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---|-------|
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
(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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