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Once In My Life
Capo 3
[Chords]
E|---G3---|-Cmaj7--0---|---C0---|-Csus2--0---|---D2---|
B|---0---|---0---|---1---|---1---|---3---|
G|---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|---2---|
D|---0---|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|
A|---2---|---3---|---3---|---3---|-------|
E|---3---|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Main/Verse Progression (loosely driving):
G1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-3-----3-3-3-3---|---3-3-3-3---3-3-|-3-----3-3-3-3---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-2---2-------2---|-2-------2---2-2-|-2---2-------2---|-2-------2-2-2-2-|
E|-3---3-------3---|-3-------3---3-3-|-3---3-------3---|-3-------3-3-3-3-|
Cmaj71 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + C1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 Csus2+ 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-----0-0-0-0---|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0---0-0-|-1-----1-1-1-1---|-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|
G|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-2---2-------2---|-2-------2---2-2-|-2---2-------2---|-2-0-----0-0-0-0-|
A|-3---3-------3---|-3-------3---3-3-|-3---3-------3---|-3-3-----3-3-3-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Verses]
GOh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my Cmaj7lifeC Csus2
GCould just something go
Could just something go Cmaj7right?C Csus2
GOh, for once in my
Oh, for once in my Cmaj7lifeC Csus2
GCould just something go
Could just something go Cmaj7right?C Csus2
[Choruses]
DI've been waiting all my Clife
DI've been waiting all my Clife
All my Glife (back to verse progression)
[Final Verses]
GI could wait for Cmaj7hoursC Csus2
GI could wait and neCmaj7ver faCll Csus2down
Never Gfall down, Never fall downCmaj7 C Csus2
GLay us down
Beside the Cmaj7riverC Csus2
GFace down
Beside the Cmaj7riverC Csus2
End on G
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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)
[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]
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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Em02200x
D5xx023x
Amx0221x
Cx32010
[Intro]
Em D5 Am Em
Em D5 Am Em
[Verse 1]
EmI alight like a wD5hisper
AmI alight with the lEmights out
EmAnd it won't take me long just to fD5ind you
AmAnd it won't take me long just to fEmind you
[Chorus 1]
CI'm allied to the wEminter
But don't you get D5clever, don't you get Amclever
CI'm allied to the lEmandslide
D5 N.C. Em
[Verse 2]
EmI alone am the aD5nswer
AmI alone will make wEmrongs right
EmBut in order to root out the cD5ancer
AmIt's got to be kept from the sEmun line
[Chorus 2]
CI'm allied to the wEminter
But don't you get D5clever, don't you get Amclever
CI'm allied to the lEmandslide
D5 N.C. Em
[Interlude]
G Am Em
G Am Em
[Verse 3]
EmI was born to a jD5ackal
AmI was born in a wEmhiteout
EmGonna smother you all till I cD5hoke you
AmGonna smother you all till you kEmick out
[Chorus 3]
CI'm allied to the wEminter
But don't you get D5clever, don't you get Amclever
CI'm allied to the lEmandslide
D5 N.C. Em
[Outro]
G Am Em
G Am Em
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[Chorus]
EmStarwaGtcher, EmstarwatGcher in the night
EmStarwaGtcher, EmstarwatGcher bend the light
[Verse 1]
CThere's a rider on the roAmad
CThere's calamity awaAmiting to unfold
CThere is poison in the Amwell
CThere's the augur of a dAmistant ringing bell
It's says: EmhoGld, EmhoGld, EmhoGld your gEmrouGnd
[Chorus]
EmSkywatGcher, sEmkywatcGher rules the day
EmSkywatGcher, sEmkywatcGher cruel and fey
[Verse 2]
CThere are figures on the shAmore
CAt the laundromat, they're whispering of wAmar
CThere a lady on the staAmirs
CAll a-shambling with thistles in her hAmair
Singing: EmhoGld, EmholGd, EmholGd your gEmrouGnd
EmHolGd, hEmoldG, EmholGd youEmr groGund
[Chorus]
EmStarwatGcher, stEmarwatcGher in the nEmight
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Tripping Along
[Verse 1]
DWe were tripping tripping tripping tripping tripping along
While you're orbiting, miGght I?
While you're orbiting, miDght I?
