Rox In The Box chords by The Decemberists

Chords with lyrics

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			   ROX IN THE BOX - The Decemberists
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Tabbed by: Jake Wasson
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard
Capo 2

All chords and tabs relative to capo

Intro / Fill thing:


2x
e|-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-1---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-2---2---2p0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2------------2-2---0h2----0h2---2p0-----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0--------------------------------------2---0--------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This is variously played by the guitar in the intro

Verse:
A minorAm
Get the rocks in the box
G+G
Get the water right down to your socks
A minorAm
This bulkhead's made of fallen brethren bones

A minorAm
We all do what we can
G+G
We endure our fellow man
G+G
And we sing our songs to the headframe's creaks and moans

Chorus:
     C majorC
And it's one, two, three on the wrong side of the lee
       G+G
What were you meant for?
       A minorAm
What were you meant for?
     C majorC
And it's seven, eight, nine, you get your shovel back in line
  A minorAm
And if you ever make it to ten, you won't make it again
  A minorAm
And if you ever make it to ten, you won't make it again

FILL - Same as intro, but played on fiddle an octave higher


And you won't make a dime
On this gray granite mountain mine
Of dirt you're made and to dirt you will return

But while we're living here
Let's get this little one thing clear
There's plenty of men to die; you don't jump your turn

CHORUS

FILL - Fiddle again

ACCORDION SOLO

CHORUS 2x

FIDDLE OUTRO

End on A minorAm

I might come back and transcribe the solos, but not today. Have fun!

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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend