{"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":1024066,"song":"January Hymn","artist":"The Decemberists","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11225991-january-hymn-chords-by-the-decemberists/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1024066?type=chord","rating":4.98965,"votes":244,"content":"tab you'll see are the Csus2 and Csus4 chords that Colin uses to fill in\r\nbetween the FM7 chords.  I've seen him play this live and it isn't that\r\ndifficult to get the hang of the chord changes.\r\n\r\nStandard Tuning with Capo on 2nd Fret\r\n\r\nChords (relative to capo)\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    :032010\r\n[ch]Csus2[/ch]:030010\r\n[ch]Csus4[/ch]:033010\r\n[ch]F[/ch]    :033210 actually an [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    :320030\r\n[ch]Gsus2[/ch]:300030\r\n[ch]G6[/ch]   :322000\r\n[ch]G7[/ch]   :323003\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]FM7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus2[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] x3\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]     \r\nOn a winter's Sunday I go   [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nTo clear away the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd green the ground below[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nApril all an ocean away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]   \r\nIs this the better way to spend the day?  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeeping the winter at bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat were the words I meant to say before you left?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]G6[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I could see your breath lead where you were going to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nMaybe I should just let it be[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe it will all come back to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSing: O, Janu--ary, O[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]FM7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus2[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]     \r\nHow I lived a childhood in snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] \r\nAnd all my teens in tow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStuffed in strata of clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus4[/ch]      \r\nPale the winter days after dark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nWandering the gray memorial park[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA fleeting beating of hearts [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat were the words I meant to say before she left?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]G6[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I could see her breath lead where she was going to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nMaybe I should just let it be[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe it will all come back to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nSing: O, Janu-, O Janu--ary, O[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]  \r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]FM7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus2[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  x4  End on [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"tab you'll see are the Csus2 and Csus4 chords that Colin uses to fill in\nbetween the FM7 chords.  I've seen him play this live and it isn't that\ndifficult to get the hang of the chord changes.\n\nStandard Tuning with Capo on 2nd Fret\n\nChords (relative to capo)\nC    :032010\nCsus2:030010\nCsus4:033010\nF    :033210 actually an Fm7\nG    :320030\nGsus2:300030\nG6   :322000\nG7   :323003\n\n[Intro]\nC  Csus2  C  Csus4  FM7  G  Gsus2  G x3\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC  Csus2  C  Csus4  FM7  G  Gsus2  x2\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]  \nC  Csus2  C  Csus4  FM7  G  Gsus2  G  x4  End on C","chords":["Csus2","Csus4","C","F","Fm7","G","Gsus2","G6","G7","FM7","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}