The Decemberists – Lake Song (Guitar)
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[Intro]
D
[Verse]
Em
Down by the lakeWe were overturning pebbles
D And upending all the animals alight Em And I took a drag
From your cigarette and pinched it
'Tween my finger and my thumb
D Till it died Em D And the sun burned low on the radio Em Say that you will
Say you will or will you won't
Or you whatever you prevaricate
D Your whole life, don't you? Em This much I can say:
I would've waited till the oceans
Fell Away and all the sunken cities
D Would reveal themselves to you Em But you won't, will you? D Because you never do Em And the sun burned through D Sweet as honeydew
[Chorus]
Bm And I A G Seventeen and terminally fey F#m Em I wrote it down and threw it all away G Never gave a thought to what I'd paid Bm And you A G Sibylline, reclining in your pew F#m Em You tattered me, you tethered me to you G The things you would and wouldn't do D To tell the truth I never had a clue
[Instrumental]
Em D
[Verse]
Em
Now we ariseTo curse those young suburban villains
D And their ill-begotten children from the lawn Em Come to me now
And on this station wagon window
Set the ghost of your two footprints
D That they might haunt me when you're gone Em And when the light broke dawn D You were forever gone Em But I remember you, you were full D You were full and sweet as honeydew
[Chorus]
Bm And I A G Seventeen and terminally fey F#m Em I wrote it down and threw it all away G And never gave a thought to what I paid Bm A G And you all sibylline, reclining in your pew F#m Em You tattered me, you tethered me to you G The things you would and wouldn't do D You noticed how I never had a clue
Never had a clue
You were full and sweet as honeydew
You were full and sweet as honeydew