Decemberists - Long Live The King Chords & Tabs

 

Long Live The King Chords & Tabs

Decemberists Chords & Tabs

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Long Live The King Chords

   
1. E. Watson
2. Foregone
3. Burying Davy
4. I 4 U & U 4 Me
5. Row Jimmy
6. Sonnet

1. 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
     [ch]Bm/B[/ch] /F#  /B /F#   A
And the grey waves were rollin',
[ch]Bm/B[/ch] /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
     [ch]Bm/B[/ch] /F#  /B /F#     A
And he drove it down from Georgia
 [ch]Bm/B[/ch] /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
[ch]Bm/B[/ch]      /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
[ch]Bm/B[/ch] /F#  /B /F#   A
And we towed his body northbound
 [ch]Bm/B[/ch] /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
[ch]Bm/B[/ch]      /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




2. 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





3. 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
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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
Fm
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.



4. 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




5. 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.    




6. 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