. CHORUS Em D C And nobody, nobody knows. C G Let the yoke fall from our shoulders. C Em (D) Don't carry it all, don't carry it all. C G We are all our hands and holders. Bm C Beneath this bold and brilliant sun. C G Em D This I swear to all......and this I swear to all. BRIDGE Bm C Bare a wreath of trillium and ivy. Bm Em Laid upon the body of the boy. Bm C Lazy will the love come from it's hiding. Am D And return this quiet searcher to the soil. VERSE 3 G Em D So raise a glass to turnings of the season. G Em D And watch it as it arcs towards the sun. G Em D And you must bare your neighbors burden within reason. G And your labors will be borne when all is done. CHORUS Em D C And nobody, nobody knows. C C G Let the oath fall from our shoulders. C C Em (D) Don't carry it all, don't carry it all. C C G We are all our hands and holders. Bm C Beneath this bold and brilliant sun. C G Em D This I swear to all......and this I swear to all. OUTRO C G And this I swear to all... Em D And this I swear to all... C G Em D To all, to all, to all... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Calamity Song Originally tabbed by: ComfortablyDumb INTRO D A VERSE 1 D A Had a dream, you and me and the war at the end times D A And I believe California succumbed to the fault line We heaved relief as scores of innocents die CHORUS G D G D And the Andalusian tribe, setting the lay of Nebraska alight A G Until all that remains is the arms of the angels VERSE 2 D A Hetty green, queen of supply-side bonhomie bone-drab, you know what I mean D A On the road, its well advised to follow your own bed In the year of the chewable Ambien tab CHORUS G D G D And the Panamanian child, stands at the Dowager Empresses side A G Until all that remains is the arms of the angels D A G 'til all that remains is the arms of the angels D G D G Ah-hooo, ah-hooo oh, ah-hooo, ah-hoooo oh CHORUS Em A Em A You've receded in to loam, and their picking at your bones G D A We'll call home, we'll come home VERSE 3 D A Quiet now, will we gather to conjure the rain down? D A Will we now build a civilization below ground? And I'll be crowned The community kick-it-around CHORUS G D G D And the Andalusian tribe, setting the lay of Nebraska alight A G Until all that remains is the arms of the angels D A G 'til all that remains is the arms of the angels D G D G Ah-hooo, ah-hooo oh, ah-hooo, ah-hoooo oh D G D G Ah-hooo, ah-hooo oh, ah-hooo, ah-hoooo oh D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Rise To Me Originally tabbed by: {LLC}Jaroom INTRO G VERSE 1 C Am Bm C Big mountain, wide river, there's an ancient port C Bm D C These tree trunks, these stream beds, leave our bellies full CHORUS G D C G They sing out, "I am gonna stand my ground" D C G You rise to me and I'll blow you down Em C D D C G I am gonna stand my ground, you rise to me and I'll blow you down VERSE 2 C Am Bm C Hey Henry, can you hear me? Let me see those eyes C Bm D C This distance between us can seem a mountain size CHORUS G D C G But boy, you are gonna stand your ground D C G They rise to you, you blow them down Em C D D C G Let me see you stand your ground, they rise to you, you blow them down BRIDGE G C Am Bm C C Bm D C G VERSE 3 C Am Bm C My darling, my sweetheart, I am in your sway C Bm D C Two cold climbs, come springtime, so let me hear you say CHORUS G D C G My love, I am gonna stand my ground D C G They rise to me, and I'll blow them down Em C D D C G I am gonna stand my ground, they rise me and I'll blow them down OUTRO D C G D C G Cause I am gonna stand my ground, you rise me, and I'll blow you down G D G ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. Rox In The Box Originally tabbed by: nocojack CAPO 2 VERSE 1 Am C G Get the rox in the box, get the water right down to your socks Em Am This bulkhead's built of fallen brethren bones Am C G We all do what we can, we endure our fellow man Em Am And we sing our songs to the head frames creaks and moans CHORUS F7M C And it's one, two, three on the wrong side of the lee G Am What were you meant for? What were you meant for? F7M C And it's seven, eight, nine, you get your shuffle back in line G G/Ab Am And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again G G/Ab Am And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again VERSE 2 Am C G And you won't make a dime on this gray Granite Mountain Mine Em Am Of dirt you're made and to dirt you will return Am C G So while we're living here, let's get this little one thing clear Em Am There's plenty of men to die, you don't jump your turn CHORUS F7M C And it's one, two, three on the wrong