January Hymn Tab by The Decemberists

January Hymn tab by The Decemberists

Guitar Tab

Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Advanced

Intro:
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B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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Verse:
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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3----3----|
B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
   On a winter's     Sun-  day   I    go,            To clear away the

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
   snow          and green the ground below

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3----3----|
B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
   A-  pril all an   o-    cean a-     way, Is this the better way to spend the

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
   day               Keeping the winter at bay


Chorus:
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e|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3--3--3--3--3---|-0--0--0--0------|-1--1--1----11--1|
B|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----------0---|-1-----1---------|-1-----1-----1---|
G|---2-2---2-2---2-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---2-2-----2---2-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-------2---------|-3-----3---------|-----------------|
E|-1-----1-----1---|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|
      What were the  words I meant to say  before you    left?        When

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e|-0--0--0--0--0---|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3-3---3---3----3|-3-3---3---3----3|
B|-1-----1-----1---|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---2-2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|--0---0---0----0-|--0---0---0----0-|
D|-------2---------|-----------------|-5---5---3---3---|-2---2---0---0---|
A|-0-----------0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-----------------|
  I could see your breath lead where you were going to?

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3----3----|
B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
   Maybe  I should   just   let it     be     and one day it will all come back to

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3--3--3--3--3---|
B|-1------1------1-|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----0-----0---|
G|---0---------0---|---2-2---2-2---2-|---0-0---0-0---0-|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|
A|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----0-----3---|
   Me          sing  O           Jan-  u-          ary

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B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   O!

Verse:
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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3----3----|
B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
   How I lived a    childhood  in     snow          and all my teens in

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
   tow             stuck in strata of clothes

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B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
   Pale the winter   days    after     dark         wandering the gray memorial

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
   park          a   fleeting beating of hearts

Chorus:
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e|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3--3--3--3--3---|-0--0--0--0------|-1--1--1----11--1|
B|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----------0---|-1-----1---------|-1-----1-----1---|
G|---2-2---2-2---2-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---2-2-----2---2-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-------2---------|-3-----3---------|-----------------|
E|-1-----1-----1---|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|
      What were the  words I meant to say  before she    left?        When

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e|-0--0--0--0--0---|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3-3---3---3----3|-3-3---3---3----3|
B|-1-----1-----1---|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---2-2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2---2-|--0---0---0----0-|--0---0---0----0-|
D|-------2---------|-----------------|-5---5---3---3---|-2---2---0---0---|
A|-0-----------0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-----------------|
  I could see her breath lead where she was going to?

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3--3------|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--3----3----|
B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0---0---|---0---------0---|---2-------0---0-|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---3-----------|
A|-3---------------|-------2---2-----|-3---------------|-------2-----2---|
E|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
   Maybe  I should   just   let it     be     and one day it will all come back to

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3--3--3--3--3---|-1--1--1--1--1---|-3--3--3--3--3---|
B|-1------1------1-|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----0-----0---|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----0-----0---|
G|---0---------0---|---2-2---2-2---2-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---2-2---2-2---2-|---0-0---0-0---0-|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|
A|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----0-----3---|-----------------|-3-----0-----3---|
   Me          sing  O           Jan-  u-

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e|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|-0--0----0-------|-1--1-----3----3-|
B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   O!

Outro:
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B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|
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D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|
A|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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B|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1------1------1-|-1---------------|-1-|
G|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|---0---------0---|---2-----0----0--|-0-|
D|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-----0-2---3-----|-3---2-0---------|-2-|
A|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3---------------|-----------0-2---|-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|

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