"Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)"
Song by the Decemberists,
from The Crane Wife (major label sellout album)
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This is a loose interpretation of the song because
I can't be bothered to do a good enough job to get sued over
Use your best judgment and make it your own
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Intro
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Cadd9 Am
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
There is this bit (if you can manage it) during the verse, but NOT during the "hup hup" part
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C Am C Am
(hup hup hup...)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/decemberists/78572.html ]
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
Chorus:
A (Major!) C
But when the sun breaks
A C G
To no more bulletin battle-cry
A C
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
**Intro**
When I was a girl how the hills of Oconee
Made a seam to hem me in
There at the fair when our eyes caught, careless
Got my heart right pierced by a pin
But oh, did you see all the dead of Manassas
All the bellies and the bones and the bile
Though I lingered here with the blankets barren
And my own belly big with child
Chorus:
But when the sun breaks
To no more bulletin battle-cry
Then will you make a grave
For I will be home then
I will be home then
I will be home then
I will be home then
*The chords are the same here but the timing changes*
F G
Stems and bones and stone walls too
Could keep me from you
F E
Scaly skin is all too few
G
To keep me from you
**Intro**
But oh my love, though our bodies may be parted
Though our skin may not touch skin
Look for me with the sun-bright sparrow
I will come on the breath of the wind
end on Am
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