side of the lee G Am What were you meant for? What were you meant for? F7M C And it's seven, eight, nine, you get your shuffle back in line G G/Ab Am And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again G G/Ab Am And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again CHORUS F7M C And it's one, two, three on the wrong side of the lee G Am What were you meant for? What were you meant for? F7M C And it's seven, eight, nine, you get your shuffle back in line G G/Ab Am And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again G G/Ab Am And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again G G/Ab Am And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again --------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. January Hymn Originally tabbed by: Primotiv86 CAPO 2 INTRO (C Csus2 C Csus4 Fm7 G Gsus2 G) x3 VERSE 1 C F G C Csus2 C Csus4 On a winter's Sunday I go F G C Csus2 C Csus4 To clear away the snow F G C Csus2 C Csus4 F G And green the ground below C F G C Csus2 C Csus4 April all an ocean away F G C Csus2 C Csus4 Is this the better way to spend the day? F G C Csus2 C Csus4 F G Keeping the winter at bay CHORUS F G C F What were the words I meant to say before you left? Am F G G7 G6 G When I could see your breath lead where you were going to C F G C Csus2 C Csus4 Maybe I should just let it be F G C Csus2 C Csus4 And maybe it will all come back to me F G C Sing: O, Janu--ary, O C Csus2 C Csus4 Fm7 G Gsus2 x2 VERSE 2 C F G C Csus2 C Csus4 How I lived a childhood in snow F G C Csus2 C Csus4 And all my teens in tow F G C Csus2 C Csus4 F G Stuffed in strata of clothes C F G C Csus2 C Csus4 Pale the winter days after dark F G C Csus2 C Csus4 Wandering the gray memorial park F G C Csus2 C Csus4 F G A fleeting beating of hearts CHORUS F G C F What were the words I meant to say before she left? Am F G G7 G6 G When I could see her breath lead where she was going to C F G C Csus2 C Csus4 Maybe I should just let it be F G C Csus2 C Csus4 And maybe it will all come back to me F G F G C Sing: O, Janu-, O Janu--ary, O OUTRO C Csus2 C Csus4 Fm7 G Gsus2 G x4 End on C ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. All Arise! Originally tabbed by: DonTago CAPO 2 INTRO G VERSE 1 Baby wants a new spin, baby wants a broken heart I hear you found a lynch pin to keep it all falling apart C G But you keep on rolling, you keep on rolling VERSE 2 Better find a way, better kick it from your big brown eyes If it tightens up when you fall at the fifteenth try C G Like a ship at ocean, like a ship at ocean, C G like a ship at ocean, like a ship at sea CHORUS D C G You spit thick and you cross your heart but the culverts' all run dry C G D G From keeping shotguns shy all arise, just be mine tonight VERSE 2 So the dollar-shop shoppers broke a lock and they knocked you down Better call the coppers if you need someone to push you around C G C You keep on stealing, you keep on stealing, you keep on stealing G There's nothing left to steal CHORUS D C G You spit thick and you cross your heart but the culverts' all run dry C G D G From keeping shotguns shy all arise, just be mine tonight Just be mine tonight, just be mine tonight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. Down by the Water Originally tabbed by: Chris_Parker INTRO C Em C Em D VERSE 1 Em G See this ancient riverbed D C See where all the follies led Em D Em Down by the water, and down by the old main drag VERSE 2 Em G I was just some towhead teen D C Feelin' 'round for fingers to get in-between Em D Em Down by the water, down by the old main drag PR-ECHORUS Em D Em The season rubs me wrong Em D C The summer swells anon CHORUS Em G So knock me down, tear me up D C But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag C Em C Em D VERSE 3 Em G Sweet decsend this rabble 'round D C the pretty little patter of a seaport town Em D Em Rolling in the water and rolling down the old main drag Em G All dolled up in gabardine D C The lash-flashing Leda of pier nineteen Em D Em Queen of the water and queen of the old main drag PRE-CHORUS Em D Em The season rubs me wrong Em D C The summer swells anon CHORUS Em G So knock me down, tear me up D C But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag BRIDGE C Em C Em D Em G D C Em D PRE-CHORUS Em D Em The season rubs me wrong Em D C The summer swells anon CHORUS Em G So knock me down, tear me up D C But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag OUTRO Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. June Hymn Originally tabbed by: smewings CAPO 2 VERSE 1 G G/F# Em Em* Here's a hymn to