Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect chords by The Decemberists

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

No capo
Key = C majorC Lydian mode

Verse chords alternate back and forth:
Cmaj7Cmaj7 | Dsus2Dsus2

Cmaj7Cmaj7 = x32000:
Dsus2Dsus2 = xx0230:

Chorus chords:
D MajorD | Cadd9Cadd9

Verse 1:
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
And here I dreamt I was a soldier
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
And I marched the streets of Birkenau
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
And I recall in spring
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
The perfume that the air would bring
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
To the indolent town
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
Where the barkers call the moon down
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
The carnival was ringing loudly now
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
And just to lay with you
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
Save lay my rifle down

Chorus:
D MajorD      Cadd9Cadd9
And try one, and try two
D MajorD    Cadd9Cadd9
Guess it always comes down to
D MajorD    Cadd9Cadd9
Alright, it's okay
D MajorD     Cadd9Cadd9        Cmaj7Cmaj7
Guess it's better to turn this way
     Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
ay ay ay ay ay ay...


Verse 2:
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
And I am nothing of a builder
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
But here I dreamt I was an architect
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
And I built this balustrade
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
To keep you home, to keep you safe
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
From the outside world
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
But the angles and the corners
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
Even though my work is unparalleled
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
They never seemed to meet
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
This structure fell about our feet
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
And we were free to go

Chorus:
D MajorD      Cadd9Cadd9
And try one, and try two
D MajorD    Cadd9Cadd9
Guess it always comes down to
D MajorD    Cadd9Cadd9
Alright, okay
D MajorD     Cadd9Cadd9        Cmaj7Cmaj7
Guess it's better to turn this way
      Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
ay ay ay ay ay ay...

Verse 3:
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
And here in Spain I am a Spaniard
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
I will be buried with my marionettes
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
Countess and courtesan
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
Have fallen 'neath my tender hand
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
When their husbands were not around (ah, ah, oh)
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
But you, my soiled teenage girlfriend
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
O' how you furrow like a lioness
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
And we are vagabonds
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
We travel without seatbelts on
Cmaj7Cmaj7    Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
To live this close to death

Extended Chorus:
D MajorD      Cadd9Cadd9
And try one, and try two
D MajorD     Cadd9Cadd9
I guess it always comes down to
D MajorD    Cadd9Cadd9
Alright, it's okay
D MajorD     Cadd9Cadd9
Guess it's better to turn this
D MajorD     Cadd9Cadd9
But I won, so you lose
D MajorD    Cadd9Cadd9
Guess it always comes down to
D MajorD    Cadd9Cadd9
Alright, it's okay
D MajorD     Cadd9Cadd9        Cmaj7Cmaj7
Guess it's better to turn this way
      Dsus2Dsus2    Cmaj7Cmaj7   Dsus2Dsus2
ay ay ay ay ay ay...