{"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":269181,"song":"On The Bus Mall","artist":"The Decemberists","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11220409-on-the-bus-mall-chords-by-the-decemberists/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/269181?type=chord","rating":4.73866,"votes":143,"content":"Tuning: Standard\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\nGuitar 1\r\n\r\n[ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] (x2) then guitar 2 comes in\r\n\r\nGuitar 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-12h14p12-12---10h12p10-10---7h9p7-7-----12p10p9-10-7-----|\r\nB|-------------------------------------8--------------------|\r\nG|----------------------------------------------------------|x2\r\nD|----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n*Note: at the point where the chord is Cmaj7-C, strum the Cmaj7\r\nchord once then hammer on the 1 on the B string immediately.\r\nBasically, you'll be strumming the C chord, then lift of the B\r\nstring C for one strum, then hold it again. If you listen to\r\nthe song, you can kind of tell. \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nIn matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our showboats[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe kicked around[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nFrom stairway to station, we made a sensation[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith the gadabout crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd oh what a bargain, we're two easy targets[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the old men at the off-tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nWho've paid in palaver and crumpled old dollars[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhich we squirreled away [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Asus2[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn our rat-trap hotel by the freeway[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we slept in Sundays[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nYour parents were anxious, your cool was contagious[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the old school[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nYou left without leaving a note for your grieving[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSweet mother while your brother was so cruel[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd here in the alleys your spirits were rallied[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs you learned quick to make a fast buck[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nIn bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and heirlooms[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe bit our tongues[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSucked our lips into our lungs 'til we were falling[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSuch was our calling[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd here in our hollow we fused like a family[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I will not mourn for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo take up your makeup and pocket your pills away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWe're kings among runaways[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the bus mall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe're down on the bus mall[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAmong all the urchins and old chinese merchants[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf the old town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nWe reigned at the pool hall with one iron cue ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we never let the bastards get us down[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd we laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp dicks[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the colonnades of the waterfront park[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAs four in the morning came on cold and boring[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe huddled close[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Asus2[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the bus stop enclosure enfolding[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]\r\nOur hands tightly holding[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut here in our hollow we fused like a family[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I will not mourn for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo take up your makeup and pocket your pills away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWe're kings among runaways[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the bus mall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe're down on the bus mall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe're down on the bus mall (At this point, Guitar 2 comes in with Intro riff)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown on the bus mall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOhhhh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChords Used: \r\n[ch]Cmaj7[/ch]    [x32000]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [320033]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]        [x32010]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]       [022000]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]       [x02210]\r\n[ch]Asus2[/ch]    [x02200]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]        [xx0232]\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch]       [x35543]  or   [x3x043]\r\n\r\n\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n| p  Pull-off\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"Tuning: Standard\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nGuitar 1\n\nCmaj7  G (x2) then guitar 2 comes in\n\nGuitar 2:\n\n\n\n\n*Note: at the point where the chord is Cmaj7-C, strum the Cmaj7\nchord once then hammer on the 1 on the B string immediately.\nBasically, you'll be strumming the C chord, then lift of the B\nstring C for one strum, then hold it again. If you listen to\nthe song, you can kind of tell. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntro x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChords Used: \nCmaj7    [x32000]\nG        [320033]\nC        [x32010]\nEm       [022000]\nAm       [x02210]\nAsus2    [x02200]\nD        [xx0232]\nCm       [x35543]  or   [x3x043]\n\n\n| h  Hammer-on\n| p  Pull-off\n\n************************************","chords":["Cmaj7","G","B","D","A","E","C","Em","Am","Asus2","Cm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}