The Decemberists – The Island Come And See (Guitar)
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2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Feel Not the Drowning
INTRO
Em
VERSE 1
There's an island hidden in the sound
Lapping currents lay your boat aground
G Affix your barb and bayonet A Bb The curlews carve their arabesques Em And sorrow fills the silence all around
Come and see
VERSE 2
There's a harbor lost within the reeds
A jetty caught in over-hanging trees
G Among the bones of cormorants A Bb No boot-mark here nor fingerprint Em The rivers roll down to a soundless sea
Come and see
G G/F# Em Come and see
CHORUS
D C The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye Em D C The willows mark the wind Em D C And all we know for sure amidst this fading light Em D C We'll not go home again B7 C Come and see B7 C D Em Come and see
VERSE 3
In the lowlands, nestled in the heath
A briar-cradle rocks its babe to sleep
G Its contents watched by Sycorax A Bb And Patagon in parallax Em A foretold rumbling sounds below the deep
Come and see
G G/F# Em Come and see
CHORUS
D C The tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye Em D C The willows mark the wind Em D C And all we know for sure amidst this fading light Em D C We'll not go home again B7 C Come and see B7 C D Am Come and see
*The Landlords Daughter*
Am D Am D Am D Am D
Am D Am D As I was a-ramble down by the water Am D Am D Am D Am D I spied in sable the landlord's daughter Am D Am D I produced my pistol, then my saber Am D Am D Said, "Make no whistle or thou will be murdered!" Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D La-Ha-Ha La-Ha Am D Am D She cursed, she shivered, she cried for mercy Am D Am D "My gold and silver if thou will release me!"
G Bb F G# Eb Bbm A
Dm Bb Dm Bb I'll take no gold, miss. I'll take no silver. Dm Bb Dm Bb But I'll take those sweet lips and thou will deliver! Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D La-Ha-Ha La-Ha
Dm C F G Am
*You'll Feel Not the Drowning*
INTRO
Am Asus2
VERSE 1
Am C I will dress your eyelids Am C With dimes upon your eyes Am C Lay you close to water Am C Green your grave will rise
CHORUS
G Go to sleep now, little ugly Am Go to sleep now, you little fool G Forty winking in the belfry F G You'll not feel the drowning F G G#+ You'll not feel the drowning
VERSE 2
Am C Forget you once had sweethearts Am C They've forgotten you Am C Think you not on parents Am C They've forgotten too
CHORUS
G Go to sleep now, little ugly Am Go to sleep now, you little fool G Forty winking in the belfry F G You'll not feel the drowning F G G#+ You'll not feel the drowning
VERSE 3/OUTRO
Am C Hear you now the captain Am C Heave his sorrowed cry Am C The weight upon your eyelids Am C Is dimes laid on your eyes