DLick you sticky sticky sticky sticky sticky and sweep
They're all turning a blGind eye
They're all turning a blDind eye
[Chorus]
But oFh what I'd do just to lie with you die in your aDrms
What woFuldn't I give just to live with that sense of alDarm?
But your rGelatives gathered all clamber about for your mBmind
And they're teAaring and swearing to leave you all naked and blDind
[Verse 2]
DSo we keep a-ripping ripping ripping ripping rips in the sheets
'Till it's all coming undGone
'Till it's all coming undDone
DAnd we're drippy drippy drippy drippy, what messes are we?
And I'm due for a liGne out
And I'm due for a liDght out
[Chorus]
But jFust as I'm cusping on slumber and dumbing my eDyes
What spin-twiFsting vision comes listing and gently alDigns?
And boGthering toddles all over this beautiful liBmght
This fiAckle young sister's away in the dimming of niDght
[Outro]
FLa de da de da de da da da
GDa de da de da de da da da
FDa de da de da de da da da
GDa de da de da de da da da
FDa de da de da de da da da
GDa de da de da de da da da
FDa de da de da de da da da daG
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[Verse 1]
DmAlong the Aold sea wall
GmInside the Abanquet hall
DmBelow the Acellar's stair
GmMaybe you'll Afind me there
[Chorus]
FYour ghostA
Oh your Fghost
Your Aghost
Dm Dsus2(x2)
[Verse 2]
DmAnd when you Atake your rest
GmMy weight upAon your breast
DmAnd should you Aclose your eyes
GmI'll still maAterialize
[Chorus]
FYour ghostA
Oh your Fghost
Your Aghost
DmNa na na na Dsus2na
DmNa na na na Dsus2na
[Solo]
Dm A Gm A
Dm A Gm A
F A F A
Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2
[Verse 3]
DmAnd at your Afinal end
GmWhen you are Afree again
DmNo longer Along to be
GmYou will be belAong to me
[Chorus]
FYour ghostA
Oh your FghostA
Oh your FghostA
Your Dmghost
DmNa na na na Dsus2na
DmNa na na na Dsus2na
[Solo 2]
Dm A Gm A
Dm A Gm A
F A F A
DmNa na na na Dsus2na
DmNa na na na Dsus2na
DmNa na na Ana na na
GmNa na na Ana na na
DmNa na na Ana na na
GmNa na na Ana na na
FYour ghostA
Oh your Fghost
AGhost
DmNa na na na Dsus2na
DmNa na na na Dsus2na
DmNa na na na Dsus2na
DmNa na na na Dsus2na
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[Intro]
A A
[Chorus]
AEverything, everything, everything, everything, everything, A/Ething,
AEverything, everything, everything,
everything, everything is Eawful!
Oh, Aeverything, everything, everything, everything, everything, A/Ething
AEverything, everything, everything,
everything, everything is Eawful!
Everything is Dawful, everything is...
[Verse]
F#mWhat's that crashing sBmound
That follows us aDround?
That's the sound of Eall things good breaking.
F#mPut your fears to Drest,
You know it's for the Bmbest,
As a choir of angels Esings:
[Chorus]
AEverything, everything, everything, everything, everything, A/Ething
AEverything, everything, everything,
everything, everything is Eawful
Oh, Aeverything, everything, everything, everything, everything, A/Ething
AEverything, everything, everything,
everything, everything is Eawful
Everything is Dawful, everything is...
[Verse]
F#mI know you've worked so Bmhard,
To hoist your own peDtard,
Must be so nice, the Epoint caught in your side.
F#mLay down your heavy Dhead,
It's safer hid in Bmbed,
And let those voice Ering:
[Chorus]
AEverything, everything, everything, everything, everything, A/Ething
AEverything, everything, everything,
everything, everything is Eawful!
Oh eAverything, everything, everything, everything, every little A/Ething,
AEverything, everything, everything,
everything, everything is Eawful!
Everything is Dawful, everything is...
ALa la la la Ela
La la la la Daw-ful, Everything is...
ALa la la la Ela
La la la la Daw-ful, Would you kindly keep it
dowAn La la la la Ela
La la la la Daw-ful, Just tryin’ to get some
sleAep La la la la Ela
La la la la Daw-ful
Everything is.F#m..
