The Decemberists – A Record Year For Rainfall (Guitar Intro Tab)

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Chords

Start with regular Em, but later on play the Em with your pinky on the 3rd fret of the high E as shown below, if you play along with the original you should be able to hear the strum pattern. Em:022003 [INTRO] Em G Cmaj7 Cmaj7 (x2) Cmaj7 B7 Em G (x2) [VERSE 1]
Cmaj7         B7      Em
I read in the paper today

            G               Cmaj7     B7
It's been a record year for rainfall

             Em              
And you were leaning against 

    G
the bathroom wall

        Cmaj7        B7
In your lonely dress

         Em         G   Cmaj7  B7
Was your only dress
Em G
Cmaj7   B7       Em 
I stand accusing across

        G              Cmaj7   B7
I got a temper set for tender

Em                        
And you were shrugging it 

           G
off like a feather

       Cmaj7   B7                        
Saying "oh...Would you 
look at this weather" Em G [CHORUS]
Cmaj7      B7            Em
But what's the use of all of this?

      G                   Cmaj7
Just to remember you in the entire

       B7               Em
'Cause I'm watching it slip away

           G             Cmaj7
And in the annals of the Empire

       B7
Did it look so gray

           Em  G  Cmaj7  Cmaj7
Before the falllllll

           Em  G  Cmaj7  Cmaj7
Before the falllllll
Cmaj7 B7 Em G [VERSE 2]
   Cmaj7     B7        Em
So rake your thumbnail across

    G              Cmaj7   B7
The stretch of the patina

Em                G
Revealing a proserpina

     Cmaj7       B7
In a low recline

     Em              G 
In a steep decline
[CHORUS]
Cmaj7      B7            Em
What's the use of all of this?

      G                   Cmaj7
Just to remember you in the entire

       B7               Em
'Cause I'm watching it slip away

           G             Cmaj7
And in the annals of the Empire

       B7
Did it look this gray?

        B7
Does it look so gray?

        B7
Does it always look so gray

           Em  G  Cmaj7  Cmaj7
Before the faaaallllll?

           Em  G  Cmaj7  Cmaj7
Before the faaaallllll?
Em G Cmaj7 Cmaj7 x5 Em G Cmaj7