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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 Chord diagramE MajorE and Chord diagramA augmentedA 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-----|
Chord diagramBB|------0---0-----3/5-5-5-5\3--0-----|
Chord diagramG+G|------0---0------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------2---2------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------2---2------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--0--------------------------------|

fill 2 (verse fill):
e|------0-----------0----------------|
Chord diagramBB|------0-----------0----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------0-----------0----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------2-----------2----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------2--0h2------2----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--0------------0-------------------|

fill 3 (chorus fill):
-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------0h2---0---------0--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0h2---------------0h2----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------3------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------|


Intro:
(Fill 1) x4

Verse 1:
    Chord diagramE minorEm                               Chord diagramA augmentedA                    Chord diagramG+G
The air all painted pallid grey, the storm was comin' in

Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2               /C    /B    Chord diagramE minorEm  (fill 2)
Folks were lining out in all directions

Chord diagramE minorEm                              Chord diagramA augmentedA                      Chord diagramG+G
Me an Holt and Henry Short were pitchin' on the skiff,

Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2               /C    /B        Chord diagramE minorEm  (fill 2)
Trying to make it home before the night

     Bm/B /F#  /B /F#   Chord diagramA augmentedA
And the grey waves were rollin',

Bm/B /F# /B     /F#  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Bold the brave, brave ocean

    Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramE minorEm (Fill 1)x2
And rolled us suckers in

Verse 2:

    Chord diagramE minorEm                             Chord diagramA augmentedA                     Chord diagramG+G
Well I don't keep to goings on, I tend to stick with kin

    Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2         /C     /B      Chord diagramE minorEm (Fill 2)
But Watson had it in from the beginning

   Chord diagramE minorEm                                  Chord diagramA augmentedA                        Chord diagramG+G
He built that house on Chatham bend, a whitewashed knotted pine

Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2         /C     /B       Chord diagramE minorEm (Fill 2)
Ninety acres furrowed for the cane

     Bm/B /F#  /B /F#     Chord diagramA augmentedA
And he drove it down from Georgia

 Bm/B /F#  /B /F#   Chord diagramA augmentedA
His dad a martyred soldier

       Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramE minorEm  (Fill 1) /G
In the war between the States

Chorus:

 Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2  /D  /C  /B
Lord, bring down the flood

 Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2
Wash away the blood

    /C     /B      Chord diagramE minorEm
And drown these everglades

    /C     /B      Chord diagramE minorEm
And put us in our place

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

   Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramE minorEm (Fill 1)x4
We layed him in his grave

Verse 3:

Chord diagramE minorEm                            Chord diagramA augmentedA                   Chord diagramG+G
Till I'm dust I'll never know why he came ashore

Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2                  /C      /B        Chord diagramE minorEm (Fill 2)
With all those killers gathered on the shorelines

Chord diagramE minorEm                              Chord diagramA augmentedA                   Chord diagramG+G
Kicking holes in ugly mud, with trigger fingers pinched

Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2            /C        /B        Chord diagramE minorEm  (Fill 2)
Chord diagramA augmentedA brace of rifles bristled in the wind

Bm/B /F#  /B /F#   Chord diagramA augmentedA
And we towed his body northbound

 Bm/B /F#  /B  /F#   Chord diagramA augmentedA
And buried him all face down

        Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramE minorEm (Fill 1)  /G
With a good view into hell

Chorus:

 Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2 /D  /C  /B
Lord, bring down the flood

 Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2
Wash away the blood

    /C     /B      Chord diagramE minorEm
And drown these everglades

    /C     /B      Chord diagramE minorEm
And put us in our place

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

   Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramE minorEm  (Fill 1)
We layed him in his grave

  Chord diagramE minorEm                     Chord diagramE minorEm  (Fill 1)
We layed him in his grave

 Chord diagramE minorEm                  (Fill 1)x3 Chord diagramE minorEm
We layed him in his gra____ve

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