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watched of him playing it, these chords seem to be close to what he plays, and they 
good. Side note, there's a guy online who has a cover of it, and his chords sound
Enjoy! (watch Colin's live shows for strumming)
----song title has been changed to "This is Why We Fight" and will be on upcoming 
album "The King is Dead"----
CAPO 2!!!
chords used:
Some E minor chord (Em*): 0 2 4 4 0 0
Cmaj7: x 3 2 0 0 0
G: 3 2 0 0 0 3
D: x x 0 2 3 2
Em: 0 2 2 0 0 0
C: x 3 2 0 1 0
riff 1:  Em(strum), hammer-on 2 on low E string (strum),  G(strum)
Intro: Em*  Cmaj7(rpt)
Em*       Cmaj7  
Come the war
Em*      Cmaj7  
Come the avarice
Em*      Cmaj7  
Come the war
Em*       Cmaj7  
Come hell
And come destruction
Come the reek of bone
Come destruction
Come hell
Chorus:
GAnd this is whyD  
Why we figEmht
Why we Clie awake
GAnd this is whyD  
        C   (hammer on D string)
This is why we fight
GAnd when we dieD  
We will dieEm  
With our Carms unbound
GAnd this is whDy
This is why
Why we Cfight
     (riff 1)
Come hell
     (riff 1)
Come hell
And bride of quiet
Bride of underground (thane)
Bride of quiet
Bride of hell
And come the archers
Come the infantry
Come the archers of hell
Chorus:
And this is why
Why we fight
Why we lie awake
And this is why
This is why we fight
And when we die
We will die
With our arms unbound
And this is why
This is why we fight
     (riff 1)
Come hell
     (riff 1)
Come hell
And this is why
Why we fight
Why we lie awake
And this is why
This is why we fight
And when we die
We will die with our arms unbound
And this is why
This is why we fight
(continue with chorus chords)
So come to me
Come to me now
Lay your arms around me
And this is why
This is why
We fight
     (riff 1)
Come hell
     (riff 1)
Come hell
strum  Gand end

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Zoot

by The Decemberists

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

watched of him playing it, these chords seem to be close to what he plays, and they

good. Side note, there's a guy online who has a cover of it, and his chords sound

Enjoy! (watch Colin's live shows for strumming)

----song title has been changed to "This is Why We Fight" and will be on upcoming

album "The King is Dead"----

CAPO 2!!!

chords used:

Some E minor chord (Em*): 0 2 4 4 0 0

Cmaj7

: x 3 2 0 0 0

: 3 2 0 0 0 3

: x x 0 2 3 2

: 0 2 2 0 0 0

: x 3 2 0 1 0

Em G

riff 1: (strum), hammer-on 2 on low E string (strum), (strum)

Em Cmaj7

Intro: * (rpt)

Em Cmaj7

Come the war

Em Cmaj7

Come the avarice

Em Cmaj7

Come the war

Em Cmaj7

Come hell

And come destruction

Come the reek of bone

Come destruction

Come hell

Chorus:

G D

And this is why

Why we fight

Why we lie awake

G D

And this is why

C (hammer on D string)

This is why we fight

G D

And when we die

We will die

With our arms unbound

G D

And this is why

This is why

Why we fight

(riff 1)

Come hell

(riff 1)

Come hell

And bride of quiet

Bride of underground (thane)

Bride of quiet

Bride of hell

And come the archers

Come the infantry

Come the archers of hell

Chorus:

And this is why

Why we fight

Why we lie awake

And this is why

This is why we fight

And when we die

We will die

With our arms unbound

And this is why

This is why we fight

(riff 1)

Come hell

(riff 1)

Come hell

And this is why

Why we fight

Why we lie awake

And this is why

This is why we fight

And when we die

We will die with our arms unbound

And this is why

This is why we fight

(continue with chorus chords)

So come to me

Come to me now

Lay your arms around me

And this is why

This is why

We fight

(riff 1)

Come hell

(riff 1)

Come hell

strum and end

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