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January Hymn by The Decemberists

January Hymn tab by The Decemberists

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Capo on 1st

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

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Advanced

Intro:
  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Verse:
  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3----3----|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
  On a winter's   Sun- day  I  go,      To clear away the

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
  snow     and green the ground below

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3----3----|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
  A- pril all an  o-  cean a-   way, Is this the better way to spend the

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
  day        Keeping the winter at bay

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Chorus:
  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3--3--3--3--3---|-0--0--0--0------|-1--1--1----11--1|
BB|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----------0---|-1-----1---------|-1-----1-----1---|
G+G|---2-2---2-2---2-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---2-2-----2---2-|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-------2---------|-3-----3---------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-1-----1-----1---|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|
   What were the words I meant to say before you  left?    When

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0--0--0--0---|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3-3---3---3----3|-3-3---3---3----3|
BB|-1-----1-----1---|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-----------------|
G+G|---2-2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|--0---0---0----0-|--0---0---0----0-|
D MajorD|-------2---------|-----------------|-5---5---3---3---|-2---2---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-0-----------0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-----------------|
 I could see your breath lead where you were going to?

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3----3----|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
  Maybe I should  just  let it   be   and one day it will all come back to

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3--3--3--3--3---|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----0-----0---|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-2---2-2---2-|---0-0---0-0---0-|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----0-----3---|
  Me     sing O      Jan- u-     ary

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  O!

Verse:
  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3----3----|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
  How I lived a  childhood in   snow     and all my teens in

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
  tow       stuck in strata of clothes

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3----3----|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
  Pale the winter  days  after   dark     wandering the gray memorial

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
  park     a  fleeting beating of hearts

Chorus:
  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3--3--3--3--3---|-0--0--0--0------|-1--1--1----11--1|
BB|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----------0---|-1-----1---------|-1-----1-----1---|
G+G|---2-2---2-2---2-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---2-2-----2---2-|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-------2---------|-3-----3---------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-1-----1-----1---|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|
   What were the words I meant to say before she  left?    When

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0--0--0--0---|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3-3---3---3----3|-3-3---3---3----3|
BB|-1-----1-----1---|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-----------------|
G+G|---2-2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|--0---0---0----0-|--0---0---0----0-|
D MajorD|-------2---------|-----------------|-5---5---3---3---|-2---2---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-0-----------0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-----------------|
 I could see her breath lead where she was going to?

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3----3----|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
  Maybe I should  just  let it   be   and one day it will all come back to

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3--3--3--3--3---|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3--3--3--3--3---|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----0-----0---|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----0-----0---|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-2---2-2---2-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---2-2---2-2---2-|---0-0---0-0---0-|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----0-----3---|-----------------|-3-----0-----3---|
  Me     sing O      Jan- u-

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  O!

Outro:
  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v  1 v 2 v 3 v 4 v
e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|-0-|
BB|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1-|
G+G|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|-0-|
D MajorD|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-2-|
A augmentedA|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3-|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|

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