The Decemberists – Everything I Try To Do Nothing Seems To Turn Out Right (Guitar Live)

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This is based on Colin's performance on Instagram live. I'd recommend I tweaked some parts of his riffs so they sounded more like the album. I'm not 100% on the riffs, so please let me know if something is wrong. Note that G(1) and G(2) are riffs, but G is just G. Cmaj7 is this:
e |---------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------|
D |--10-10-10-9--9--9--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|
A |--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--7--7--7--9--9---|
E |--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|
Cmaj7(2) is basically the same as Cmaj7, but the last strum is
D -7-            D -7-
A -7-            A -9-
E -8- instead of E -8-
G(1) is this:
e |---------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------|
D |--5--5--5--4--4--4--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
A |--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--0--0--0--2--2---|
E |--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
G(2) is this:
e |-------------------------*------------------------------|
B |-------------------------*-4--4--2--2--0--0-------------|
G |-------------------------*------------------------------|
D |--5--5--5--4--4--4--0--0-*-------------------0--0h2-0---|
A |--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-*-------------------2--2---2---|
E |--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-*-------------------3--3---3---| Where I put the asterisks, the lyrics on the 
line begin.
In the chorus, the Em is played for about half the time as the other chords. [Intro] Cmaj7 Cmaj7(2) G(1) [Verse 1]
Cmaj7
The film was a bust, but we stayed till the ending
Cmaj7(2) G(1) Hair all a-mussed but your clothes didn't look so bad
Cmaj7
And back on the street, the rain was descending
Cmaj7(2) In cold dirty sheets, so under the awning we sat
G(2)
    And then you hailed yourself a yellow cab
[Pre-Chorus]
C/G
And I sat for a time by the valets in line

      G                               Em
And I read what you wrote on the card

        C/G
Above a cowboy you drew a big talk balloon

        G                           Em
Saying “Try not to take it so hard”
[Chorus]
Em               Am                                           C/G
But there’s this nagging suspicion that won’t leave me alone tonight

C/G                                                               G
It’s just that everything I try to do, nothing seems to turn out right
[Interlude] Em Cmaj7 Cmaj7(2) G(2) [Verse 2]
Cmaj7
We laid on our backs and stared at the ceiling
Cmaj7(2) G(1) Messed with your slacks, but ended up just holding your hand
Cmaj7
The rain will remain, the TV was telling
Cmaj7(2) A drip of the drain as your legs lift to brilliantly bend
G(2)
    And fall to resting on the ottoman
[Pre-Chorus]
C/G
So we turned off the tube and we crawled to your room

           G                         Em
Leaving discarded clothes in our wake

       C/G
And we both had some fun, though I twice bit my tongue

         G                         Em
And it lasted too long for my taste
[Chorus]
Em               Am                                           C/G
But there’s this nagging suspicion that won’t leave me alone tonight

C/G                                                               G
It’s just that everything I try to do, nothing seems to turn out right
[Chorus]
Em               Am                                           C/G
But there’s this nagging suspicion that won’t leave me alone tonight

C/G                                                               G
It’s just that everything I try to do, nothing seems to turn out right
[Interlude] Cmaj7 [Outro]
Cmaj7
A wink and a wave and you’re off to your family
Cmaj7(2) I sit and watch as the taxi lights distantly fade
G(2)
    I guess I always thought it’d end this way