The Decemberists – Oh No (Guitar)

Em
It was on a wedding night

                       B7
How they danced by the firelight

B7
And the bride was well arrayed

               Em
By her fifteen chambermaids

Em
As her father raised a toast

                 B7
To the health of all the host

B7
We descended from the apse

                       Em
To bear witness to the whole collapse

         C     Em
And it's ohhhh no!

      C                      Em
We're jumped up and ready to go

C                           Em
Where do you think that the money comes from?

       B7
Do you think it just naturally grows?

         C     Em
And it's ohhhh no!

   C                      Em
We lurk at the end of the row

C                          Em
Listening for whistling, a bang from the drum

       B7                             C
And it seems that we've caught you in tow

            C                       Em
Between the devil and the devil you know

Em
In the back of the bazaar

                      B7
By the tramps and the muscle cars

B7
We have gathered two by two

                   Em
Just to figure out what to do

Em
Pretty Saro's a sotted mess

                     B7
Gone and spoiled her party dress

B7
All her suitors so entranced

                         Em
Who will join her in the ambulance?

         C      Em
And it's ohhhhh no!

    C                            Em
I'm sure that you'd just love to know

    C                         Em
But what will you do when the rumpus is done

         B7
And it's time that we all were gone home?

         C      Em
And it's ohhhhh no!

C                       Em
Kick up your heels in a row

  C                          Em
A song that is sung where my people come from

         B7                       C
And it's best when it's not sung alone

            C                       Em
Between the devil and the devil you know

         C      Em
And it's ohhhhh no!

C                     Em
Dash him in one final blow

C                         Em
Stick to the rackets, the heavy's a hack

         B7              C
And he's singing pianissimo

        C                       Em
For the devil and the devil you know

Em
When the casks have all run dry

                   B7
And we've laid our knuckles by

B7
Standing legless on the pews

                       Em
Shouting curses to our union dues

Em
Out beyond the city walls

                 B7
In the grotesque mountain halls

B7
There's a darkness coming on

                        Em
So it's best I think we rambled on

         C      Em
And it's ohhhhh no!

C                     Em
On to the next bloody show

    C                          Em
You won't feel so loose with a noose 'round your neck

           B7
When those cold winter winds start to blow

         C      Em
And it's ohhhhh no!

C   C    C C    C  Em
One more before we go

C                   Em
How can we ever get used to this dreck?

           B7                    C
'Cause I'm sick and I want to go home

       C                      Em
To the devil and the devil we know

       C                      Em
To the devil and the devil we know

       C                      Em
To the devil and the devil we know