Fountains of Wayne – Cemetery Guns (Guitar)

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From the CD "Sky Full of Holes" (2011) Note: F#m in the verse is essentially a walk up from the Em chord to the G chord. It can be played as a full chord, or as a bass note. | D A | G | D A | G | D A | G | D Dsus | A |
 D        G    D               G                 A    Bm
Elizabeth that thundercloud is creeping up the Empire Hill

        Em              F#m G
There's shadows on the over-pass

    Em                 F#m  G
And puddles in the old dirt path

  D    G   D                   G             A  Bm
Peoria lay silent still in the belly of the overgrown

    Em            F#m G
All quiet on the open plain

    Em                F#m G
Footprints to the family  plot

      A             D        G      A          F#m    G    
Where evermore will restless sorrow sleep in a broken heap
(F#m G A)
G                G
Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang

D                            G
Shooting all the sky full of holes

D          F#m        G
Twenty-one times in a row

        Bm                    G
For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat

       A                | D    A  |  G  |  
On the green grass down below
| D A | G | D A | G | D Dsus | A |
 D        G   D                G                        A   Bm 
Elizabeth our fathers came and settled where the ground was flat

     Em               F#m  G
Drew water from the Indian wells

    Em                 F#m  G
Cut timber from the rolling fells

    D       G    D                   G               A  Bm
Grandaddy-o bled hearth and home for oiling the comp'ny gears

   Em             F#m  G
No rest for the errant ones

   Em                F#m  G
Godspeed their a-reckless sons

    A             D         G        A            F#m     G     
Who evermore play their forefathers' hands on the foreign sands
(F#m G A)
G                G
Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang

D                            G
Shooting all the sky full of holes

D          F#m        G
Twenty-one times in a row

        Bm                    G
For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat

       A                  Bm    
On the green grass down below

Em               A           G
Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang

D/F#                         G
Shooting all the sky full of holes

D          F#m        G
Twenty-one times in a row

        Bm                    G
For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat

       A                | D    A  |  G  |  
On the green grass down below
| D A | G | D A | G | D Dsus | A | Originally posted: 2014 Revision: 08/20/22 With thanks to Thatsbogus for catching a significant error in the original chart. Further examination revealed errors in the last chorus which have also been corrected. - Dexex