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Key of A-major:
Verse:
 A|  A|  E| Dmaj7  
Prechorus/Chorus:
 F#m|  D|  E|  E7| A  
In the chorus, he plays the A with the lyric "foregone."
I haven't tried this at all, but it sounds like the guitar is playing with a capo on the 
2nd fret. So the transposed chords are
Verse:
 G|  G|  D| Cmaj7  
Chorus:
 Em|  C|  D|  D7| G  
It sounds like he plays the verse holding the 3rd fret of the highest 2 strings the 
whole time (so E and A). Like this
---3---3---3---3----------------|
---3---3---3---3----------------|
---0---0---2---0----------------|
---0---0---0---2----------------|
---2---2-------3----------------|
---3---3------------------------|
So the D is more of a Dsus4 and C is like Cadd9.

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Foregone

by The Decemberists

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dmaj7

F#m

Cmaj7

like this song and didn't see chords online anywhere.

Key of A-major:

Verse:

A A E Dmaj7

| | |

Prechorus/Chorus:

F#m D E E7 A

| | | |

In the chorus, he plays the A with the lyric "foregone."

I haven't tried this at all, but it sounds like the guitar is playing with a capo on the

2nd fret. So the transposed chords are

Verse:

G G D Cmaj7

| | |

Chorus:

Em C D D7 G

| | | |

It sounds like he plays the verse holding the 3rd fret of the highest 2 strings the

whole time (so E and A). Like this

---3---3---3---3----------------|

---0---0---2---0----------------|

---0---0---0---2----------------|

---2---2-------3----------------|

---3---3------------------------|

So the D is more of a Dsus4 and C is like Cadd9.

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