{"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":1000981,"song":"Down By The Water","artist":"The Decemberists","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11221233-down-by-the-water-chords-by-the-decemberists/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1000981?type=chord","rating":4.97976,"votes":777,"content":"[tab]Em |0-2-2-0-0-0|\r\nG  |3-2-0-0-0-3|\r\nD  |x-x-0-2-3-2| or D/F# |2-x-0-2-3-2|\r\nC  |x-3-2-0-1-0| or C/G  |3-3-2-0-1-0|[/tab]\r\nThe upward line is a bar line, the slashes are the same chords based on\r\nrhythm/spacing. The Em is played in the same rhythm as the chords before it,\r\nbut the D major chord is played as two staccato quarter notes; you'll hear\r\n\r\nHarmonica in a key of G plays during the [Intro] and during [Break]:\r\n\r\n[tab]Harmonica tabs:\r\n7 6   -6      -6 6 5 6  5      -4[/tab]\r\n[Intro]\r\n|   [ch]C[/ch]   |   [ch]Em[/ch]   |   [ch]C[/ch]   |   [ch]Em[/ch] / |   [ch]D[/ch] / |\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSee this ancient riverbed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee where all the follies led[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown by the water, (and) down by the old main drag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was just some towhead teen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFeelin' 'round for fingers to get in-between[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown by the water, down by the old main drag[/tab]\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe season rubs me wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe summer swells anon[/tab]\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo knock me down, tear me up[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown by the water and down by the old main drag[/tab]\r\n|   [ch]C[/ch]   |   [ch]Em[/ch]   |   [ch]C[/ch]   |   [ch]Em[/ch] / |   [ch]D[/ch] / |\r\n[tab]Harmonica tabs:\r\n7 6   -6      -6 6 5 6  5      -4[/tab]\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSweet descend this rabble 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe pretty little patter of a seaport town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRolling in the water and rolling down the old main drag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll dolled up in gabardine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe lash-flashing Leda of pier nineteen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nQueen of the water and queen of the old main drag[/tab]\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe season rubs me wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe summer swells anon[/tab]\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo knock me down, tear me up[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown by the water and down by the old main drag[/tab]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe season rubs me wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe summer swells anon[/tab]\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo knock me down, tear me up[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown by the water and down by the old main drag[/tab]\r\n[Outro/Coda]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown by the water and down by the old main drag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown by the water and down by the old main drag[/tab]\r","plain_text":"The upward line is a bar line, the slashes are the same chords based on\nrhythm/spacing. The Em is played in the same rhythm as the chords before it,\nbut the D major chord is played as two staccato quarter notes; you'll hear\n\nHarmonica in a key of G plays during the [Intro] and during [Break]:\n\n\n[Intro]\n|   C   |   Em   |   C   |   Em / |   D / |\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n|   C   |   Em   |   C   |   Em / |   D / |\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n| C | Em | C | Em  D  |\n| Em | G | D | C | Em | D\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Outro/Coda]","chords":["Em","G","D","D/F","C","C/G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}