E Watson chords by The Decemberists

E. WATSON - The Decemberists
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Tabbed by: Daysleeper_05

Tuning:Standard

From the "Long Live the King" EP.

Letters with slashes in front of them signify the change of the BASS NOTE of the
preceding chord. (on the low E and A strings) Hearing the song will help it make sense.

Three fills are repeated throughout the song:

fill 1(intro):
e|------0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-----|
B|------0---0-----3/5-5-5-5\3--0-----|
G|------0---0------------------------|
D|------2---2------------------------|
A|------2---2------------------------|
E|--0--------------------------------|

fill 2 (verse fill):
e|------0-----------0----------------|
B|------0-----------0----------------|
G|------0-----------0----------------|
D|------2-----------2----------------|
A|------2--0h2------2----------------|
E|--0------------0-------------------|

fill 3 (chorus fill):
-------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|----------0h2---0---------0--------|
D|----0h2---------------0h2----------|
A|----------------------------3------|
E|-----------------------------------|


Intro:
(Fill 1) x4

Verse 1:
  Em                A          G
The air all painted pallid grey, the storm was comin' in

Dsus2        /C  /B  Em (fill 2)
Folks were lining out in all directions

Em               A           G
Me an Holt and Henry Short were pitchin' on the skiff,

Dsus2        /C  /B    Em (fill 2)
Trying to make it home before the night

   Bm/B /F# /B /F#  A
And the grey waves were rollin',

Bm/B /F# /B   /F# A
Bold the brave, brave ocean

  G           Em (Fill 1)x2
And rolled us suckers in

Verse 2:

  Em               A           G
Well I don't keep to goings on, I tend to stick with kin

  Dsus2     /C   /B   Em (Fill 2)
But Watson had it in from the beginning

  Em                 A            G
He built that house on Chatham bend, a whitewashed knotted pine

Dsus2     /C   /B    Em (Fill 2)
Ninety acres furrowed for the cane

   Bm/B /F# /B /F#   A
And he drove it down from Georgia

 Bm/B /F# /B /F#  A
His dad a martyred soldier

    G         Em (Fill 1) /G
In the war between the States



Chorus:

 A         G   Dsus2 /D /C /B
Lord, bring down the flood

 A      G  Dsus2
Wash away the blood

  /C   /B   Em
And drown these everglades

  /C   /B   Em
And put us in our place

Bm/B   /F# /B /F#    C
(Fill 3)
We layed Edgar Watson in his grave

  G           Em (Fill 1)x4
We layed him in his grave

Verse 3:

Em              A          G
Till I'm dust I'll never know why he came ashore

Dsus2         /C   /B    Em (Fill 2)
With all those killers gathered on the shorelines

Em               A          G
Kicking holes in ugly mud, with trigger fingers pinched

Dsus2      /C    /B    Em (Fill 2)
A brace of rifles bristled in the wind

Bm/B /F# /B /F#  A
And we towed his body northbound

 Bm/B /F# /B /F#  A
And buried him all face down

    G        Em (Fill 1) /G
With a good view into hell

Chorus:

 A         G   Dsus2 /D /C /B
Lord, bring down the flood

 A      G  Dsus2
Wash away the blood

  /C   /B   Em
And drown these everglades

  /C   /B   Em
And put us in our place

Bm/B   /F# /B /F#    C
(Fill 3)
We layed Edgar Watson in his grave

  G           Em (Fill 1)
We layed him in his grave

 Em           Em (Fill 1)
We layed him in his grave

 Em         (Fill 1)x3 Em
We layed him in his gra____ve