121712 chords by The Decemberists

?12/17/12? ? The Decemberists

Tabbed by Ian Cummings on 1/24/15.

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

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

Intro:
G, quick shift to C   X4

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


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


(Harmonica solo ? use verse form.)


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


Am                 G
And what a dear, what a sweet little baby
  C/G  D add4
This cannonball
   Am      C
In the bosom of your belly
            G    C G
It's just a kick in your belly


(Harmonica solo #2)


Am                 G
And O my god, what a world you have made here
    C/G   D add4
What a terrible world
   Am    C
What a beautiful world
            G     C G
What a world you have made here
      C    G        C G
What a world you have made here
      C    G        C G
What a world you have made here
      C    G        C G
What a world you have made here.