Artist: The Decemberists
Song: This Is Why We Fight
Album: The King Is Dead
Tabbed by: Agus Begue
Email: agusbegue@hotmail.com
This is a modified version of the one posted by Don Tago.
Greetings from Argentina!
Standard Tuning
Capo 2
Chords relative to Capo:
EADGBe
G: 320033
C: x32010
D: xx0232
Em: 022000
Em7:022033
Em7/F#:2x2033
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Intro: [Em7 - Em7/F# - G] x4
Verse 1:
Em C Em C
Come the war, come the avarice
Em C Em C
Come the war, come how?
Em C Em C
Come attrition, come the reek of bones
Em C Em C
Come attrition, come how?
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/decemberists/this_is_why_we_fight_crd_ver_2.html ]
Chorus 1:
G D Em C
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake
G D C
This is why, this is why we fight
G D Em C
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound
G D C Em7 Em7/F# G Em7 Em7/F# G
This is why, this is why we fight, come how?
Verse 2: [use verse 1 chords]
Right of quiet, writer on quiet vein
Right of quiet, right of how
Come the arches, come the infant cheek
Come the arches of how
Chorus 2: [use chorus 1 chords]
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake
This is why, this is why we fight
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound
This is why, this is why we fight, come how, come how?
Interlude: [Em7 - Em7/F# - G] x4
Chorus 3: [use chorus 1 chords]
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake
This is why, this is why we fight
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound
This is why, this is why we fight
Chorus 4: [use chorus 1 chords]
So come to me, come to me now
Lay your arms around me
This is why, this is why we fight
Come how, come how, come how, come how?