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[Intro]
A D A
[Verse 1]
I was not ready for the Bmroad
DI was so discontent to Awear that heavy loadD A
And so I got down on my Bmknees
EI made a sucker's prayer
EA grim bode of Baudelaire beforeA
[Verse 2]
And when nobody did respBmond
DI took my glasses off and Awent to find a pondD A
Stuffing rocks into the Bmpockets of my pants
EAnd when I waded in
EThose currents carried them awaAy
[Chorus]
I wanna love somebody but I don't know Dhow
EI've been so long lonely and it's getting Bmme dAownD A
I wanna throw my body in the river and Ddrown
EI wanna love somebody but I A#mdon't Eknow AhowD A
[Verse 3]
So if you're lost along the Bmway
DAnd if you're thinking that will Aalways be the caseD A
Won't you listen to my Bmplea?
EYou'll make a sucker's prayer
EJust go and leave it that-a-waAy
[Chorus]
I wanna love somebody but I don't know Dhow
EI've been so long lonely and it's getting Bmme dAownD A
I wanna throw my body in the river and Ddrown
EI wanna love somebody but I A#mdon't Eknow AhowD A
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[Intro]
G
[Verse]
It was Glate one night, I was counting out my stitches
DLaying by the side of the Groad
I was a Glong time gone, slipping off my britches
DFeeling like it's time to go Ghome
Yeah, feDeling like it's time to go Ghome
And Gin this dream, Bill Tecumseh Sherman
DGlowered at the foot of my Gbed
He was Glong and lean, he spoke in perfect German
And DI recorded all that he Gsaid
Yeah, DI recorded all that he Gsaid
And he sDaid:
[Chorus]
"We Gall die young
We Call die young
We Gall die young
DWe all die Gyoung"D
[Verse]
When I Gwoke next day, layered in the lashings
DFeeling for the hole in my Ghead
I was Gthinking 'bout my dad, thinking 'bout the nashings
Of Dall the bitter things that he Gsaid
Yeah, Dall the worrying things that he had Gsaid
And he Dsaid:
[Chorus]
"We Gall die young
We Call die young
We Gall die young
DWe all die Gyoung" SDon, he said:
"We all Gdie young (We all die young!)
We Call die young (We all die young!)
We Gall die young (We all die)
DWe all die Gyoung"D
[Solo]
G G D G G G D G D G D
[Verse]
Well it Gcame to pass that everything had ended
The Dworld was just a grubby balGloon
And GI spoke up, said "Sorry if I've offended"
This Dvoice came from the back of the Groom
Oh, Dscreaming from the back of the Groom
It Dsaid:
[Chorus]
"We Gall die young (We all die young!)
We Call die young (We all die young!)
We Gall die young (We all die)
DWe all die yGoung" DOne more time!
"We Gall die young, Bill Tecumseh Sherman
We Call die young, Sorry if I've offended
We Gall die young (We all die)
DWe all die yGoung" DOne more time!
G(We all die young!)
C(We all die young!)
G(We all die)
D(We all die yGoung!)D
G(We all die young!)
C(We all die young!)
G(We all die)
D(We all die yGoung!)D G
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(Drop D Tuning)
[Chords]
D Dm Bbm C9 G G* F E A
E|---2---|---1---|---0---|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|-------|
B|---3---|---3---|---3---|---3---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|-------|
G|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|---2---|
D|---0---|---0---|---0---|---2---|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|---2---|
A|---0---|---0---|---1---|---3---|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|---0---|
D|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|-------|
(Chord shapes are open to interpretation during Rusalka, Rusalka, it's a piano after all)
[Intro]
Dm| Bbm| C9| G
Dm| Bbm| C9| G F E
[Verse 1]
DmRusalka, Rusalka your Bbmarms out of water
Your C9hair like an alien Gbloom
DmDark-eyed Rusalka, your Bbmbrow tressed in flowers
C9Pale in a liminal moonG
DmAnd all that you Bbmare is a C9star on the GwaterG F E
Dm| Bbm| C9| G F E
[Verse 2]
When Dmfirst I went swimming, I Bbmheeded no warning
And C9dared breach your rippling poolG
As I Dmlulled and lingered, the Bbmring slipped my finger
And C9drifted down the deepening coolG
And Dmall that I Bbmwant is to C9fall in your GshallowsG F E
Dm| Bbm| C9| G F E
[Verse 3]
And Dmnow we are wed, the Bbmwater our bed
And C9bank to bank property lakeG
And Dmyou are my wild-eyed ruBbmsalka, my river bride
C9Drag me down, take me awayG
And Dmhere we will Bbmlie, you and C9I, 'neath the Gcold, dark Dmsky
Dm| Bbm| C9| G F E
D1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----| x4
A|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
[Verse Progression]
D1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . C91 . . 2 . . 3 . . D1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Beware the wild rushes, my mother told me that
D1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . C91 . . 2 . . 3 . . D1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
grow on the banks side along the salt sea but
C91 . . 2 . . 3 . . D1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|
D|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
I being young I
C91 . . 2 . . 3 . . D1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
headed her none So
D1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . C91 . . 2 . . 3 . . D1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
to the wild rushes the wind carried me
D1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
The summer...