welcome in the day G G/F# Em Heralding a summer's early sway Em* C C/B Am7 [Am7 C/B] And all the bulbs all coming in ... to begin C C/B Am7 C/G D9/F# The thrushes bleating battle with the wrens disrupts my reverie again VERSE 2 G G/F# Em Em* Pegging clothing on the line G G/F# Em Training Jasmine how to vine Em* C C/B Am7 [Am7 C/B] Up the arbour to your door ... and more C C/B Am7 C/G D9/F# You're standing on the landing with the war you shouldered all the night before CHORUS C D Once upon it, yellow bonnets G C** Garland all the lawn Am7 D You were waking, day was breaking G C** A panoply of song Dsus4 C** Summer comes to Springville Hill VERSE 3 G G/F# Em Em* A barony of ivy in the trees G G/F# Em Expanding out its empire by degrees Em* C C/B Am7 [Am7 C/B] And all the branches burst to bloom ... in the boom C C/B Am7 C/G D9/F# Heaven sent this cardinal marooon to decorate our living room CHORUS C D Once upon it, yellow bonnets G C** Garland all the lawn Am7 D You were waking, day was breaking G C** A panoply of song Dsus4 C** Summer comes to Springville Hill G BRIDGE C D Em C Years from now when this old light isn't ambling anymore Am7 D G G/F# Em Em C Will I bring my self to wri-ei-ei-ei-iiite Dsus4 G [INTRO] I give my best to Springville Hill G G/F# Em G G/F# Em C C/B Am7 C/B C C/B Am7 C/G D9/F# CHORUS C D Once upon it, yellow bonnets G C** Garland all the lawn Am7 D You were waking, day was breaking G C** A panoply of song Dsus4 C** G Summer comes to Springville Hill Dsus4 C G Summer comes to Springville Hill ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IX. This Is Why We Fight Originally tabbed by: Jedwardferguson CAPO 2 INTRO (Em7 - Em7/F# - G) x2 (Em - C) x2 VERSE 1 Em C Em C Come the war, come the avarice Em C Em C Come the war, come Hell Em C Em C Come attrition, come the reek of bones Em C Em C Come attrition, come Hell CHORUS G D Em C This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake G D C This is why, this is why we fight G D Em C And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound G D C This is why, this is why we fight, Em7 - Em7/F# - G Em7 - Em7/F# - G come Hell VERSE 2 Em C Em C Bride of quiet, Bride of all unquiet things Em C Em Bride of quiet, Bride of Hell Em C Em C Come the archers, come the infantry Em C Em Come the archers of Hell CHORUS G D Em C This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake G D C This is why, this is why we fight G D Em C And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound G D C This is why, this is why we fight, Em7 - Em7/F# - G Em7 - Em7/F# - G Come Hell Come Hell (Em - C) x4 CHORUS G D Em C This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake G D C This is why, this is why we fight G D Em C And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound G D C This is why, this is why we fight, OUTRO G D So come to me, come to me now Em C Lay your arms around me G D C This is why, this is why we fight, Em7 - Em7/F# - G Em7 - Em7/F# - G Come Hell Come Hell Em7 - Em7/F# - G Em7 - Em7/F# - G Come Hell Come Hell ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- X. Dear Avery DROP D, CAPO 3 INTRO (Dsus2 Gm) x2 VERSE 1 Dsus2 Gm Dear Avery, I think of you only Dsus2 Gm Were you waving? Were you dead on the vine? Dsus2 Gm Oh Avery, I think of you lonely Dsus2 Gm But I could just grab you by the nape of your neck CHORUS A G D There are times life will rattle your bones and will bend your limbs A G D You're still far and away the boy you've ever been A G D So you bend back and shake at the frame Of the frame you made Bm A G But don't you shake alone Em A Please Avery-y-y-y, come home Dsus2 Gm Dsus2 Gm VERSE 2 Dsus2 Gm Headstrong, you and your long arms Dsus2 Gm Listing lazily on the cusp of your teens Dsus2 Gm But you were my Avery and when you needed saving Dsus2 Gm I could just grab you by the nape of your neck CHORUS A G D There are times life will rattle your bones and will bend your limbs A G D You're still far and away the boy you've ever been A G D So you bend back and shake at the frame Of the frame you made Bm A G But don't you shake alone Em A Please Avery-y-y-y, come home OUTRO Bm A G (Don't you shake alone!) Em A Please Avery-y-y-y, come home Dsus2 Gm (repeat to end) |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 13. Long Live The King I. E. Watson Originally tabbed by: Daysleeper_05 fill 1(intro): e|------0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-----| B|------0---0-----3/5-5-5-5\3--0-----| G|------0---0------------------------| D|------2---2------------------------| A|------2---2------------------------| E|--0--------------------------------| fill 