Rusalka Rusalka Wild Rushes tab by The Decemberists

Tabs

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

Rusalka, Rusalka / Wild Rushes

(Drop D MajorD Tuning)

Chords:
   D MajorD    DmDm   BbmBbm   C9C9   G+G    G*   FF    E MajorE    A augmentedA
E MajorE|---2---|---1---|---0---|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|-------|
BB|---3---|---3---|---3---|---3---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|-------|
G+G|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|---2---|
D MajorD|---0---|---0---|---0---|---2---|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|---2---|
A augmentedA|---0---|---0---|---1---|---3---|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|---0---|
D MajorD|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|-------|

(Chord shapes are open to interpretation during Rusalka, Rusalka, it's a piano after all)
Rusalka, Rusalka:

Intro:
DmDm | BbmBbm | C9C9 | G+G
DmDm | BbmBbm | C9C9 | G+G FF E MajorE

Verse 1:
DmDm          BbmBbm
Rusalka, Rusalka your arms out of water

   C9C9         G+G
Your hair like an alien bloom

DmDm           BbmBbm
Dark-eyed Rusalka, your brow tressed in flowers

C9C9           G+G
Pale in a liminal moon

DmDm        BbmBbm   C9C9     G+G   G+G FF E MajorE
And all that you are is a star on the water

DmDm | BbmBbm | C9C9 | G+G FF E MajorE

Verse 2:
   DmDm            BbmBbm
When first I went swimming, I heeded no warning

  C9C9               G+G
And dared breach your rippling pool

   DmDm            BbmBbm
As I lulled and lingered, the ring slipped my finger

  C9C9               G+G
And drifted down the deepening cool

  DmDm     BbmBbm    C9C9      G+G    G+G FF E MajorE
And all that I want is to fall in your shallows

DmDm | BbmBbm | C9C9 | G+G FF E MajorE

Verse 3:
  DmDm         BbmBbm
And now we are wed, the water our bed

  C9C9             G+G
And bank to bank property lake

  DmDm           BbmBbm
And you are my wild-eyed rusalka, my river bride

C9C9             G+G
Drag me down, take me away

  DmDm      BbmBbm     C9C9      G+G     DmDm
And here we will lie, you and I, 'neath the cold, dark sky

DmDm | BbmBbm | C9C9 | G+G FF E MajorE

Wild Rushes - triplet feel throughout:

Transition:
  D MajorD
  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G+G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D MajorD|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----| x4
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|

Verse Progression:
  D MajorD                    C9C9         D MajorD
  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G+G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D MajorD|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 Beware the wild    rushes,   my   mother   told  me               that

  D MajorD                    C9C9         D MajorD
  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G+G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|
D MajorD|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 grow on the      banks side     along the salt    sea               but

  C9C9         D MajorD
  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G+G|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|
D MajorD|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A augmentedA|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
  I being       young              I

  C9C9         D MajorD
  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G+G|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D MajorD|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A augmentedA|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
  headed her     none              So

  D MajorD                    C9C9         D MajorD
  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G+G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D MajorD|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
  to the wild     rushes the     wind carried    me

  D MajorD
  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .  1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G+G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D MajorD|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|
                  The   summer...

Verse 2 - Add in open A augmentedA and high E MajorE strings to Verse Progression, fuller, more freely:
  D MajorD            C9C9     D MajorD
The summer was here and the sun it was high

  D MajorD          C9C9     D MajorD
And to the wild rushes I came by and by

  C9C9      D MajorD    C9C9      D MajorD
And there took my seat and dipped in my feet

  D MajorD             C9C9      D MajorD
And through the wild rushes, a voice sweetly cried:

G+G  D MajorD
Ahhh

Verse 3:
   D MajorD               C9C9    D MajorD
Come down, my little darling, come closer to me

  D MajorD          C9C9    D MajorD
The water is warm; it is salty and free

 C9C9      D MajorD      C9C9      D MajorD
I long for your touch but I won't ask too much

  D MajorD            C9C9    D MajorD
And I, being foolish, walked in to my knees

Verse 4:
   D MajorD             C9C9    D MajorD
Come down, little darling, and lay at my breast

  D MajorD            C9C9     D MajorD
Oh come a little closer and I'll do the rest

 C9C9    D MajorD     C9C9    D MajorD
I waited so long for a lover to come

  D MajorD            C9C9    D MajorD
And I, being foolish, walked in to my chest

G+G  D MajorD
Ahhh

G+G  D MajorD
Ahhh

Verse 5:
   D MajorD              C9C9      D MajorD
Come down, my little darling, oh farther come in

  D MajorD           C9C9     D MajorD
For deeper the water, the sweeter the sin

  C9C9    D MajorD       C9C9    D MajorD
My lily lies here, if you'd only draw near

  D MajorD           C9C9    D MajorD
And I, being foolish, went in to my chin

Verse 6:
  D MajorD                C9C9      D MajorD
Oh come, my little darling, do you feel my cool breath?

    D MajorD             C9C9     D MajorD
Do you feel my arms around you so warm and so wet?

C9C9      D MajorD     C9C9    D MajorD
Swept from my feet, she pulled me beneath

  D MajorD           C majorC     G+G
And in the wild rushes, I went to my death

Instrumental Bridge:
  BbmBbm      C9C9      D MajorD
  1 . . 2 . .  1 . . 2 . .  1 . . 2 . . ^1 . . 2 . .
E MajorE|-------------|-------------|-------2-----|-3-----0-----|
BB|-------3-----|-------3-----|-----3---3---|-3-3-----3---|
G+G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|---2-------2-|-2---2-----0-|
D MajorD|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|-0-----------|-0-----------|
A augmentedA|-1-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|
D MajorD|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

  BbmBbm      C9C9      F/D                    FF  G* A augmentedA
  1 . . 2 . .  1 . . 2 . .  1 . . 2 . .  1 . . 2 . .  1 . . 2 . .  1 . . 2 . .
E MajorE|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
BB|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G+G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------2---|
D MajorD|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5---2---|
A augmentedA|-1-----------|-3-----------|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5---0---|
D MajorD|-------------|-------------|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5-------|

Outro:
BbmBbm | C9C9 | D MajorD | D MajorD
BbmBbm | C9C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | FF G+G A augmentedA

BbmBbm | C9C9 | D MajorD | D MajorD
BbmBbm | C9C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | FF G+G A augmentedA

BbmBbm | C9C9 | D MajorD | D MajorD
BbmBbm | C9C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | F/D | F\D | F\D

D MajorD

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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| ^  Arpeggiated/Broken Chord
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