[Verse 2 - Add in open A and high E strings to Verse Progression, fuller, more freely]
The Dsummer was here and the C9sun it was Dhigh
And Dto the wild rushes I C9came by and Dby
And C9there took my Dseat and C9dipped in my Dfeet
And Dthrough the wild rushes, a C9voice sweetly Dcried:
GAhhhD
[Verse 3]
Come Ddown, my little darling, come C9closer to Dme
The Dwater is warm; it is C9salty and Dfree
I C9long for your Dtouch but I C9won't ask too Dmuch
And DI, being foolish, walked C9in to my Dknees
[Verse 4]
Come Ddown, little darling, and C9lay at my Dbreast
Oh Dcome a little closer and C9I'll do the Drest
I C9waited so Dlong for a C9lover to Dcome
And DI, being foolish, walked C9in to my Dchest
GAhhhD
GAhhhD
[Verse 5]
Come Ddown, my little darling, oh C9farther come Din
For Ddeeper the water, the C9sweeter the Dsin
My C9lily lies Dhere, if you'd C9only draw Dnear
And DI, being foolish, went C9in to my Dchin
[Verse 6]
Oh Dcome, my little darling, do you C9feel my cool Dbreath?
Do you Dfeel my arms around you so C9warm and so Dwet?
C9Swept from my Dfeet, she C9pulled me Dbeneath
And Din the wild rushes, I Cwent to my Gdeath
[Instrumental Bridge]
Bbm1 . . 2 . . C91 . . 2 . . D1 . . 2 . . ^1 . . 2 . .
E|-------------|-------------|-------2-----|-3-----0-----|
B|-------3-----|-------3-----|-----3---3---|-3-3-----3---|
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|---2-------2-|-2---2-----0-|
D|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|-0-----------|-0-----------|
A|-1-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Bbm C9 F/D F G* A
1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . .
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------2---|
D|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5---2---|
A|-1-----------|-3-----------|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5---0---|
D|-------------|-------------|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5-------|
[Outro]
Bbm| C9| D| D
Bbm| C9| F/D| F/D| F/D| F G A
Bbm| C9| D| D
Bbm| C9| F/D| F/D| F/D| F G A
Bbm| C9| D| D
Bbm| C9| F/D| F/D| F/D| F/D| F/D| F/D
D| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| ^ Arpeggiated/Broken Chord
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[Intro]
G[Verse]
GWhen the summer days Clive to bore you,
DAnd the river lies Glong before you,
GAnd the one that you Clove ignores you,
D7I'll be your Ggirl.
GLike a senator Cworks a full room,
DLike a lover unGdone by full moon,
GLike a lily aClive in full bloom,
D7I'll be your Ggirl.
[Bridge]
EmAnd when the tempests Crage,
And all the oceans Groar, at your Gdoor;
EmI could be your Cman,
But I'd be that much Dmore, and D7more.
[Verse]
GSo when everything Csoft abrades you,
DWhen fortune has Glong betrayed you,
GAnd you're longing for an Carm to stay you,
D7I'll be your Ggirl.
[Solo]
G[BCriDdgGe]G C D G
EmAnd when the tempests Crage,
And all the oceans Groar, at your Gdoor;
EmI could be your Cman,
But I'd be that much Dmore, and D7more.
[Verse]
GSo if you're ever feeling Cless your time due,
DLike someone beGreft and lied to,
GAnd you never need a Cguy to guide you,
D7I'll be your Ggirl.
