The Decemberists – Gymnast High Above The Ground (Guitar)

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[Intro] G G A A D D D D [Verse 1]
G         A           D
- The gymnast, high above the ground,

G             A         D
- Limbers up and falls timber town

G          A              D
- Ankles splayed and all tied

G          Em  D    G
- The gymnast long has arrived

     Em       D       G
Lasy -- your long sister lays

        Em        D    G
Waiting out this long light brigade

            Em     D    G
Prayed for snow a long time

         Em     D    G
And lazy -- it long has arrived
[Chorus]
G
- Through the tarlatan holes

                                      C
You've been slipping, been slipping away

G
- And the weather will hold

                             C
It's been ever, so ever, so gray
[Verse 2]
     Em            G
And here as we're coming down

       C
We're sounding out:

       Cm                  Em
It's a terrible, terrible tide

D      G                C
As it lights upon your eye

     Em           G                  C
But there on the motorway, reeks of marmalade

       Cm                  Em
It's a chemical, chemical kind

       G                C
As it lights upon your eye...

 Am               C
Lights upon your eye
[Bridge]
    D  G  Em                 Bm
The bosun -- calls upon the quay

 D  G    Em                        Bm
Compass gone, he long has lost his way

    D     G    Em             Bm
To lighthouse shine, to calm tide

    D  G  Em          Bm
The bosun -- long has arrived
[Chorus]
G
- Through the tarlatan holes

                                      C
You've been slipping, been slipping away

G
- And the weather will hold

                             C
It's been ever, so ever, so gray
[Verse 3]
     Em            G
And here as we're coming down

       C
We're sounding out:

       Cm                  Em
It's a terrible, terrible tide

D      G                C
As it lights upon your eye

     Em           G                  C
But there on the motorway, reeks of marmalade

       Cm                  Em
It's a chemical, chemical kind

       G                C
As it lights upon your eye...

 Am               C
Lights upon your eye
[Outro]
Em     G      C
April marches on

Em     G      C
April marches on

Em     G      C
April marches on

Em     G      C
April marches on