2 (verse fill): e|------0-----------0----------------| B|------0-----------0----------------| G|------0-----------0----------------| D|------2-----------2----------------| A|------2--0h2------2----------------| E|--0------------0-------------------| fill 3 (chorus fill): -------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|----------0h2---0---------0--------| D|----0h2---------------0h2----------| A|----------------------------3------| E|-----------------------------------| INTRO Fill 1 x4 VERSE 1 Em A G The air all painted pallid grey, the storm was comin' in Dsus2 /C /B Em (fill 2) Folks were lining out in all directions Em A G Me an Holt and Henry Short were pitchin' on the skiff, Dsus2 /C /B Em (fill 2) Trying to make it home before the night Bm /F# /B /F# A And the grey waves were rollin', Bm /F# /B /F# A Bold the brave, brave ocean G Em (Fill 1)x2 And rolled us suckers in VERSE 2 Em A G Well I don't keep to goings on, I tend to stick with kin Dsus2 /C /B Em (Fill 2) But Watson had it in from the beginning Em A G He built that house on Chatham bend, a whitewashed knotted pine Dsus2 /C /B Em (Fill 2) Ninety acres furrowed for the cane Bm /F# /B /F# A And he drove it down from Georgia Bm /F# /B /F# A His dad a martyred soldier G Em (Fill 1) /G In the war between the States CHORUS A G Dsus2 /D /C /B Lord, bring down the flood A G Dsus2 Wash away the blood /C /B Em And drown these everglades /C /B Em And put us in our place Bm /F# /B /F# C (Fill 3) We layed Edgar Watson in his grave G Em (Fill 1)x4 We layed him in his grave VERSE 3 Em A G Till I'm dust I'll never know why he came ashore Dsus2 /C /B Em (Fill 2) With all those killers gathered on the shorelines Em A G Kicking holes in ugly mud, with trigger fingers pinched Dsus2 /C /B Em (Fill 2) A brace of rifles bristled in the wind Bm /F# /B /F# A And we towed his body northbound Bm /F# /B /F# A And buried him all face down G Em (Fill 1) /G With a good view into hell CHORUS A G Dsus2 /D /C /B Lord, bring down the flood A G Dsus2 Wash away the blood /C /B Em And drown these everglades /C /B Em And put us in our place Bm /F# /B /F# C (Fill 3) We layed Edgar Watson in his grave G Em (Fill 1) We layed him in his grave Em Em (Fill 1) We layed him in his grave Em (Fill 1)x3 Em We layed him in his gra____ve ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Foregone CAPO 2 INTRO C G F C VERSE 1 C G F C Here arise and say it's a honey C G F C All this light that daybreak brings C G F C And the ancient bands that brung me C G F C To the bed where you're sleeping safe (C, G, F, C) x2 VERSE 2 C G F C And we had agreed on Henry C G F C Long before a flutter felt C G F C And so it will be till memory C G F C Makes a shadow of ourselves CHORUS Am F And the reach and the wrecks and the wrong Am F All would lead to believe that it's not C G F C But it's foregone C G F C It's foregone VERSE 3 C G F C Can it be that this is given C G F C This awaking from long dark night C G F C Of a soul so on and wizened C G F C Sleep away to set to rights CHORUS Am F And the reach and the wrecks and the wrong Am F All would lead to believe that it's not C G F C But it's foregone C G F C It's foregone C G F C It's foregone CHORUS Am F And the reach and the wrecks and the wrong Am F All would lead to believe that it's not Am F And the reach and the wrecks and the wrong C G F C It's foregone C G F C It's foregone OUTRO C G F C It's foregone C G F C It's foregone C G F C Carry on C G F C Ooh carry on ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Burying Davy INTRO F C Eb F Fm F Cm VERSE 1 F Bring out your weepin' weeds Eb Put on your ten-pint bowlers C Bring out your weepin' weeds CHORUS Fm Fm7 We're buryin' Davy F We're buryin' Davy. Fm F Fm F Fm VERSE 2 F C Gather the screws and spades Eb Oil up your mud-brown slicker F Cm Gather the screws and spades CHORUS Fm Fm7 We're buryin' Davy F We're buryin' Davy. Fm F Fm F Fm VERSE 3 F C Who'll plane the old pine bows? Eb Who'll set his legs uncrooked? F C Who'll plane the old pine bows? CHORUS Fm Fm7 For buryin' Davy F For buryin' Davy. Eb F Fm VERSE 4 F C Mother wept no tears Eb Brother grew unruly F C Mother wept no tears CHORUS Fm Fm7 At buryin' Davy F At buryin' Davy. VERSE 5 F Bring out your weepin' weeds Eb Put on your ten-pint bowlers C Bring out your weepin' weeds CHORUS Fm Fm7 We're buryin' Davy F We're buryin' Davy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. I 4 U & U 4 Me Originally tabbed by: Daysleeper_05 DROP D, CAPO 4 INTRO One, two, one two three four! D5 x4 VERSE 1 D5 You're