D7I'll be your Ggirl.
D7I'll be your Ggirl.
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Ill Be Your Girl
by The Decemberists
Chords in this song · guitar
G
Cmaj7
C
Csus2
D
Em
D5
Am
F
Bm
A
Dm
Gm
Dsus2
A/E
E
F#m
A#m
Bbm
C9
F/D
D7
Once In My Life
Capo 3
[Chords]
G Cmaj7 C Csus2 D
E|---3---|---0---|---0---|---0---|---2---|
B|---0---|---0---|---1---|---1---|---3---|
G|---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|---2---|
D|---0---|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|
A|---2---|---3---|---3---|---3---|-------|
E|---3---|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Main/Verse Progression (loosely driving):
G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-3-----3-3-3-3---|---3-3-3-3---3-3-|-3-----3-3-3-3---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-2---2-------2---|-2-------2---2-2-|-2---2-------2---|-2-------2-2-2-2-|
E|-3---3-------3---|-3-------3---3-3-|-3---3-------3---|-3-------3-3-3-3-|
Cmaj7 C Csus2
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-----0-0-0-0---|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-0-----0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0---0-0-|-1-----1-1-1-1---|-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|
G|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-2---2-------2---|-2-------2---2-2-|-2---2-------2---|-2-0-----0-0-0-0-|
A|-3---3-------3---|-3-------3---3-3-|-3---3-------3---|-3-3-----3-3-3-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Verses]
G
Oh, for once in my
Cmaj7 C Csus2
Oh, for once in my life
G
Could just something go
Cmaj7 C Csus2
Could just something go right?
G
Oh, for once in my
Cmaj7 C Csus2
Oh, for once in my life
G
Could just something go
Cmaj7 C Csus2
Could just something go right?
[Choruses]
D C
I've been waiting all my life
D C
I've been waiting all my life
G
All my life (back to verse progression)
[Final Verses]
G Cmaj7 C Csus2
I could wait for hours
G Cmaj7 C Csus2
I could wait and never fall down
G Cmaj7 C Csus2
Never fall down, Never fall down
G
Lay us down
Cmaj7 C Csus2
Beside the river
G
Face down
Cmaj7 C Csus2
Beside the river
End on G
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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)
[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]
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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Em
02200x
D5
xx023x
Am
x0221x
C
x32010
[Intro]
Em D5 Am Em
Em D5 Am Em
[Verse 1]
Em D5
I alight like a whisper
Am Em
I alight with the lights out
Em D5
And it won't take me long just to find you
Am Em
And it won't take me long just to find you
[Chorus 1]
C Em
I'm allied to the winter
D5 Am
But don't you get clever, don't you get clever
C Em
I'm allied to the landslide
D5 N.C. Em
[Verse 2]
Em D5
I alone am the answer
Am Em
I alone will make wrongs right
Em D5
But in order to root out the cancer
Am Em
It's got to be kept from the sun line
[Chorus 2]
C Em
I'm allied to the winter
D5 Am
But don't you get clever, don't you get clever
C Em
I'm allied to the landslide
D5 N.C. Em
[Interlude]
G Am Em
G Am Em
[Verse 3]
Em D5
I was born to a jackal
Am Em
I was born in a whiteout
Em D5
Gonna smother you all till I choke you
Am Em
Gonna smother you all till you kick out
[Chorus 3]
C Em
I'm allied to the winter
D5 Am
But don't you get clever, don't you get clever
C Em
I'm allied to the landslide
D5 N.C. Em
[Outro]
G Am Em
G Am Em
----------------------------------------
[Chorus]
Em G Em G
Starwatcher, starwatcher in the night
Em G Em G
Starwatcher, starwatcher bend the light
[Verse 1]
C Am
There's a rider on the road
C Am
There's calamity awaiting to unfold
C Am
There is poison in the well
C Am
There's the augur of a distant ringing bell
Em G Em G Em G Em G
It's says: hold, hold, hold your ground
[Chorus]
Em G Em G
Skywatcher, skywatcher rules the day
Em G Em G
Skywatcher, skywatcher cruel and fey
[Verse 2]
C Am
There are figures on the shore
C Am
At the laundromat, they're whispering of war
C Am
There a lady on the stairs
C Am
All a-shambling with thistles in her hair
Em G Em G Em G Em G
Singing: hold, hold, hold your ground
Em G Em G Em G Em G
Hold, hold, hold your ground
[Chorus]
Em G Em G Em
Starwatcher, starwatcher in the night
----------------------------------------
Tripping Along
[Verse 1]
D
We were tripping tripping tripping tripping tripping along
G
While you're orbiting, might I?
