The Decemberists – Grace Cathedral Hill (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
G                          
[tab]    Em
all wrapped in bones of a setting sun,

    C
all dust and stone and moribund.

       D      
I paid twenty-five cents to light

  D7
a little white candle 

G                  
for a New Year's Day.

  Em
I sat and watched it burn away

     C
then turned and weaved through the slow decay. 

        D                   
We were both a little hungry 

      D7      
so we went to get a hotdog.

G
Down the Hyde St. Pier,

    Em
the light was slight and disappeared.

    C
The air, it stunk of fish and beer

           D
We heard a superman trumpet

         D7
play the National Anthem. 
[Chorus]
C                   G       Em   C
And the world may be long, for, you,

                  G      Em  C
but he'll never belong, to, you.

                  Cm
But on a motorbike,

                         D                 D7
when all the city lights blind your eyes tonight,

                C                D
are you feeling better now? .......

                G                 Em
Are you feeling beeeettttter..nooooww.

                C                Cm
Are you feeling better now?
[Verse 2]
G 
Some way to greet the year:

    Em
your eyes all bright and, brimmed with tears.

    C
The pilgrims, pills and tourists here

         D                  D7
all sing "Fifty three bucks to buy a brand new halo."

G
I'm sweet on a green-eyed girl,

    Em
all fiery Irish clip and curl,

    C
all brine and piss and vinegar.

       D
I paid twenty-five cents to light

  D7
a little white candle. 
[Chorus]
C                   G       Em   C
And the world may be long, for, you,

                  G      Em  C
but he'll never belong, to, you.

                  Cm
But on a motorbike,

                         D                 D7
when all the city lights blind your eyes tonight,

                C                D
are you feeling better now? .......

                G                 Em
Are you feeling beeeettttter..nooooww.

                C                Cm
Are you feeling better now?
[Coda]
G
La la la

Em
La la la

C
La la la

Cm
La la la la la