121712 chords by The Decemberists

?12/17/12? ? The Decemberists

Tabbed by Ian Cummings on 1/24/15.

*D add4 is just the traditional open C chord shifted up two frets:

e--x
B--3
G--0
D--4
A--5
E--x

Intro:
G, quick shift to C     X4

Am                                G
What a gift, what a gift has been given me
           C/G        D add4
Here with my heart so whole
     Am            C
While others may be grieving
                  G          C  G
To think of their grieving


Am                                   G
And O my boy, don't you know you are dear to me
           C/G        D add4
You are the breath of life
     Am             C
And a light upon the water
                G        C  G
A light upon the water


(Harmonica solo ? use verse form.)


Am                                    G
And O my love, if you only knew how I longed for you
     C/G      D add4
How I waste my days
       Am             C
Wishing you would come around
                    G      C  G
Just to have you around


Am                                  G
And what a dear, what a sweet little baby
    C/G    D add4
This cannonball
      Am            C
In the bosom of your belly
                        G        C G
It's just a kick in your belly


(Harmonica solo #2)


Am                                  G
And O my god, what a world you have made here
       C/G      D add4
What a terrible world
      Am        C
What a beautiful world
                       G         C  G
What a world you have made here
            C        G                C  G
What a world you have made here
            C        G                C  G
What a world you have made here
            C        G                C  G
What a world you have made here.