D
While you're orbiting, might I?
D
Lick you sticky sticky sticky sticky sticky and sweep
G
They're all turning a blind eye
D
They're all turning a blind eye
[Chorus]
F D
But oh what I'd do just to lie with you die in your arms
F D
What wouldn't I give just to live with that sense of alarm?
G Bm
But your relatives gathered all clamber about for your mind
A D
And they're tearing and swearing to leave you all naked and blind
[Verse 2]
D
So we keep a-ripping ripping ripping ripping rips in the sheets
G
'Till it's all coming undone
D
'Till it's all coming undone
D
And we're drippy drippy drippy drippy, what messes are we?
G
And I'm due for a line out
D
And I'm due for a light out
[Chorus]
F D
But just as I'm cusping on slumber and dumbing my eyes
F D
What spin-twisting vision comes listing and gently aligns?
G Bm
And bothering toddles all over this beautiful light
A D
This fickle young sister's away in the dimming of night
[Outro]
F
La de da de da de da da da
G
Da de da de da de da da da
F
Da de da de da de da da da
G
Da de da de da de da da da
F
Da de da de da de da da da
G
Da de da de da de da da da
F G
Da de da de da de da da da da
----------------------------------------
[Verse 1]
Dm A
Along the old sea wall
Gm A
Inside the banquet hall
Dm A
Below the cellar's stair
Gm A
Maybe you'll find me there
[Chorus]
F A
Your ghost
F
Oh your ghost
A
Your ghost
Dm Dsus2
(x2)
[Verse 2]
Dm A
And when you take your rest
Gm A
My weight upon your breast
Dm A
And should you close your eyes
Gm A
I'll still materialize
[Chorus]
F A
Your ghost
F
Oh your ghost
A
Your ghost
Dm Dsus2
Na na na na na
Dm Dsus2
Na na na na na
[Solo]
Dm A Gm A
Dm A Gm A
F A F A
Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2
[Verse 3]
Dm A
And at your final end
Gm A
When you are free again
Dm A
No longer long to be
Gm A
You will be belong to me
[Chorus]
F A
Your ghost
F A
Oh your ghost
F A
Oh your ghost
Dm
Your ghost
Dm Dsus2
Na na na na na
Dm Dsus2
Na na na na na
[Solo 2]
Dm A Gm A
Dm A Gm A
F A F A
Dm Dsus2
Na na na na na
Dm Dsus2
Na na na na na
Dm A
Na na na na na na
Gm A
Na na na na na na
Dm A
Na na na na na na
Gm A
Na na na na na na
F A
Your ghost
F
Oh your ghost
A
Ghost
Dm Dsus2
Na na na na na
Dm Dsus2
Na na na na na
Dm Dsus2
Na na na na na
Dm Dsus2
Na na na na na
----------------------------------------
[Intro]
A A
[Chorus]
A A/E
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing,
A
Everything, everything, everything,
E
everything, everything is awful!
A A/E
Oh, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
A
Everything, everything, everything,
E
everything, everything is awful!
D
Everything is awful, everything is...
[Verse]
F#m Bm
What's that crashing sound
D
That follows us around?
E
That's the sound of all things good breaking.
F#m D
Put your fears to rest,
Bm
You know it's for the best,
E
As a choir of angels sings:
[Chorus]
A A/E
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
A
Everything, everything, everything,
E
everything, everything is awful
A A/E
Oh, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
A
Everything, everything, everything,
E
everything, everything is awful
D
Everything is awful, everything is...
[Verse]
F#m Bm
I know you've worked so hard,
D
To hoist your own petard,
E
Must be so nice, the point caught in your side.
F#m D
Lay down your heavy head,
Bm
It's safer hid in bed,
E
And let those voice ring:
[Chorus]
A A/E
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing
A
Everything, everything, everything,
E
everything, everything is awful!
A A/E
Oh everything, everything, everything, everything, every little thing,
A
Everything, everything, everything,
E
everything, everything is awful!
