Till The Waters All Long Gone chords by The Decemberists

Chords with lyrics

Time: 3/4

*On the recording, the E minorEm is played in the following manner:
e--3
B--5
G--4
D--2

Intro:
     E minorEm            B minorBm
e------3-5?5b7--7b5p3--------------------------------------
B--3/5----------------5-5-5------3-5--5/7--5-3--5/7--5-3---
G----------------------------2/4-------------------------4-
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

     E minorEm             B minorBm
e------3-5?5b7--7b5p3----------------------5-----5-------------------------|
B--3/5----------------5-5-5------3-5--5/7----5/7--7-5/3/2----3p2-----------|
G----------------------------2/4--------------------------4------4p2-------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------4p3p2-|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   E minorEm      B minorBm
They came down from the mountain
    E minorEm              B minorBm
They?d strayed too long from the fountain
E minorEm
And all the while
E minorEm        B minorBm
All the while they longed for us


B minorBm      E minorEm
But I won't betray
  B minorBm    E minorEm
No I won't betray
   B minorBm   E minorEm    B minorBm
No I won't betray our water
B minorBm      E minorEm
No I won't betray
  B minorBm    E minorEm
No I won't betray
  B minorBm    E minorEm    B minorBm
No I won't betray our water
     D MajorD    A augmentedA    E minorEm
Till the water's all long gone

(Intro)

E minorEm        B minorBm
And you, my sweet flower
E minorEm              B minorBm
And how you grew more sweet by the hour
E minorEm
And loathe was I
E minorEm          B minorBm
Loathe was I to lose you
B minorBm    E minorEm
My tender rose
 B minorBm   E minorEm
My limber rose
 B minorBm   E minorEm   B minorBm
My slender loping daughter

B minorBm    E minorEm
My tender rose
 B minorBm   E minorEm
My slender rose
 B minorBm   E minorEm   B minorBm
My limber loping daughter
    D MajorD       A augmentedA   E minorEm
But my daughter?s long, long gone

(Intro)

*Fingerpick the first two lines, strum after:

  E minorEm       B minorBm
They came down from the mountain
   E minorEm          B minorBm
They'd strayed too long from the fountain
E minorEm            B minorBm
O my girl, o my love I've lost you


B minorBm      E minorEm
But I won't betray
  B minorBm    E minorEm
No I won't betray
   B minorBm   E minorEm    B minorBm
No I won't betray our water

B minorBm      E minorEm
No I won't betray
  B minorBm    E minorEm
No I won't betray
  B minorBm    E minorEm    B minorBm
No I won't betray our water
     D MajorD     A augmentedA  E minorEm
Till the water's all long gone


Intro X4 (with some variation on the tab)