The Decemberists – Down By The Water (Guitar)
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Song: "Down By The Water"
Artist: The Decemberists
Album: The King Is Dead (Down By The Water Release) - 2010/2011
Em |0-2-2-0-0-0| G |3-2-0-0-0-3| D |x-x-0-2-3-2| or D/F# |2-x-0-2-3-2| C |x-3-2-0-1-0| or C/G |3-3-2-0-1-0|
(Note on the intro, I made it like a lead sheet you'd see in a jazz band:
The upward line is a bar line, the slashes are the same chords based on
rhythm/spacing. The Em is played in the same rhythm as the chords before it,
but the D major chord is played as two staccato quarter notes; you'll hear
it in the song)
Harmonica in a key of G plays during the [Intro] and during [Break]:
Harmonica tabs: 7 6 -6 -6 6 5 6 5 -4
[Intro]
| C | Em | C | Em / | D / |
[Verse]
Em G See this ancient riverbed D C See where all the follies led Em D Em Down by the water, (and) down by the old main drag Em G I was just some towhead teen D C Feelin' 'round for fingers to get in-between Em D Em Down by the water, down by the old main drag
[Pre-Chorus]
Em D Em The season rubs me wrong Em D C The summer swells anon
[Chorus]
Em G So knock me down, tear me up D C But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag
[Break]
| C | Em | C | Em / | D / |
Harmonica tabs: 7 6 -6 -6 6 5 6 5 -4
[Verse]
Em G Sweet descend this rabble 'round D C the pretty little patter of a seaport town Em D Em Rolling in the water and rolling down the old main drag Em G All dolled up in gabardine D C The lash-flashing Leda of pier nineteen Em D Em Queen of the water and queen of the old main drag
[Pre-Chorus]
Em D Em The season rubs me wrong Em D C The summer swells anon
[Chorus]
Em G So knock me down, tear me up D C But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag
[Break/Solos]
| C | Em | C | Em D |
| Em | G | D | C | Em | D
[Pre-Chorus]
Em D Em The season rubs me wrong Em D C The summer swells anon
[Chorus]
Em G So knock me down, tear me up D C But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag
[Outro/Coda]
Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag C D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag
(There's a ritardando in the last line, you'll hear it)