Artist: The Decemberists
Album: The Tain
Song: The Tain Part V
Tabbed by: selanator from decemberists.com/orate
(Start at 14:30)
woman: darling dear what have you done?
your clothes are town, your make-up runs.
F#5 - E5 (x8)
daughter: i ran through brambles, blooming thistle
i washed my face in the river when you whistled me on.
F#5 - E5 (x8)
woman: darling dear, what have you done?
your hands and face are smeared with blood.
F#5 - E5 (x2)
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F#5 - E5 (x2)
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daughter: the chaplain came and called me out
to beat and to butcher his mother's sow
F#5 - E5 (x2)
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F#5 - E5 (x2)
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woman: but darling dear, they found him dead
this morning on the riverbed.
F#5 - E5 (x2)
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B - A (x2)
B A
but hush now darling, don't you cry.
B A
your reward's in the sweet by-and -by.
B A
so hush now baby, don't you cry.
B A
your reward's in the sweet by-and-by.
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