D
Everything is awful, everything is...
A E
La la la la la
D
La la la la aw-ful, Everything is...
A E
La la la la la
D
La la la la aw-ful, Would you kindly keep it
A E
down La la la la la
D
La la la la aw-ful, Just tryin’ to get some
A E
sleep La la la la la
D
La la la la aw-ful
F#m
Everything is...
----------------------------------------
[Intro]
A D A
[Verse 1]
Bm
I was not ready for the road
D A D A
I was so discontent to wear that heavy load
Bm
And so I got down on my knees
E
I made a sucker's prayer
E A
A grim bode of Baudelaire before
[Verse 2]
Bm
And when nobody did respond
D A D A
I took my glasses off and went to find a pond
Bm
Stuffing rocks into the pockets of my pants
E
And when I waded in
E A
Those currents carried them away
[Chorus]
D
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
E Bm A D A
I've been so long lonely and it's getting me down
D
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
E A#m E A D A
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
[Verse 3]
Bm
So if you're lost along the way
D A D A
And if you're thinking that will always be the case
Bm
Won't you listen to my plea?
E
You'll make a sucker's prayer
E A
Just go and leave it that-a-way
[Chorus]
D
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
E Bm A D A
I've been so long lonely and it's getting me down
D
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
E A#m E A D A
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
----------------------------------------
[Intro]
G
[Verse]
G
It was late one night, I was counting out my stitches
D G
Laying by the side of the road
G
I was a long time gone, slipping off my britches
D G
Feeling like it's time to go home
D G
Yeah, feeling like it's time to go home
G
And in this dream, Bill Tecumseh Sherman
D G
Glowered at the foot of my bed
G
He was long and lean, he spoke in perfect German
D G
And I recorded all that he said
D G
Yeah, I recorded all that he said
D
And he said:
[Chorus]
G
"We all die young
C
We all die young
G
We all die young
D G D
We all die young"
[Verse]
G
When I woke next day, layered in the lashings
D G
Feeling for the hole in my head
G
I was thinking 'bout my dad, thinking 'bout the nashings
D G
Of all the bitter things that he said
D G
Yeah, all the worrying things that he had said
D
And he said:
[Chorus]
G
"We all die young
C
We all die young
G
We all die young
D G D
We all die young" Son, he said:
G
"We all die young (We all die young!)
C
We all die young (We all die young!)
G
We all die young (We all die)
D G D
We all die young"
[Solo]
G G D G G G D G D G D
[Verse]
G
Well it came to pass that everything had ended
D G
The world was just a grubby balloon
G
And I spoke up, said "Sorry if I've offended"
D G
This voice came from the back of the room
D G
Oh, screaming from the back of the room
D
It said:
[Chorus]
G
"We all die young (We all die young!)
C
We all die young (We all die young!)
G
We all die young (We all die)
D G D
We all die young" One more time!
G
"We all die young, Bill Tecumseh Sherman
C
We all die young, Sorry if I've offended
G
We all die young (We all die)
D G D
We all die young" One more time!
G
(We all die young!)
C
(We all die young!)
G
(We all die)
D G D
(We all die young!)
G
(We all die young!)
C
(We all die young!)
G
(We all die)
D G D G
(We all die young!)
----------------------------------------
(Drop D Tuning)
[Chords]
D Dm Bbm C9 G G F E A
*
E|---2---|---1---|---0---|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|-------|
B|---3---|---3---|---3---|---3---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|-------|
G|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|---2---|
D|---0---|---0---|---0---|---2---|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|---2---|
A|---0---|---0---|---1---|---3---|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|---0---|
D|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|-------|
(Chord shapes are open to interpretation during Rusalka, Rusalka, it's a piano after all)
[Intro]
Dm Bbm C9 G
| | |
Dm Bbm C9 G F E
| | |
[Verse 1]
Dm Bbm
Rusalka, Rusalka your arms out of water
C9 G
Your hair like an alien bloom
Dm Bbm
Dark-eyed Rusalka, your brow tressed in flowers
C9 G
Pale in a liminal moon
Dm Bbm C9 G G F E
And all that you are is a star on the water
Dm Bbm C9 G F E
| | |
[Verse 2]
Dm Bbm
When first I went swimming, I heeded no warning
C9 G
And dared breach your rippling pool
Dm Bbm
As I lulled and lingered, the ring slipped my finger
C9 G
And drifted down the deepening cool
Dm Bbm C9 G G F E
And all that I want is to fall in your shallows
Dm Bbm C9 G F E
| | |
[Verse 3]
Dm Bbm
And now we are wed, the water our bed
C9 G
And bank to bank property lake
Dm Bbm
And you are my wild-eyed rusalka, my river bride
C9 G
Drag me down, take me away
Dm Bbm C9 G Dm
And here we will lie, you and I, 'neath the cold, dark sky
Dm Bbm C9 G F E
| | |
D
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----| x4
A|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
[Verse Progression]
D C9 D
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Beware the wild rushes, my mother told me that
D C9 D
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
grow on the banks side along the salt sea but
C9 D
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|
D|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
I being young I
C9 D
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
headed her none So
D C9 D
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
to the wild rushes the wind carried me
D
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
The summer...
