Picaresque

I. The Infanta II. We Both Go down Together III. Eli, The Barrow Boy IV. The Sporting Life V. The Bagman's Gambit VI. From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea) VII. 16 Military Wives VIII. The Engine Driver IX. On the Bus Mall X. The Mariner's Revenge Song XI. Of Angels and Angles I. The Infanta Tabbed By: Unregistered G# Here she comes in her palanquin on the back of an elephant A G# On a bed made of linen and sequins and silk All astride on her father's line with the king and his concubines A G# And her nurse with her pitchers of liquors and milk B F# G# And we'll all come praise the infanta B F# G# And we'll all come praise the infanta G# Among five score pachyderm each canopied and passengered A G# Sit the duke and the duchess's luscious young girls Within sight of the baronness seething spite for this live largesse A G# On her side sits the baron, her barrenness barbs her B F# G# And we'll all come praise the infanta B F# G# And we'll all come praise the infanta G#m F# G#m F# C#m D A A A phalanx on camel back, thirty ranks on a forward tack A# A Followed close, their shiny bright standards are waving While behind in their coach in fours ride the wives of the king of bores A# A And the veiled young virgin, the prince's betrothed C G A And we'll all come praise the infanta C G A And we'll all come praise the infanta G# A And as she sits upon her place G# A Her innocence laid on her face D A From all atop the parapets blow a multitude of coronets D A Melodies rhapsodical and fair D A And all our hearts afire, the sky ablaze with cannonfire G# A We all raise our voices to the air G# To the air G# And above all this folderol on a bed made of chaparral A G# She is laid, a coronal placed on her brow And the babe all in slumber dreams of a place filled with quiet streams A G# And a lake where her cradle was pulled from the water B F# G# And we'll all come praise the infanta B F# G# And we'll all come praise the infanta B F# G# And we'll all come praise the infanta B F# G# B F# G# B F# G# II. We Both Go Down Together Tabbed By: Unregistered C#m riff:) C#m riff C#m riff C#m Here on these cliffs of Dover G#m So high you can't see over C#m And while your head is spinning G#m Hold tight, it's just beginning C#m riff C#m riff C#m You come from parents wanton G#m A childhood rough and rotten C#m I come from wealth and beauty G#m B Untouched by work or duty E G#m A B And oh, my love, my love E G#m A And oh, my love, my love G# C#m riff We both go down together C#m riff C#m I found you a tattooed tramp G#m A dirty daughter from the labor camps C#m I laid you down in the grass of a clearing G#m B You wept but your soul was willing E G#m A B And oh, my love, my love E G#m A And oh, my love, my love G# A We both go down together C#m And my parents will never consent to this love A B G# And I hold your hand C#m Meet me on my vast veranda G#m My sweet untouched Miranda C#m And while the seagulls are crying G#m B We fall but our souls are flying E G#m A B And oh, my love, my love E G#m A B And oh, my love, my love E G#m A B And oh, my love, my love E G#m A And oh, my love, my love G# C#m We both go down together III. Eli, The Barrow Boy Tabbed By: gabrielhp CAPO 4 Am Am Then repeat if you want Strum for first 3 beats then do second part, you can throw the second part in before each verse or even before each Am , wherever you see fit C#m Eli, the barrow boy E Of the old town C#m Sells coal and marigolds E As he cries out B C#m All down the day C#m Below the tamaracks E He is crying: C#m Corn cobs and candle wax E for the buying B C#m All down the day A E “Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe A C#m Made of gold and silk Arabian thread A E But she is dead and gone and lying in a pine grove B C#m And I must push my barrow all the day B C#m And I must push my barrow all the day” C#m Eli, the barrow boy C#m When they found him C#m Dressed all in corduroy E He had drowned in B C#m The river down the way C#m They laid his body down E in a churchyard C#m But still when the moon is out E With his push cart B C#m He calls down the day A E “Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown A C#m Made of gold and silk Arabian thread A E But I am dead and gone and lying in a church ground B C#m And