Chords with lyrics
FROM MY OWN TRUE LOVE (LOST AT SEA) -- THE DECEMBERISTS, "Picaresque"(2005)
Exact chords tabbed out by ClassicalfreaK, 2015
***CAPO THIRD FRET!! Tab is written in A-minor; to get original key,
transpose up three half-steps.
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INTRO
A minorAm A minorAm
e||0-0--|| ---0-0---0-0|---0-0--0--0 ||
BB||1-1--||o ---1-1---1-1|---1-1--1--1 o||
G+G||2-2--|| ---2-2---2-2|---2-2--2--2 ||
D MajorD||2-2--|| ---2-2---2-2|---2-2--2--2 ||
A augmentedA||0-0--||o 0-----------|0----------- o||
E MajorE||-----|| ------0-----|------0--3-- ||
x..x..x..x.. x..x..x..x..
VERSE
A minorAm
Four score years
D MajorD A minorAm
Living down in this rain swept town
A minorAm
Sea salt tears
D MajorD A minorAm
Swimming round as the rain comes down
CHORUS
G+G A minorAm Am/E D/F#D/F#
Mr. Postman, do you have a letter for me?
G+G A minorAm
Mr. Postman, do you have a letter for me?
FF
A augmentedA letter for me
A minorAm
From my own true love
G+G
Lost at sea
G+G E/G# A minorAm
Lost at sea
INSTRUMENTAL
(accordion->gtr)
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm
x..x..x..x.. x..x..x..x.. x..x.. x..x..x..x.. x..x..x..x..
e||0-----------|0-2--23-20--|5--2--|0-----------|------------|
BB||---1--------|------------|------|------------|------------|
G+G||------2-----|------------|------|------------|------------|
D MajorD||------------|------------|------|------------|------------|
A augmentedA||------------|------------|------|------------|------------|
E MajorE||------------|------------|------|------------|------------|
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D/F#D/F#
x..x..x..x.. x..x..x..x.. x..x.. x..x..x..x.. x..x..x..x..
e||0-----------|0-2--23-20--|5--2--|0-----------|------------|
BB||---1--------|------------|------|------------|------------|
G+G||------2-----|------------|------|------------|------------|
D MajorD||------------|------------|------|------------|------------|
A augmentedA||------------|------------|------|------------|------------|
E MajorE||------------|------------|------|------------|------------|
CHORUS
G+G A minorAm Am/E D/F#D/F#
Mr. Postman, do you have a letter for me?
G+G A minorAm
Mr. Postman, do you have a letter for me?
FF
A augmentedA letter for me
A minorAm
From my own true love
G+G
Lost at sea
G+G E/G# A minorAm
Lost at sea
OUTRO
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm
x..x..x..x.. x..x..x..x.. x..x.. x..x..x..x.. x..x..x..x..
e|| 0-----------|0-2--23-20--|5--2--|0-----------|------------ ||
BB||o ---1--------|------------|------|------------|------------ o||
G+G|| ------2-----|------------|------|------------|------------ ||
D MajorD|| ------------|------------|------|------------|------------ ||
A augmentedA||o ------------|------------|------|------------|------------ o||
E MajorE|| ------------|------------|------|------------|------------ || (4x)
(end with floor tom thumping a beat)
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