[Verse 2 - Add in open A and high E strings to Verse Progression, fuller, more freely]
D C9 D
The summer was here and the sun it was high
D C9 D
And to the wild rushes I came by and by
C9 D C9 D
And there took my seat and dipped in my feet
D C9 D
And through the wild rushes, a voice sweetly cried:
G D
Ahhh
[Verse 3]
D C9 D
Come down, my little darling, come closer to me
D C9 D
The water is warm; it is salty and free
C9 D C9 D
I long for your touch but I won't ask too much
D C9 D
And I, being foolish, walked in to my knees
[Verse 4]
D C9 D
Come down, little darling, and lay at my breast
D C9 D
Oh come a little closer and I'll do the rest
C9 D C9 D
I waited so long for a lover to come
D C9 D
And I, being foolish, walked in to my chest
G D
Ahhh
G D
Ahhh
[Verse 5]
D C9 D
Come down, my little darling, oh farther come in
D C9 D
For deeper the water, the sweeter the sin
C9 D C9 D
My lily lies here, if you'd only draw near
D C9 D
And I, being foolish, went in to my chin
[Verse 6]
D C9 D
Oh come, my little darling, do you feel my cool breath?
D C9 D
Do you feel my arms around you so warm and so wet?
C9 D C9 D
Swept from my feet, she pulled me beneath
D C G
And in the wild rushes, I went to my death
[Instrumental Bridge]
Bbm C9 D
1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . ^1 . . 2 . .
E|-------------|-------------|-------2-----|-3-----0-----|
B|-------3-----|-------3-----|-----3---3---|-3-3-----3---|
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|---2-------2-|-2---2-----0-|
D|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|-0-----------|-0-----------|
A|-1-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Bbm C9 F/D F G A
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1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . .
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------2---|
D|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5---2---|
A|-1-----------|-3-----------|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5---0---|
D|-------------|-------------|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5-------|
[Outro]
Bbm C9 D D
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Bbm C9 F/D F/D F/D F G A
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Bbm C9 D D
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Bbm C9 F/D F/D F/D F G A
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Bbm C9 D D
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Bbm C9 F/D F/D F/D F/D F/D F/D
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D
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| ^ Arpeggiated/Broken Chord
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[Intro]
G
[Verse]
G C
When the summer days live to bore you,
D G
And the river lies long before you,
G C
And the one that you love ignores you,
D7 G
I'll be your girl.
G C
Like a senator works a full room,
D G
Like a lover undone by full moon,
G C
Like a lily alive in full bloom,
D7 G
I'll be your girl.
[Bridge]
Em C
And when the tempests rage,
G G
And all the oceans roar, at your door;
Em C
I could be your man,
D D7
But I'd be that much more, and more.
[Verse]
G C
So when everything soft abrades you,
D G
When fortune has long betrayed you,
G C
And you're longing for an arm to stay you,
D7 G
I'll be your girl.
[Solo]
G C D G G C D G
[Bridge]
Em C
And when the tempests rage,
G G
And all the oceans roar, at your door;
Em C
I could be your man,
D D7
But I'd be that much more, and more.
[Verse]
G C
So if you're ever feeling less your time due,
D G
Like someone bereft and lied to,
G C
And you never need a guy to guide you,
D7 G
I'll be your girl.
D7 G
I'll be your girl.
D7 G
I'll be your girl.
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