{"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":338257,"song":"Cocoon","artist":"The Decemberists","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11554202-cocoon-chords-by-the-decemberists/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/338257?type=chord","rating":4.97083,"votes":31,"content":"To play the verse riff, hold the chord formation while picking the melody on top:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch]                [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\n---------5------------------------\r\n-7---5-7---7-5-------3------------\r\n-6-------------7-----4------------\r\n-7-------------------4-----------\r\n-5-------------------x------------\r\n---------------------3------------[/tab]\r\n\r\nGmaj7 can also be conveniently played as:\r\n\r\n[tab]-----\r\n-12--\r\n-11--\r\n-12--\r\n-10--\r\n-----[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnother way to play the riff:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch]              [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\n-2--------------------------------\r\n-2-----------------3--------------\r\n-2------2----------4--------------\r\n-0--2-4---4-2-0----4--------------\r\n-------------------x--------------\r\n-------------------3--------------[/tab]\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]Gmaj7[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch]                            [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nthis cocoon, caught in vesuvius' shadow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nonly the ashes remain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nand i waited there for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]      [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nwhy couldn't you?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch]                               [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nhere we lie waiting for somethig to startle[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nto shake us from gravity's pull[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nand so sleeping hours are through[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]       [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nwhat can we do?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]            [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nthe sorry conclusion, the low dirty war, it happened before you came to[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nbut this is solution, and this is amends[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nthe joke always tends to come true[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbut there on your windowsill over the unmoving platoon[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwritten in paperback, view to the quarterback's room[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nunder waning moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]Dm/F[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthis quiet serves only to hide you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nprovide you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Gm[/ch]                        [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nwhat I knew, what I knew, it'd come back to you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch]                                     [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\ntake this palm, follow the lines here are written[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nand script out the rest of your life[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]                                    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nand feel your fingers falling slack and all folding back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]            [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nthe tainted election, the hole in the sky command what is tried, what is true[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]            \r\nbut without solution, with feet on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nit won't make a sound 'til you're through[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nso loosen your shoulderblades this is your hour to make due[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbecause there on the timberline deep cold november shines through[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nsoft and absolute[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]Dm/F[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthis quiet serves only to hide you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nprovide in you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nwhat I knew, what I knew, it'd come back to you[/tab]","plain_text":"To play the verse riff, hold the chord formation while picking the melody on top:\n\n\n\nGmaj7 can also be conveniently played as:\n\n\n\nAnother way to play the riff:\n\n\n\nIntro: Dmaj7 Gmaj7 (x2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDmaj7 Gmaj7","chords":["Dmaj7","Gmaj7","Bm","Em7","C","Am","E","G","D/F#","Dm/F","Em","Bm/F#","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"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]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}