The Oh Hellos – Exeunt (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

NOTE: It seems that for all these chords, the e string is NOT strummed. so C here means x3201x, not the usual x32010. Also: Fadd#11 is 13320x. [Verse 1]
C
I was all alone, we were young, you were like wine

C
Heady as the fog rolling in o'er the hillside

F
Lovely as the song in the air as the wind blows

Dm7/A                                     Am
Opiate as the cold of the frost on the windows

F                                         C
Lo, the rose is gone from my eyes so deceiving

Dm7/A                               F  C
So, my little dove, I'm afraid I am leaving
[Interlude 1] (mandolin/violin picking here) C5 [Verse 2] C C (strum hard 7 times) Now, I am not the fool I was when I was younger C C (strum hard 7 times) Crocodile eyes, I have seen how you hunger F F (strum hard 7 times, first one is double) Fluttering your lashes, like ashes and embers
Dm7/A                                Am
Warm and bright as fire devouring timber

F                                               C
No, I cannot trust what you say when you're grieving

Dm7/A                                   F  C
So, my love, I'm sorry, but still: I am leaving
[Interlude 2] (more picking) C5 [Verse 3]
F                                     F    Fadd#11 F
Even when you hunt me with ire, relentless

Dm7/A                                       Am   Asus2 Am
Batter down my door when you find me defenseless

F                                       C
I will not abide all your raging and reaving

Dm7/A (strum once)                           C
I have set my mind and my will: I am leaving