The Decemberists – Joan In The Garden (Guitar Tab)

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This version contains tabs for the first part of the song, the other version published is very good with words/chord placement, so refer back to it for that stuff! Anytime a C chord appears, this pattern is played: (intro + "in a book I found", "make her ten miles tall")
e|------------------------------------------------------------0--------------|
B|---------1-----------------1---------------1-------------1----1------------|
G|------------0-----------0----0----------------0----------------------------|
D|-----2------------3h2------------------2------------3h2--------------------|
A|--3---------------------------------3--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C into Am and G for "Joan in the garden", "as she left her body"
e|-------------------------------|
B|-----------1-------------------|
G|--------2----------------------|
D|-----2-------------------------|
A|--0----------------------------|
E|-----------------3-(let ring)--|
C into Am and F for "I will lay her heart in mine", "did she lay her dowry by", into "for a time"
e|------------------------------------1--------------------------------------|
B|-----------1---------------------1-----1-----------------------------------|
G|--------2-----2---------------2-----------2--------------------------------|
D|-----2-----------2---------3-----------------3-----------------------------|
A|--0-----------------3------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------1-----------------------1--------------------------|
"for a time..."
e|-------------1------------|
B|----------1-----1---------|
G|-------2-----------2------| x1
D|----3-----------------3---|
A|--------------------------|
E|-1------------------------|

e|--------------0-----------|
B|-----------1-----1--------|
G|--------2-----------2-----| x2
D|-----2-----------------2--|
A|--0-----------------------|
E|--------------------------|

e|--------------3----------|
B|-----------0-----0-------|
G|--------0-----------0----| x2
D|-----0----------------0--|
A|-------------------------|
E|--3----------------------|
There is a little walk down between the C and F between the pre-chorus and chorus, I just do 3-2 on the A string. The same pattern is used for the F, Am, and G in the Chorus "and if you listen closely..." ************************************ | h Hammer-on ************************************