The Decemberists – Down On The Knuckle (Guitar)

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Chords

The transition chords (G#, G/F#) can be played with just the lowest string of the chord [Intro] G G# Bm [Verse 1]
Bm        C                         G G# Bm
Avery said he's got a cold comin' on

Bm           C                          G G/F# Em
Climbed into bed, stayed all summer long

                          C Csus2 Am
If I don't come out too soon

Am             C
Maybe I'll hang on 'til June

                  G G# Bm
Down on the knuckle
[Verse 2]
Bm        C                   G G# Bm
Sylvia knows a little hideaway

Bm           C                           G G/F# Em
Scrawling out prose she couldn't give away

Em                      C Csus2 Am
A life spent all indoors

Am                    C
Well, isn't that what doors are for?

                  G   Em
Down on the knuckle

                  C
Down on the knuckle

    Am
Oh, the weather's dreary

C                      G G# Bm
Here down on the knuckle
[Verse 3]
Bm             C                            G G# Bm
Your relatives write their cheery monologues

Bm           C                        G G/F# Em
Hoping you might find your only analog

                    C Csus2 Am
So make another list

Am               C
Of the mandatory things you've missed

                  G   Em
Down on the knuckle

                  C
Down on the knuckle

    Am
Oh, aren't we lucky

C                       G G# Bm
Stuck here on the knuckle
[Interlude] Bm C G G# Bm [Verse 4]
Bm             C                   G G# Bm
The pillory's full for the holidays

Bm                C                                G G/F# Em
And it's achingly dull to watch the paint peel away

Em                      C Csus2 Am
So I'll keep hid with mine

Am                       C
And I'm sure that we'll make out just fine

                  G   Em
Down on the knuckle

                  C
Down on the knuckle

    Am
I'm finally riding

C                   G  Em
Shiny, on the knuckle
[Outro]
                  C
Down on the knuckle

    Am
Oh, aren't we lucky

C                       G
Stuck here on the knuckle