Artist: The Decemberists
Album: Picaresqueties
Song: Constantinople
Tabbed by: Matt - dumbjaw |at| gmail
C - X32010
Cadd9 - X30010
Am - X02210
Amadd4 - X00210
F - 133211
G - 320033
G7 - 320001
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
C Cadd9 C
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
O the minarets of Constantinople
Am Amadd4 Am Amadd4
Are plated gold, ivory, and opal
F G G7
Their cupolas all onion-domed in light
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
And the magistrate of Constantinople
Am Amadd4 Am Amadd4
Has made a match; his family was hopeful
F G G7
Their daughter would be promised a wedding night
F
But the Sultan's weary bride
G
She won't be wed tonight
C G Am
Nor fall beneath a canopy to lie
F
For far across the town
G
Her lover's lying drowned
C G Am
And painted by the Bosporus in blue
F G G7
And there's nothing for a broken heart to do
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
Down the dirty streets of Constantinople
Am Amadd4 Am Amadd4
The beggars weep, their hands all wide open
F G G7
Their severed leper limbs all swing and sway
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
At a windowsill in Constantinople
Am Amadd4 Am Amadd4
Our hero sighs to melodies noteful
F G G7
And gazes on his walls that hold his love
F
But the Sultan's weary bride
G
She won't be wed tonight
C G Am
Nor fall beneath a canopy to lie
F
For far across the town
G
Her lover now is drowned
C G Am
And painted by the Bosporus in blue
F G G7
And there's nothing for a broken heart to do
F G
No, there's nothing for a broken heart to do
C G Am F G G7 C
Except cry
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