Artist: The Decemberists
Song: This Is Why We Fight
Album: The King Is Dead
Tabbed by: madcaptobi
Standard Tuning - Capo 2nd Fret
Chords used:
EADGBe
Em: 022000
Em2: 024000
Cmaj7: x32000
G: 320033
D: xx0232
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Intro: [Em - Em2 - Cmaj7] x4
Verse 1:
Em Em2 Cmaj7 Em Em2 Cmaj7
Come the war, come the avarice
Em Em2 Cmaj7 Em Em2 Cmaj7
Come the war, come how?
Em Em2 Cmaj7 Em Em2 Cmaj7
Come attrition, come the reek of bones
Em Em2 Cmaj7 Em Em2 Cmaj7
Come attrition, come how?
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/decemberists/this_is_why_we_fight_crd_ver_3.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 Em Em2 Cmaj7 Em Em2 Cmaj7
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: [Em - Em2 - Cmaj7] 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
Em - Em2 - Cmaj7 (repeat)
Come how, come how, come how, come how?
