The Decemberists – Margaret In Captivity (Guitar Tab)
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
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Artist: The Decemberists
Song: Margaret In Captivity
Album: The Hazards of Love
The timing of certain words lines up exactly with the open low D at the beginning of each bar. Bar lines have
been marked out above the text of the verses to show which words are accented in the music. Bar lines over
empty space show that the riff continues on past a certain word in the verse, similar to reading chords.
Chords Used:
DADGBe
F5: 333xxx
G5: 555xxx
Riff 1: e|---------|---------|---------|----------| B|-----5---|-----3---|-----1---|-----0----| G|---5---5-|---4---4-|---2---2-|---0---0--| x2 D|---------|---------|---------|----------| A|---------|---------|---------|----------| D|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0--------| Riff 2: e|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------------| B|-----5---|-----3---|-----1---|-----0---|---------|-----0---|---------3~~| G|---5---5-|---4---4-|---2---2-|---0---0-|-----2---|---0---0-|---2/4------| D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---3---3-|---------|---3/5-0----| A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------------| D|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0----------| Riff 3: e|---------|---------|---------|----------| B|---------|---------|---------|----------| G|-----2---|-----2---|-----4---|-----4----| D|---3---3-|---3---3-|---5---5-|---5---5--| A|---------|---------|---------|----------| D|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0--------|
Intro
R1, then R2
Verse 1:
R1 R1 R3 R1
| | | | | | || | | | | | | ||
I have snipped your wingspan, my precious captive swan
R1 R1 R3 R2
| | | | | | || | | | | ||| ||||
Here all clipped of kickstand, your spirit won't last long
R1 R1 R3 R1
| | | | | | || | | | | ||| |
Don't you lift a finger, don't you snap and jaw
R1 R1 R3 R2
| | | || | || | | | | ||| ||||~'
Limber limbs akimbo, rest till rubbing raw
Chorus:
F5 G5 R4 >> F5
\/\ \ \ \ \\/\ \ \ \ \\/\ ||| ||| ||
Oh my own true love! Oh my own true love!
F5 G5 R2
\/\ \ \ \ \/\ \ \ \ '|||||||~'
Can you hear me, love? Can you hear me, love?
Riff 4: (dep on timing) [last R4 only] e|----------------------------------------------------| B|---5-5-5-3-3-3-1-(1)-(1~)-[0]-[0]-[0]---------------| G|---5-5-5-4-4-4-2-(2)-(2~)-[0]-[0]-[0]-[2]-[2]-[2~]--| D|--------------------------------------[3]-[3]-[3~]--| A|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
R1 R1 R3 R1
| | | | | | || | | | | | | ||
Don't hold out for rescue, none can hear your call
R1 R1 R3 R2
| | | | | | | | | | | | ||| ||||~'
Till I have wrest and wrecked you, behind these fortress walls
Chorus:
F5 G5 R4
v^v v v v vv^v v v v v v v vv^v ||| ||| |
Oh my own true love! Oh my own true love!
F5 G5 R4
v^v vv v^v v v v ||| ||| |||
Can you hear me, love? Can you hear me, love?
Outro:
F5 G5 R4 rit.
v^v vvvvvvvv^v vvvvvvvv^v ||| ||| ||| ||| |||
(This section is just repeated a lot while the melody of the outro is in the violin. Modify as desired.)
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~ Vibrato
' Breath
/ Slide up
v Down Strum
^ Up Strum
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