{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":182078,"song":"Infanta","artist":"The Decemberists","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11217419-infanta-chords-by-the-decemberists/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/182078?type=chord","rating":4.93149,"votes":36,"content":"[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHere she comes in her palanquin on the back of an elephant[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn a bed made of linen and sequins and silk[/tab]\r\n\r\nAll astride on her father's line with the king and his concubines\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd her nurse with her pitchers of liquors and milk[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all come praise the infanta[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all come praise the infanta[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAmong five score pachyderm each canopied and passengered[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSit the duke and the duchess's luscious young girls[/tab]\r\n\r\nWithin sight of the baronness seething spite for this live largesse\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn her side sits the baron, her barrenness barbs her[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all come praise the infanta[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all come praise the infanta[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Interlude:)\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA phalanx on camel back, thirty ranks on a forward tack[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFollowed close, their shiny bright standards are waving[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhile behind in their coach in fours ride the wives of the king of bores\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the veiled young virgin, the prince's betrothed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#[/ch]       [ch]D#[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all come praise the infanta[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#[/ch]       [ch]D#[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all come praise the infanta[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd as she sits upon her place [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHer innocence laid on her face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom all atop the parapets blow a multitude of coronets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMelodies rhapsodical and fair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd all our hearts afire, the sky ablaze with cannonfire[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe all raise our voices to the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo the air[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd above all this folderol on a bed made of chaparral[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe is laid, a coronal placed on her brow[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd the babe all in slumber dreams of a place filled with quiet streams\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd a lake where her cradle was pulled from the water[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all come praise the infanta[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all come praise the infanta[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all come praise the infanta[/tab]\r\n\r\nEnd:\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"All astride on her father's line with the king and his concubines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWithin sight of the baronness seething spite for this live largesse\n\n\n\n\n\n(Interlude:)\nEm D\nEm D\nAm Bb F\n\n\n\n\nWhile behind in their coach in fours ride the wives of the king of bores\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd the babe all in slumber dreams of a place filled with quiet streams\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnd:\nG D E\nG D E\nG D E","chords":["E","F","G","D","Em","Am","Bb","A","F#","G#","D#"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}