The Decemberists – Burial Ground (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] C/G Cadd2/G x3 C/G [Chorus]
C/G      G        F/C                C/G
Len come down and meet at the burial ground

      F/C               C/G                    G
We've undid the aerial, tore down the merry-go-round

     C/G         G               C/G         F/C
This world's all wrong, so let's go where we belong

C/G                 G                  C/G
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground
[Verse 1]
F/C     G             Am
Here among the fallen leaves

F/C    G                    A
Are we alone, the ones that dare to breathe

F/C        G
Lay your worries down

        C      Cmaj9/B  Am  Am/G
They're all so gravely held

F/C                      G
You have carried them so well
[Chorus]
C/G      G        F/C                C/G
Len come down and meet at the burial ground

      F/C               C/G                    G
We've undid the aerial, tore down the merry-go-round

     C/G         G               C/G         F/C
This world's all wrong, so let's go where we belong

C/G                 G                  C/G
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground
[Verse 2]
F/C     G             Am
You lay down below a stone

       F/C      G             A
Saying wherever he has gone I long to go

F/C        G
Somewhere out beyond these

C        Cmaj9/B  Am  Am/G
maladies in my head

F/C                              G
At least I think that's what you said
[Chorus]
C/G      G        F/C                C/G
Len come down and meet at the burial ground

      F/C               C/G                    G
We've undid the aerial, tore down the merry-go-round

     C/G         G               C/G         F/C
This world's all wrong, so let's go where we belong

C/G                 G                  C/G
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground
[Solo] (verse chords) F/C G Am F/C G A F/C G C Cmaj9/B Am Am/G F/C G [Chorus]
C/G      G        F/C                C/G
Len come down and meet at the burial ground

      F/C               C/G                    G
We've undid the aerial, tore down the merry-go-round

     C/G         G               C/G         F/C
This world's all wrong, so let's go where we belong

C/G                 G                  Am
Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground

F/C                   G                  C/G     C/G G C/G
So, contract malaria, meet at the burial ground