Artist: The Decemberists
Album: The Hazards Of Love
Song: The Rake's Song
Tabbed by: Jacob Stern
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This song is evil!
Intro: G Em G Em Gm...
G Em G Em
I had entered into a marriage
In the summer of my twenty-first year
And the bells rang for our wedding
Only now do I remember it clear
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
G Em G Em
No more a rake and no more a bachelor
I was wedded and it whetted my thirst
Until her womb start spilling out babies
Only then did I reckon my curse
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
G Em G Em
First came Eziah with his crinkled little fingers
Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn
Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery
Mercifully taking her mother along
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
G Em G Em
What can one do when one is widower
Shamefully saddled with three little pests
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
G Em G Em
Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove
Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
Eziah fought but was easily bested
Burned his body for incurring my wrath
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
G Em G Em
And that's how I came your humble narrator
To be living so easy and free
Expect you think that I should be haunted
But it never really bothers me
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
Ending: G Em Em
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