Tuning: EADGBE Chords: Bm E D/F# Cadd9 D5 Em Dsus2 A G F C D F#m C#m e|--2---0----5------5-----5----3-----0----0---3---1---0----2----2-----4------| B|--3---0----3------3-----3----0-----3----2---3---1---1----3----2-----5------| G|--4---1----2------4-----2----0-----2----2---0---2---0----2----2-----6------| D|--4---2----4------5-----0----2-----0----2---0---3---2----4----4-----6------| A|--2---2----x------x-----x----2-----x----0---2---3---3----5----4-----4------| E|------0----x------x-----x----0-----x--------3---1---3---------2------------| Intro: Chords relative to Capo on 5th fret: Bm E D/F# Cadd9 D5 Em Dsus2
Verse 1: Bm E D/F# As if you know the story of Wallowa Lake Cadd9 D5 Em Leviathan first hid in the deep where her children sleep Dsus2 She kept them hidden from the plague Bm E D/F# But have you heard the story of my mother's fate? Cadd9 D5 Em She left us in Detroit in the rain with a pillowcase Dsus2 Fortune for the paperweight Verse 2: Bm E D/F# We followed her to Joseph, near the Indian raid Cadd9 D5 Em She wept among the weeds, hide and seek, for the fallen chief Dsus2 Spathiphyllum on his grave Bm E D/F# And like the cedar waxwing, she was drunk all day Cadd9 D5 Em We put her in the sheet, little wreath, candles on the crate Dsus2 As the monster showed its face Chorus 1: A G As she waits for her children in the shade F Em Demogorgon or demigod the ghost parade F C A No oblation will bring her back to our place Interlude: Starts with the A chord over 'place': A E G D F C D Verse 3: Bm E D/F# She stayed within the deep end of Wallowa Lake Cadd9 D5 Em The undertow refrained with the flame of a feathered snake Dsus2 Charybdis in its shallow grave Bm E D/F# She gave us one last feature, the fullness of her face Cadd9 D5 Em In the shade of "Hin-mah-too-yah", Red Napoleon Dsus2 As the demon took her place Chorus 2: A G As we wait for the waters to reside F Em Her remarkable stoicism and her pride F C A When the dragon submerged we knew she had died Instrumental Outro: E G D A E G D x6: