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Decemberists (album) by Decemberists
Here it is. All of the Decemberists' songs and albums in one tab. I'll try to keep it
updated as they cue 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
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G
VERSE 1
Cmaj7
The film was a bust but we stayed till the ending
G
Hair all a-mussed but your clothes didn't look so bad
Cmaj7
And back on the street the rain was descending
G
In cold dirty sheets, so under the awning we sat
Cmaj7
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
Cmaj7
We laid on our backs and stared at the ceiling
G
Messed with your slacks, but ended up just holding your hand
Cmaj7
The rain will remain, the TV was telling
G
A drip of the drain as your legs lift to brilliantly bend
Cmaj7
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
Cmaj7
A wink and a wave and you're off to your family
G
I sit and watch as the taxi lights distantly fade
Cmaj7
I guess I always thought it'd end this way
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II. Sunshine
Originally tabbed by: aflowerandagun
INTRO
(A EE A)x2
VERSE 1
A EE A
On the lawn before the bouquet fell
A EE A
Long before we heard the ringing bell
D E A EEA
When all I want is a good look at your underside
A EE A
Reading Tress like it was judy blume
A EEA
Your paperbacks are strewn about the room
D E A EEA
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 EEA
That everybody wants their shoes in the sunshine, now
VERSE 2
A EEA
Lazy Rayna had a million bucks
A EEA
Changed into pennies on a hundred truck
D E A EEA
Cause linen�s legal tender for a layabout
A EEA
Why hold your breath until your face turns blue
A EEA
A stretch of rope you know can do that too
D E A EEA
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 A EEA
That everybody wants their shoes in the sunshine, now
OUTRO
D E D A EEA
That everybody wants their shoes in the sunshine, now
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2. The Tain
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VERSE 1
Crone:
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.
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
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*Part 2*
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.
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.
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.
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.
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*Part 3*
INTRO
Em - Cmaj7 - D - C (x2)
VERSE 1
Em Cmaj7
They settled dust in your hair
D C
To watch you shake and shout it out.
Em Cmaj7
With our armaments bared
D C
We shed our bags and travel-alls.
Em-Cmaj7-D-C
VERSE 2
Em Cmaj7
From the lee of the wall
D C
He comes in the change and the chariot
Em Cmaj7
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 B
Blow me down.
B
On this stretch of ground
A
I'll lay me down.
G#
Lay me down.
F#
To sleep.
Em-Cmaj7-D-C (x2)
VERSE 3
Em Cmaj7
And now stricken with pangs
D C
That tear at our backs like thistle down
Em Cmaj7
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) x3 B
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) x3 B
Blow me down.
B
On this stretch of ground
A
I'll lay me down.
Ab
Lay me down.
F#
To sleep.
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*Part 4*
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oh the wind is blowing, it hurts
your skin as you
your arms full of lullabies, orchids
and wine your
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climb up hillside, forest
and fen.
memories wrapped within paper
and twine.
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the room that you lie in is dusty
and hard
of gingham, taffeta, cotton
and silk
1.
2.
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1. 2.
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when the dawn comes to greet you, you'll rise with
clothes on
of cattle and maidens and withered
old queens.
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and advance with the others, singing
old songs
mu - sic carry you on.
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the room that you lie in is dusty
and hard
of gingham, taffeta, cotton
and silk
1.
2.
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sleeping soft babies on piles|
of yards|
your dry hung - ry mouths cry for|
your mother's milk.|
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*Part 5*
N.C.
Darling dear what have you done?
Your clothes are town, your make-up runs.
F#5 - E5 (x8)
N.C
I ran through brambles, blooming thistle
I washed my face in the river when you whistled me on.
F#5 - E5 (x8)
Darling dear, what have you done?
Your hands and face are smeared with blood.
F#5 - E5 (x2)
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N.C
The chaplain came and called me out
To beat and to butcher his mother's sow
F#5 - E5 (x2)
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F#5 - E5 (x2)
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N.C.
But darling dear, they found him dead
This morning on the riverbed.
F#5 - E5 (x2)
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B - A (x2)
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.
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*Part 6*
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.
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3. Picaresqueties
I. The Bandit Queen
Originally tabbed by: Unregistered
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.
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II. Bridges and Balloons
CAPO 4
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 maste 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
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
It was a funny little thing
Am C G
Oh it was a funny funny funny little thing
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
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III. Constantinople
Originally tabbed by: aflowerandagun
INTRO: C C/B
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 G G 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 G G 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 G G 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 G G 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 G G 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 G G 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 G G 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 G G G
And there's nothing for a broken heart to do.
OUTRO
F F/C F F/C G G G 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 G G G
Except cry.
