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Decemberists - Crane Wife chords
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1. The Crane Wife 3 2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Feel Not the Drowning 3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) 4. O Valencia! 5. The Perfect Crime #2 6. When the War Came 7.Shankill Butchers 8.Summersong 9. The Crane Wife 1&2 10. Sons & Daughters BONUS TRACKS 11. Culling of the Fold 12. After the Bombs 1. The Crane Wife 3 Tabbed originally 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)x7 OUTRO (D A G)x4 2. 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 fingerprint 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* Am D Am D Am D Am D 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 Am D Am D I produced my pistol, then my saber Am D Am D Said, "Make no whistle or thou will be murdered!" Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D La-Ha-Ha La-Ha 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!" G Bb F G# 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! Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D La-Ha-Ha La-Ha Dm C F G Am *You'll Feel Not the Drowning* INTRO Am Asus2 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 G#+ 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 G#+ 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 3. 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 Cmaj7 But when the sun breaks A Cmaj7 G To no more bullets in Battle Creek A Cmaj7 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 Cmaj7 But when the sun breaks A Cmaj7 G To no more bullets in Battle Creek A Cmaj7 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 4. O Valencia! Originally tabbed by: jebeebus INTRO (C Cmaj7 G)x2 VERSE 1 C Cmaj7 G You belong to the gang C Cmaj7 G And you say you can't break away C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 G But I'm here with my hands on my heart C Cmaj7 G Our families can't agree C Cmaj7 G I’m your brother's sworn enemy C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 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 Cmaj7 G)x2 VERSE 2 C Cmaj7 G When first we laid eyes C Cmaj7 G I swore to no compromise C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 G 'Til I felt my caress on your skin C Cmaj7 G Well, how soon we were betrayed C Cmaj7 G Your sister gave us away C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 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 Cmaj7 G)x4 C Cmaj7 G All I heard was a shout C Cmaj7 G Of your brother calling me out C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 G And you ran like a fool to my side C Cmaj7 G Well the shot, it hit hard C Cmaj7 G And your frame went limp in my arms C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 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 5. 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 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 sleeping with the 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 C D A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C D A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C D A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C D A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C D A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C D A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C D A perfect A perfect A perfect A perfect C D Em A perfect a perfect a perfect a perfect crime 6. When The War Came INTRO Bsus2 VERSE 1 With all the grain of Babylon To cultivate, To make us strong And hidden here behind the walls Are shoulders wide and timber on Asus2 Till the war came Bsus2 Till the war came VERSE 2 A terrible autonomy Is grafted onto you and me A trust put in the governments Who told their lies as heaven 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 G When the war came Asus Bssu2 The war came hard VERSE 3 We made our oaths to Avalon We'd not betray the soul lain on The acres of hysteracy To our own pangs of starvation When the war came 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 G When the war came Asus Bssu2 The war came hard OUTRO With all the grain of Babylon With all the grain of Babylon 7. Shankill Butchers Originally tabbed by: hojoseph99 CAPO 4 INTRO [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/decemberists/339540.html ] (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/B) 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 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/B) 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 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 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 C Am/B Awake Am Am/B C Am/B Awake Am Am/B C Am/B Awake Am Awake 8. 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 9. 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 low 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 10. 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 11. Culling of the Fold Originally tabbed by: Henner 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 12. After the Bombs Originally tabbed by: Unregistered INTRO D B G 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 Fm E 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 G Fm E After the rockets E A D After the rockets come CHORUS D G D Then we’ll go dancing D G D Won’t we go dancing? D G Fm E 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 E A D CHORUS D G D Then we’ll go dancing D G D Yes, we’ll go dancing D G Fm E Won't we go dancing A D Until it all starts over again  |