Severed chords by The Decemberists

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E minorEm D5D5 A minorAm E minorEm
Em D5D5 A minorAm E minorEm


Verse 1:
E minorEm         D5D5
  I alight like a whisper
A minorAm          E minorEm
  I alight with the lights out
E minorEm                  D5D5
  And it won't take me long just to find you
A minorAm                  E minorEm
  And it won't take me long just to find you

Chorus 1:
C majorC          E minorEm
 I'm allied to the winter
         D5D5          A minorAm
But don't you get clever, don't you get clever
C majorC          E minorEm
 I'm allied to the landslide
          D5D5   N.C.         E minorEm
Gonna leave you all severed, gonna leave you all severed


Verse 2:
E minorEm         D5D5
  I alone am the answer
A minorAm          E minorEm
  I alone will make wrongs right
E minorEm                D5D5
  But in order to root out the cancer
A minorAm                E minorEm
  It's got to be kept from the sun line


Chorus 2:
C majorC          E minorEm
 I'm allied to the winter
         D5D5          A minorAm
But don't you get clever, don't you get clever
C majorC          E minorEm
 I'm allied to the landslide
          D5D5   N.C.         E minorEm
Gonna leave you all severed, gonna leave you all severed


Interlude:
G+G A minorAm E minorEm
G+G A minorAm E minorEm

Verse 3:
E minorEm         D5D5
  I was born to a jackal
A minorAm         E minorEm
  I was born in a whiteout
E minorEm                D5D5
  Gonna smother you all till I choke you
A minorAm                 E minorEm
  Gonna smother you all till you kick out


Chorus 3:
C majorC          E minorEm
 I'm allied to the winter
         D5D5          A minorAm
But don't you get clever, don't you get clever
C majorC          E minorEm
 I'm allied to the landslide
          D5D5   N.C.         E minorEm
Gonna leave you all severed, gonna leave you all severed


Outro:
G+G A minorAm E minorEm
G+G A minorAm E minorEm