G G G7 C
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IV. The Kingdom of Spain
Originally tabbed by: Unregistered
G G C D G
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 with the long lost Kingdom of Light
BRIDGE
G G C D G
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
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4. The Decemberists-Connect Set
I. Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)
CHORUS/VERSE 1
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 8 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
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 saw my momma's tears
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
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
OUTRO
E D A
No, I don't wanna see my momma cry
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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
Oh 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
A
Is Valerie Plame
Bm
If that really is your name
D
I would just shout the same
A
To the world
A
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
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 (x2)
D Em G
La da da da da da da.. hey hey Valerie
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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)
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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
E
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
E
Loitering lavender park, laying about in the day and the dark
D A E
Of a room while the noon passes by
E
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
C#m
And she laid on the brakes
B
And she 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 E
The days of Elaine
D A E
The days of Elaine
VERSE 3
E
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
E
Father died in the mines, brother 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 says, oh oh oh oh oh
C D E
He says, oh oh oh oh oh
CHORUS
C#m
And the time that it takes
B
Well it goes so slow
C#m
And she laid on the brakes
B
And she 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
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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
F 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
F 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
F 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)x8
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V. A Record Year For Rainfall
CAPO 4
INTRO
Em G Cmaj7 B7 Em G
VERSE 1
Cmaj7 B7 Em
I read in the paper today
G Cmaj7 B7
It's been a record year for rainfall
Em G
And you were leaning against the bathroom wall
Cmaj7 B7
In your lonely dress
Em G Cmaj7 B7
Was your only dress
Em G Cmaj7
VERSE 2
Cmaj7 B7 Em
Stand accusing across
G Cmaj7 B7
I got a temper set for tender
Em G
And you were shrugging it off like a feather
Cmaj7 B7
Saying "oh...
Em G Cmaj7
Would you look at this weather"
CHORUS
Cmaj7 B7 Em
What's the use of all of this?
G Cmaj7
Is to remember you in the entire
B7 Em
As I'm watching it slip away
G Cmaj7
And in the annuls of the empire
B7
Did it look this gray
Em G Cmaj7 B7
Before the falllllll
Em G Cmaj7 B7
Before the falllllll
Em G Cmaj7 B7
Em G
VERSE 3
Cmaj7 B7 Em
So rake your thumbnail across
G Cmaj7 B7
The stretch of the patina
Em G
Revealing a Proserpina
Cmaj7 B7
In a low recline
Em G Cmaj7
In a steep decline
CHORUS
Cmaj7 B7 Em
What's the use of all of this?
G Cmaj7
Is to remember you in the entire
B7 Em
As I'm watching it slip away
G Cmaj7
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 Cmaj7 B7
Before the faaaallllll?
Em G Cmaj7 B7
Before the faaaallllll?
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VI. Raincoat Song
Originally tabbed by: Camila033
CAPO 5
C Amaj7/F x4
VERSE 1
C
Caroline you're angry 'cause you sleep like a spinster and you're 28
Amaj7/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
Amaj7/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
Amaj7/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
Amja7/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
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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
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
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II. Shiny
Originally tabbed by: TimMobbs
CAPO 2
INTRO
Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
VERSE 1
Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
By the bumper cars, in the pretty twining light,
Cadd9 Cmaj7
I may have gone too far,
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5
I may have gone too much, too long.
Em G Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
I'm a dull and witless boy.
VERSE 2
Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
In the after bars, think I was sullied by a dream.
Cadd9 Cmaj7
In the killing jar,
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5
You and me at war at arms
Em G Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
All falling in embrace.
CHORUS
Em D/F G Am B7
Tell me why you lied
Em D Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7
And what it is you do to keep your eyes,
Em9/D Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
All shiny
VERSE 3
Cadd9 Cmaj7
A tawny gypsy girl
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
Sleeping blanketed by stars
Cadd9 Cmaj7
'neath the tilt-a-whirl
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5
Where we were coyly caught alone
Em G Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em
All fumbling with your blouse
CHORUS
Em D/F G Am B7
Tell me why you lied
Em D Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7
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 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 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 Cmaj7
The boys in denim vests
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
Smoking cigarettes between
Cadd9 Cmaj7
Their bootblack fingertips
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em
Sweetly tipsy by the half-light
G Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em
The light and the half-light
CHORUS
Em D/F# G Am B7
Tell me why you lied
Em D Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7
And what it is you do to keep your eyes,
Em9/D
All shiny, all shiny
OUTRO
Cadd9
All shiny
Cmaj7
All shiny
Cadd9
All shiny
Cmaj7
All shiny
B5
All shiny
Em
All shiny
B5
All shiny
Em
All shiny
Em D/F G Am B7
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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
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IV. Angel, Won't You Call Me?
Originally tabbed by: Underglow
RIFF
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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
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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/G# 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 can hear her still
E A
When the nights are still
Am B E
All crying out for calamine
OUTRO
Am B C#m A
Is it too late to tell you that I don't mind
Am B E
Is it too late to tell you that I don't mind
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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
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
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
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, away
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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
B7 B7/A G Em
(La da dum dum)
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
And how the air was thick with incense, cardamom and myrrh
B7 B7/A G
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 are 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
The ghosts of sailors passed, their spectral bodies clinging to the shrouds.
B7 B7/A G
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...
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II. Billy Liar
Originally tabbed by: Damsk1849
VERSE 1
G G/F# Em
Billy Liar's got his hands in his pockets
A Em
Staring over at his neighbor's, knickers down.
A Em A D
He's got his knickers down.
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
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B---------------------------3---0-----0------------|
G-------------------0-2-4----------2---------------|
D-------------0-2-4--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
A Em
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