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Rusalka Rusalka Wild Rushes Tab by The Decemberists

Rusalka Rusalka Wild Rushes tab by The Decemberists

Guitar Tab 

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Rusalka, Rusalka / Wild Rushes

(Drop D Tuning)

Chords:
     D       Dm     Bbm      C9      G       G*      F       E       A
E|---2---|---1---|---0---|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|-------|
B|---3---|---3---|---3---|---3---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|-------|
G|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|---2---|
D|---0---|---0---|---0---|---2---|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|---2---|
A|---0---|---0---|---1---|---3---|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|---0---|
D|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|-------|

(Chord shapes are open to interpretation during Rusalka, Rusalka, it's a piano after all)
Rusalka, Rusalka:

Intro:
Dm | Bbm | C9 | G
Dm | Bbm | C9 | G F E

Verse 1:
Dm                    Bbm
Rusalka, Rusalka your arms out of water

     C9                 G
Your hair like an alien bloom

Dm                      Bbm
Dark-eyed Rusalka, your brow tressed in flowers

C9                     G
Pale in a liminal moon

Dm               Bbm      C9          G      G F E
And all that you are is a star on the water

Dm | Bbm | C9 | G F E

Verse 2:
     Dm                       Bbm
When first I went swimming, I heeded no warning

    C9                              G
And dared breach your rippling pool

     Dm                       Bbm
As I lulled and lingered, the ring slipped my finger

    C9                              G
And drifted down the deepening cool

    Dm         Bbm        C9           G        G F E
And all that I want is to fall in your shallows

Dm | Bbm | C9 | G F E

Verse 3:
    Dm                  Bbm
And now we are wed, the water our bed

    C9                         G
And bank to bank property lake

    Dm                     Bbm
And you are my wild-eyed rusalka, my river bride

C9                         G
Drag me down, take me away

    Dm           Bbm          C9            G          Dm
And here we will lie, you and I, 'neath the cold, dark sky

Dm | Bbm | C9 | G F E

Wild Rushes - triplet feel throughout:

Transition:
   D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----| x4
A|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|

Verse Progression:
   D                                       C9                  D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 Beware the wild       rushes,     my      mother      told    me                              that

   D                                       C9                  D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 grow on the           banks side         along the salt       sea                             but

   C9                  D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|
D|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
   I being             young                           I

   C9                  D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|
G|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
   headed her          none                            So

   D                                       C9                  D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
   to the wild         rushes the          wind carried        me

   D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
                                   The     summer...

Verse 2 - Add in open A and high E strings to Verse Progression, fuller, more freely:
    D                       C9         D
The summer was here and the sun it was high

    D                    C9          D
And to the wild rushes I came by and by

    C9            D        C9           D
And there took my seat and dipped in my feet

    D                          C9            D
And through the wild rushes, a voice sweetly cried:

G    D
Ahhh

Verse 3:
     D                             C9        D
Come down, my little darling, come closer to me

    D                    C9        D
The water is warm; it is salty and free

  C9            D           C9            D
I long for your touch but I won't ask too much

    D                        C9       D
And I, being foolish, walked in to my knees

Verse 4:
     D                         C9        D
Come down, little darling, and lay at my breast

   D                        C9          D
Oh come a little closer and I'll do the rest

  C9        D          C9       D
I waited so long for a lover to come

    D                        C9       D
And I, being foolish, walked in to my chest

G    D
Ahhh

G    D
Ahhh

Verse 5:
     D                           C9           D
Come down, my little darling, oh farther come in

    D                     C9          D
For deeper the water, the sweeter the sin

   C9        D              C9        D
My lily lies here, if you'd only draw near

    D                      C9       D
And I, being foolish, went in to my chin

Verse 6:
   D                               C9           D
Oh come, my little darling, do you feel my cool breath?

       D                          C9          D
Do you feel my arms around you so warm and so wet?

C9            D         C9        D
Swept from my feet, she pulled me beneath

    D                     C          G
And in the wild rushes, I went to my death

Instrumental Bridge:
   Bbm           C9            D
   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .  ^1 . . 2 . .
E|-------------|-------------|-------2-----|-3-----0-----|
B|-------3-----|-------3-----|-----3---3---|-3-3-----3---|
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|---2-------2-|-2---2-----0-|
D|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|-0-----------|-0-----------|
A|-1-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

   Bbm           C9            F/D                                       F   G*  A
   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------2---|
D|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5---2---|
A|-1-----------|-3-----------|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5---0---|
D|-------------|-------------|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5-------|

Outro:
Bbm | C9 | D | D
Bbm | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | F G A

Bbm | C9 | D | D
Bbm | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | F G A

Bbm | C9 | D | D
Bbm | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | F/D | F\D | F\D

D

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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| ^   Arpeggiated/Broken Chord
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