still I push my barrow all the day B C#m Still I push my barrow all the day” IV. The Sporting Life Tabbed By:Hankjwimbleton Bmaj7 I fell on the playing field G#m the work of an errant heel Eadd9 the din of the crowd and the loud commotion C#m F#sus2 went deafening silence and stopped emotion Bmaj7 the season was almost done G#m we managed it 12 to 1 Eadd9 so far I had known no humiliation C#m F#sus2 in front of my friends and close relations Emaj7 Bmaj7 There's my father looking on Emaj7 Bmaj7 and there's my girlfriend arm in arm G#m with the captain of the other team Eadd9 and all of this is clear to me F#sus2 Eadd9 they condescend and fix on me a frown C#m F#sus2 how they love Bmaj7 the sporting life Bmaj7 And father had had such hopes G#m for a son who would take the ropes Eadd9 and fulfill all his old athletic aspirations C#m F#sus2 but apparently now there's some complications Bmaj7 but while I am lying here G#m trying to fight the tears Eadd9 I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger C#m F#sus2 though I think I might lie here a little longer Emaj7 Bmaj7 There's my coach he's looking down Emaj7 Bmaj7 the disappointment in his knitted brow G#m I should've known he thinks again Eadd9 I never should have put him in F#sus2 Eadd9 he turns and loads the lemonade away C#m F#sus2 and breathes in deep Bmaj7 the sporting life G#m the sporting life Eadd9 the sporting life Bmaj7 how he loves... Bridge/Bass Bmaj7 G#m Eadd9 Bmaj7 Emaj7 Bmaj7 There's my father looking on Emaj7 Bmaj7 and there's my girlfriend arm in arm G#m with the captain of the other team Eadd9 and all of this is clear to me F#sus2 Eadd9 they condescend and fix on me a frown C#m F#sus2 how they love Bmaj7 the sporting life G#m the sporting life Eadd9 the sporting life Bmaj7 how they love... Bmaj7 G#m Eadd9 Bmaj7 Bmaj7 G#m Eadd9 Bmaj7 EADGBE Bmaj7:354433 G#m: 022000 Eadd9:3x2030 C#m: 577555 F#sus2:5x7755 Emaj7:3x2000 or 332000 V. Bagman's Gambit Tabbed By: Upnorth97 For the verse, strum each chord once. E5/E Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7*)2x G#5/E Eadd9 Eadd9 On the lam Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E From the law Eadd9 Eadd9 On the steps of Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E The capital Eadd9 Eadd9 You shot a plainclothes Emaj7 Emaj7 Cop on the Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E Ten o' clock Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 And I saw momentarily G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 G#5/E They flashed a photograph, It couldn't be you Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 You'd been abused so horribly G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 E5/E But you were there in some anonymous room Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7*)2x G#5/E Eadd9 Eadd9 And I recall that Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E Fall Eadd9 Eadd9 I was working for the Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E Government Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 And in a bathroom stall Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E Off the national mall Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 How we kissed so sweetly G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 G#5/E How could I refuse a favor or two Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 And for a tryst in the greenery G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 E5/E I gave you documents and microfilm too Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7*)2x B And from my ten floor tenement C#m Where once our bodies lay E How I longed to hear you say Em B "No they'll never catch me now Em No they'll never catch me C#m A No they cannot catch me now G# A We will escape somehow Am Somehow, oh" E5/E Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7*)2x G#5/E Eadd9 Eadd9 It was late Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E One night G#5/E Eadd9 Eadd9 I was awoken by the Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E Telephone Eadd9 Eadd9 I heard a strangled Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E Cry on the end of the line Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 Purloined in Petrograd G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 