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January Hymn Tabs by The Decemberists

January Hymn tab by The Decemberists

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  • Capo on 1st
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Advanced

Intro:
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Verse:
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  On a winter's   Sun- day  I  go,      To clear away the

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  snow     and green the ground below

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  A- pril all an  o-  cean a-   way, Is this the better way to spend the

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  day        Keeping the winter at bay


Chorus:
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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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 I could see your breath lead where you were going to?

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E|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---------|
  Maybe I should  just  let it   be   and one day it will all come back to

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  Me     sing O      Jan- u-     ary

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  O!

Verse:
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  How I lived a  childhood in   snow     and all my teens in

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  tow       stuck in strata of clothes

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  Pale the winter  days  after   dark     wandering the gray memorial

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  park     a  fleeting beating of hearts

Chorus:
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   What were the words I meant to say before she  left?    When

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 I could see her breath lead where she was going to?

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  Maybe I should  just  let it   be   and one day it will all come back to

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  Me     sing O      Jan- u-

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  O!

Outro:
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E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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