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Artist: The Decemberists
Album: Castaways and Cutouts
Song: Odalisque
Tabbed by: Der Wille Zur Macht from http://www.decemberists.com/orate
Capo 4
Tuning: DADGBe
Bm : x2443x
Bm/E : 224430
Emsus*: 220000
G : 550001
Bm/Bb : x14430
F#5 : 444000
Am : 202210
C : 032010
B7 : x21201
F#/D : 004430
F# : 440xxx
F#/G : 540xxx
D : 000xxx
F#5b : 333400
Bm D Bm/E G -intro
Bm D Bm/E G
They've come to find you Odalisque
Bm D Bm/E G
As the light dies horribly
F# F#/G Bm D Bm/E
On a fire escape you walk,
F# F#/G Bm D Bm/E
All rare, resolved to drop.
Bm D Bm/E G
And when they find you Odalisque,
Bm D Bm/E G
They will rend you terribly,
F# F#/G Bm D Bm/E
Stitch from stitch 'til all
F# F#/G Bm D Bm/E
Your linen limbs will fall
(Alternate Emsus* with D and then slide to G. Listen to song for timing!)
Lazy lady had a baby girl
And a sweet sound it made, la---
Raised on pradies, peanut shells, and dirt
In a railroad cul-de-sac, la---
G B7
And what can we do with ten baby shoes,
Emsus*
A kit bag full of marbles,
Am
And a broken billiard cue?
C Emsus* D G
What can we do? What can we do? La.
(Same as first verse, Emsus*, D, G, etc.)
Fifteen stitches
Will mend those britches right
And then rip them down again, la---
Sapling switches
Will rend those rags alright.
What a sweet sound it makes, la---
G B7
And what can we do with ten dirty Jews,
Emsus*
A thirty-ought full of rock salt,
Am
And a warm afternoon?
C F#5
What can we do? What can we do?
F#5 G
Lay your belly under mine, naked under me,
F#5
Under me.
F#5 G
Such a filthy dimming shine, the way you kick and scream,
F#5
Kick and scream.
Bm Bm/Bb F#5
Bm Bm/Bb Bm/E F#5b
Repeat first chorus
Emsus* G Emsus*
Lazy lady had a baby girl, and a sweet sound it made.
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