all made a tattered heel and you're the only constant all my life A D5 We could go together some and we could get each other through the night D5 We are one and we are two and we are simply wicked to a T A D5 Never a better thing were said than I for you and you were made for me D5 Well I heard that your plans were all fouled up D5 And I heard that you hit the wall A D5 Hit your smarting arms and skinned your knee! CHORUS G D5 Will you drop your sling and stones? G D5 You can't make it on your own! A D5 You see? It's I for you and you were made for me VERSE 2 D5 When you were young, your parents said D5 You act like that you do it on your own time A So you grew up crooked, bent, D5 So barely that you couldn't walk a straight line Well here we are, right where we came, and it's D5 Pretty sticky wicked, isn't it dear? A D5 A few missteps along the way but I'm really pretty happy to be here D5 So this a toast to the old town drunk, to the bums of the broadway bridge! A D5 Raise a glass to the bones of the circle K! CHORUS G D5 Will you drop your sling and stones? G D5 You can't make it on your own! A D5 You see, It's I for you and you were made for me A D5 Will you see, It's I for you and you were made for me VERSE 3 D5 Well I heard that your plans were all fouled up and I D5 Heard that you hit the wall A D5 Hit your smarting hearts and skinned your knee CHORUS G D5 Will you drop your slinging' stones G D5 You can't make it on your own A D5 You see? It's I for you and you were made for me A D5 You see? it's I for you and you were made for me OUTRO D5 And you were made for me D5 And it's I for you and you were made to be for me ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. Row Jimmy VERSE 1 A G D A Julie catch a rabbit by his tail Bm A G D Come back steppin' like to walk on air D A Get back home where you belong E A E A E A And don't you run off no more. VERSE 2 A G D A Don't hang your head, let the two time roll Bm A G D Grass shack nailed to a pine wood floor D A Ask the time baby I don't know E D Come back later, gonna let it show. CHORUS A E D I say row Jimmy row, A E D Gonna get there, I don't know, A E D Seems a common way to go, A E A Get out and row, row, row, row, row. VERSE 3 A G D A Here's a half dollar if you dare Bm A G D Double twist when you land on air, D A Look at Julie down below, E D The levee doin' the do-pas-o. CHORUS A E D I say row Jimmy row, A E D Gonna get there, I don't know, A E D Seems a common way to go, A E A Get out and row, row, row, row, row. VERSE 3 A G D A Broken heart don't feel so bad, Bm A G D You ain't got much of what you thought you had. D A Rock your baby to and fro E D Not too fast and not too slow. CHORUS A E D I say row Jimmy row, A E D Gonna get there, I don't know, A E D Seems a common way to go, A E A Get out and row, row, row, row, row. BRIDGE A Bm A D That's the way it's been in town, A G D Ever since they brought the jukebox down. A Bm A D Broken hearts don't buy no more, E D Not the way it's done before. CHORUS A E D I say row Jimmy row, A E D Gonna get there, I don't know, A E D Seems a common way to go, A E A Get out and row, row, row, row, row. CHORUS A E D I say row Jimmy row, A E D Gonna get there, I don't know, A E D Seems a common way to go, A E A Get out and row, row, row, row, row. OUTRO A E A Get out and row, row, row, row, row. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Sonnet Originally tabbed by: Unregistered VERSE 1 E Guido, I wish that you and Lapo and I B Could be taken by magic and placed in a boat E Where every rising swell B Would sweep us at our will across the sky VERSE 2 E Then tempest never, or weather dire B Could ever make our blissful living cease E No, but abiding in a steady, blessed peace B Together in harmony BRIDGE C#m A And Lady Vanna and Lagia then E She who looms the thirty best B Would join us at the enchanter's behest VERSE 3 E And there we'd talk of love without an end B To make those ladies happy in the sky E B With Lapo enchanted too, and you and I |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 14. We All Raise Our Voices To The Air I. Dracula's Daughter Originally tabbed by: supercooljones INTRO C G x4 VERSE 1 C G Dracula's daughter C G Dracula's daughter C G Dracula's daughter's C Got it bad CHORUS Am G You think you got it bad C Try having Dracula for your dad G See how it looks on you |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| That's it! To make it better, please leave comments. If you have any questions, you can email me: upnorth1997@gmail.com
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