Artist: The Decemberists
Album: The King Is Dead
Song: January Hymn
Tabbed by: David Cushman
Capo II
Intro: x3 (basic structure; other notes strummed throughout song)
C F G
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C F G C F G C
On a winter's Sunday I go to clear away the snow
F G C F G
And green the ground below
C F G C
April all an ocean away
F G C F G C F G
Is this the better way to spend the day? keeping the winter at bay
Chorus:
F G C F
What were the words I meant to say before you left?
C F G
When I could see your breath lead where you were going to
C F G C
Maybe I should just let it be
F G C
And maybe it will all come back to me
F G C
Sing: O January O
How I lived a childhood in snow, and all my teens in tow
Stuffed in strata of clothes
Pale the winter days after dark
Wandering the gray memorial park, a fleeting beating of hearts
What were the words I meant to say before she left?
When I could see her breath lead where she was going to
Maybe I should just let it be
And maybe it will all come back to me
F G F G C
Sing: O Janu-, O January O
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