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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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