121712 chords by The Decemberists

Chords with lyrics

?12/17/12? ? The Decemberists

Tabbed by Ian Cummings on 1/24/15.

*D add4 is just the traditional open C majorC chord shifted up two frets:

e--x
B--3
G--0
D--4
A--5
E--x

Intro:
G, quick shift to C majorC   X4

A minorAm                G+G
What a gift, what a gift has been given me
      C/GC/G    D MajorD add4
Here with my heart so whole
   A minorAm      C majorC
While others may be grieving
         G+G     C majorC G+G
To think of their grieving

A minorAm                  G+G
And O my boy, don't you know you are dear to me
      C/GC/G    D MajorD add4
You are the breath of life
   A minorAm       C majorC
And a light upon the water
        G+G    C majorC G+G
A augmentedA light upon the water


(Harmonica solo ? use verse form.)


A minorAm                  G+G
And O my love, if you only knew how I longed for you
   C/GC/G   D MajorD add4
How I waste my days
    A minorAm       C majorC
Wishing you would come around
          G+G   C majorC G+G
Just to have you around


A minorAm                 G+G
And what a dear, what a sweet little baby
  C/GC/G  D MajorD add4
This cannonball
   A minorAm      C majorC
In the bosom of your belly
            G+G    C majorC G+G
It's just a kick in your belly


(Harmonica solo #2)


A minorAm                 G+G
And O my god, what a world you have made here
    C/GC/G   D MajorD add4
What a terrible world
   A minorAm    C majorC
What a beautiful world
            G+G     C majorC G+G
What a world you have made here
      C majorC    G+G        C majorC G+G
What a world you have made here
      C majorC    G+G        C majorC G+G
What a world you have made here
      C majorC    G+G        C majorC G+G
What a world you have made here.