Artist: The Decemberists
Album: The Crane Wife
Song: The Island: Come and See
Tabbed by: Taylor Clarke (clarke41@mac.com)
Colin actually plays this...
E D G E D E Bb A C
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|9---7-12--9---7-|9---------------|
D|----------------|----8-7---5-----|
A|7---5-10--7---5-|7---------------|
E|----------------|----6-5---3-----|
...but this has a much fuller sound.
e|-0---0-3-0-0-0-------3-|
B|-0---0-0-0-0-0---3-2-0-|
G|-0---0-0-0-0-0---3-2-0-|
D|-0h2-0-0-2-0-0h2-3-2-0-|
A|-2---2-2-2-2-2---1-0-2-|
E|-0---0-3-0-0-0-------3-|
Again, what Colin plays...
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|4-----7---------|4--7--9---------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|2-----5---------|2--5--7---------|
...and what sounds more full.
F#m A F#m A B
Em Riff
(Colin plays this on a 12-string, so this is an attempt
to recreate that sound on a 6-string. The notes on the G string
are optional.)
e|--- -----------------------------
B|--- -----------------------------
G|-7s 4---4-----4---4s7---7-----7s-
D|--- -----------------------------
A|-5s 2---2-----2---2s5---5-----5s-
E|--- 0-0-----0---------0-----0----
Em
There's an island hidden in the sound
Lapping currents lay your boat aground
Em G A* Bb*
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0h2------------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0-----|
A|-----2--------2-----2-----2---4-----4-----4---5-----5-----5-|
E|--------0-2-3-----3-----3---5-----5-----5---6-----6-----6---|
Em G
Affix your barb and bayonet
A* Bb*
The curlews carve their arabesques
Em
And sorrow fills the silence all around
Em
Come and see
Em
There's a harbor lost within the reeds
A jetty caught in over-hanging trees
Em G
Among the bones of cormorants
A* Bb*
No boot-mark here nor fingerprint
Em
The rivers roll down to a soundless sea
Em
Come and see
G G/F# Em Em Em Em Em Em
Come and see
The electric guitar part for G G/F#
e|---------------------------------|
B|---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3-|
G|-----4-----4---------4-----4-----|
D|-5-----5-----5---4-----4-----4---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Em D C
The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye
Em D C
The willows mark the wind
Em D C
And all we know for sure amidst this fading light
Em D C
We'll not go home again
B7 C
Come and see
B7 C D Em
Come and see
Em
In the lowlands, nestled in the heath
Em
A briar-cradle rocks its babe to sleep
Em G
Its contents watched by Sycorax
A* Bb*
And Patagon in parallax
Em
A foretold rumbling sounds below the deep
Em
Come and see
G G/F# Em Em Em Em Em Em
Come and see
Em D C
The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye
Em D C
The willows mark the wind
Em D C
And all we know for sure amidst this fading light
Em D C
We'll not go home again
B7 C
Come and see
B7 C D Am
Come and see
#----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-----------------------------#
# This represents the author's own work and interpretation of the #
# song. To be used only for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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