Artist: The Decemberists
Album: The Crane Wife
Song: Summersong
Tabbed by: Steve Goldberg (decemberists.com/orate)
Capo 4
Riff (relative to capo):
e|--5-3-5--------------------------|--------
B|--------5----3-5-3---------------|--------
G|-------------------5----4-5-4----|--------
D|------------------------------2--|--------
A|---------------------------------|--------
E|---------------------------------|--3---4-
Intro/verse: || Am | C | Em | G (walk G# bass in intro) ||
(last time before chorus) || Am | Cmaj7 | Em | Em D/F# ||
Chorus (And summer arrives...): || G | G | Am | Cmaj7 | Em | Em | Am | Cmaj7 | Em | Em | Am | F | F | C | G ||
Am C
Ramblin' where to begin
Em G
I taste the summer on your peppery skin
Am C
Been saved the warmer the waves
Em G
I felt a slip into a watery grave
Am C Em G Am C Em G
Oh oh, uh ho ho, la de da de da, uh ho ho,
Am C
My girl, linen and curls
Em G
Lips parting like a flag all unfurled
Am C
She's grand the bend of her hand
Em G
Digging deep into the sweep of the sand
G Am Cmaj7
Summer arrives (oh oh oh oh)
Em Am Cmaj7
with a length of lights (oh oh oh oh)
Em Am F
Summer blows away
C G (intro) Am C Em
And quietly gets swallowed by a wave
G
It gets swallowed by a wave
(intro) Am C Em G
Am C
Waylay the din of the day
Em G
Boats bobbing in the blue of the bay
Am C
In deep far beneath
Em G
all the dead sailors Slowly slipping to sleep
Am C
My girl, linen and curls
Em G
Lips parting like a flag all unfurled
Am C
She's grand the bend of her hand
Em G
Digging deep into the sweep of the sand
G Am Cmaj7
Summer arrives (oh oh oh oh)
Em Am Cmaj7
with a length of lights (oh oh oh oh)
Em Am F
Summer blows away
C G (intro) Am C Em
And quietly gets swallowed by a wave
G
It gets swallowed by a wave
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