Tain (album) by Decemberists
Parts not labeled as "originally tabbed by" were tabbed by me.
Part 1&2 originally tabbed by: paulsmithII
*Part 1*
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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.
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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*
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 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
Blow me down.
B
On this stretch of ground
A
I'll lay me down.
Ab
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 E A
Blow me down.
B
On this stretch of ground
A
I'll lay me down.
Ab
Lay me down.
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
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VERSE 1
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Oh the wind is blowing, it hurts your skin as you
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Climb up hillside, forest and fen.
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Your arms full of lullabies, orchids and wine your
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Memories wrapped within paper and twine.
CHORUS
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The room that you lie in is dusty and hard
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Sleeping soft babies on piles of yards
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Of gingham, taffeta, cotton and silk
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Your dry hung - ry mouths cry for your mother's milk
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VERSE 2
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When the dawn comes to greet you, you'll rise with clothes on
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And advance with the others, singing old songs
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Cattle and maidens and withered old queens.
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Mu - sic carry you on.
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The room that you lie in is dusty and hard
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Sleeping soft babies on piles of yards
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of gingham, taffeta, cotton and silk
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Your dry hung - ry mouths cry for your mother's milk
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*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
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VERSE 4
N.C
The chaplain came and called me out
To beat and to butcher his mother's sow
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VERSE 5
N.C.
But darling dear, they found him dead
This morning on the river.
(F#5 - E5)x2
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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.
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*Part 6*
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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.
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