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Cutting Stone

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Standard Tuning
CAPO 2 All Chords Relative to Capo
[Verse] 
[Single Strums]
EmDreamed I had a Dcutting stone
DDreamed I held iEmt all my own
EmIt cut through wire, Dwood, and bone
D                     Em              (Continuous Strumming from here)
I'll cut you down, my cutting stone
[Chorus]
GCutting stone oh Dfear me none
DWhether wild or wEmhether won
GThough I travel fDar from home
DI'll always have Emmy cutting stone
[Verse 2]
EmWandering, I Dchanced upon
DA wayward child Emlost anon
EmAnd when he laid aDcross my chest
DMy cutting stone it Emdid the rest
[Chorus]
GCutting stone oh Dfear me none
DWhether wild or wEmhether won
GThough I travel fDar from home
DI'll always have Emmy cutting stone
[Verse 3]
EmIn a valley Dgreen and wide
DA suitor wept for a dEmying bride
EmAnd when he turned his Deyes on me
DA cutting stone did Emset him free
[Chorus]
GCutting stone oh Dfear me none
DWhether wild or wEmhether won
GThough I travel fDar from home
DI'll always have Emmy cutting stone
[Instrumental]
Em D Em D
[Chorus]
GCutting stone oh Dfear me none
DWhether wild or wEmhether won
GThough I travel fDar from home
DI'll always have Emmy cutting stone
[Verse 4] [Single Strums]
EmThere upon a Dmountaintop
DI looked down on to Emwhat I'd wrought
EmAnd when I saw my Dlabors through
                D               Em[Back to regular strumming]
I cut my cutting stone in two
GCutting stone oh Dfear me none
DWhether wild or wEmhether won
GThough I travel fDar from home
DI'll always have Emmy cutting stone
DI'll always have Emmy cutting stone
[Outro] [Single Strums]
DI'll cut you downEm, my cutting stone

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Cutting Stone

by The Decemberists

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard Tuning

CAPO 2 All Chords Relative to Capo

[Verse]

[Single Strums]

Em D

Dreamed I had a cutting stone

D Em

Dreamed I held it all my own

Em D

It cut through wire, wood, and bone

D Em (Continuous Strumming from here)

I'll cut you down, my cutting stone

[Chorus]

G D

Cutting stone oh fear me none

D Em

Whether wild or whether won

G D

Though I travel far from home

D Em

I'll always have my cutting stone

[Verse 2]

Em D

Wandering, I chanced upon

D Em

A wayward child lost anon

Em D

And when he laid across my chest

D Em

My cutting stone it did the rest

[Chorus]

G D

Cutting stone oh fear me none

D Em

Whether wild or whether won

G D

Though I travel far from home

D Em

I'll always have my cutting stone

[Verse 3]

Em D

In a valley green and wide

D Em

A suitor wept for a dying bride

Em D

And when he turned his eyes on me

D Em

A cutting stone did set him free

[Chorus]

G D

Cutting stone oh fear me none

D Em

Whether wild or whether won

G D

Though I travel far from home

D Em

I'll always have my cutting stone

[Instrumental]

Em D Em D

[Chorus]

G D

Cutting stone oh fear me none

D Em

Whether wild or whether won

G D

Though I travel far from home

D Em

I'll always have my cutting stone

[Verse 4] [Single Strums]

Em D

There upon a mountaintop

D Em

I looked down on to what I'd wrought

Em D

And when I saw my labors through

D Em

[Back to regular strumming]

I cut my cutting stone in two

G D

Cutting stone oh fear me none

D Em

Whether wild or whether won

G D

Though I travel far from home

D Em

I'll always have my cutting stone

D Em

I'll always have my cutting stone

[Outro] [Single Strums]

D Em

I'll cut you down, my cutting stone

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