Vampire Weekend – Hudson (Guitar)

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[Verse]
A              Dm
Hudson died in Hudson bay,

    C              F
The water took his victim's name,

    Gm               F
The River's rise told riverside,

   E
To change their names again.
(Choral humming)
  A                  Dm
A stranger walked in through the door,

      C              F
Said "All apartments are pre-war",

   Gm                      F
We laughed and I asked him for his name,

   E
He stayed until the end.

   A                   Dm
We watched the Germans play the Greeks,

   C           F
He marked the 99 year lease,

    Gm                   F
Our fathers signed which I declined,

   E
To try and comprehend.
(Choral humming) [Chorus]
Gm        F                  C            F
Over and over again are these never-ending visions,

Gm       F                 C
Over and over again like a prize that's changed in hands,

Gm           F
The time has come,

    C               Dm
The clock is such a drag,

C           Dm
All you who changed your stripes,

    Bb             F
Can wrap me in the flag.
[Verse]
    A         Dm
The legendary wooden gate,

    C                 F
The first established real-estate,

   Gm                F
Is lost in time like all the crimes

     E
That won this pleasant land.
[Chorus]
Gm        F                  C               F
Over and over again are these never-ending visions,

Gm       F                 C
Over and over again like a prize that's changed in hands,

Gm           F
The time has come,

    C               Dm
The clock is such a drag,

C           Dm
All you who changed your stripes,

    Bb             F
Can wrap me in the flag.
(Choral humming) [Verse]
A              Dm
Hudson died in Hudson bay,

    C             F
But I was born on Sutton Place,

    Gm                 F
The rising tide helped me decide,

   E
To change my name again.

A                Dm
Some men tend to linger on,

    C                    F
And some make haste from Babylon,

Gm                   F
Some will roam their ruined home,

    E
Rejoicing... till the end.
[Chorus]
Gm        F                  C               F
Over and over again are these never-ending visions,

Gm        F                C                       
Over and over again like a prize that's changed in hands,

Gm           F
The time has come,

    C               Dm
The clock is such a drag,

C           Dm         
All you who changed your stripes,

    Bb             F
Can wrap me in the flag.

Gm             F
The lines are drawn,

    C             Dm
The map is such a drag,

C            Dm
All you who changed your stripes,

    Bb             F
Can wrap me in the flag.
(Choral humming)