G#5/E They were suspicious of where your loyalties lay Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 So I paid off a bureaucrat G#sus4 C#m G#sus4 F#sus2 C#m G#sus4 E5/E To convince your captors there to secret you away Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7*)2x B And at the gate of the embassy C#m Our hands met through the bars E As your whisper stilled my heart Em B "No they'll never catch me now Em No they'll never catch me C#m A No they cannot catch me now G# A We will escape somehow Am Somehow, oh" E D# E D# B B And I dreamt one night A# You were there in form B Hands held high A# In uniform B Oh A# Oh E5/E Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7*)2x G#5/E Eadd9 Eadd9 It was ten Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E Years on G#5/E Eadd9 Eadd9 When you resurfaced Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E In a motorcar Eadd9 Eadd9 Emaj7 Emaj7 And with the wave of an arm Emaj7* Emaj7* G#5/E* G#5/E* Emaj7* Emaj7* You were there and gone VI. From My own True Love (Lost At Sea) Tabbed By: TimMobbs Tuning: Standard EADGBE Capo 3rd fret For real beginners, i have written out the tablature of the chords, with a few of the from the first line of each verse to keep you on track, it also gives you an idea of the as well. for guitarists who already know their chords, go straight to the bottom for the list with the lyrics:) Enjoy! Verse Riff A: Verse Riff B: Play riff B twice, but on the second time around, instead of playing the 1st time bar, the second time bar, which is just below here, and then go into the chorus. 2nd Time Bar: Chorus Riff A Mister| Postma--n | 1st Time Bar (chorus) Play the Chorus Riff A, then the 1st Time bar , play the Chorus Riff A once but instead of playing the second Time Bar (chorus) play the 2nd Time Bar (chorus)and go chorus riff B 2nd Time Bar (chorus Chorus Riff B own| true| love| |Lost| at|sea| (lost|at| The rest of the song is the following: Verse Riff A 1st Time Bar Verse Riff A 2nd Time Bar Chorus Riff A 1st Time Bar (chorus) Chorus Riff B 2nd Time Bar (chorus) Finish off by repeating the Verse Riff A, and the 1st Time Bar as many times as you and finishing on on Am chord (the chord in the intro) C#m C#m/G# C#m C#m/G# C#m C#m/G# C#m C#m/G# F# Four score years, living down in this rain swept town. C#m C#m/G# C#m C#m/G# C#m C#m/G# C#m C#m/G# F# Sea salt tears, swimming round as the rain comes down. B C#m C#m/G# Mister Postman, do you have a letter for me? B C#m C#m/G# A Mister Postman, do you have a letter for me? A letter for me? C#m C#m/G# B B E C#m From my own true love, lost at sea. (lost at sea) The rest of the song is a repeat of what is already there, it shouldn't take too much effort to figure out:) VII. 16 Military Wives Tabbed By: GuitarJKH Standard tuning. No capo. Here's the chords required for the song: G# B C# D# F F# e ---0----3----0----2----4----2--- B ---0----0----2----4----5----3--- G ---1----0----2----4----6----2--- D ---2----0----2----4----6----0--- A ---2----2----0----2----4----x--- E ---0----3----x----x----4----x--- Lyrics and chords: G#, G#, G#, G# G# B Sixteen military wives C# G# Thirty-two softly focused brightly colored eyes G# B Staring at the natural tan C# G# Of thirty-two gently clenching wrinkled little hands C# D# Seventeen company men F F# C# Out of which only twelve will make it back again G# B Seargeant sent a letter to five C# G# Military wives, his tears drip down to ten little eyes D# Cheer them on to their rivals C# G# C# G# D# Cause America can, and America can't say no C# G# C# G# D# And America does, if America says it's so D# It's so D O N T P L A Y H E R E And the anchorperson on TV goes G# La de da de da G# B Fifteen celebrity mimes C# G# Leaving their fifteen sorted wretched checkered lives G# B Will they find the solution in time C# G# Using their fifteen pristine moderate liberal minds C# D# Eighteen academy chairs F F# C# Out of which only seven really even care G# B Doling out a garment to five C# G# Celebrity mimes, they're humbly taken by surprise D# Cheer them on to their rivals C# G# C# G# D# Cause America can, and America can't say no C# G# C# G# D# And America does, if America says it's so D# It's so D O N T P L A Y H E R E And the anchorperson on TV goes G# La de da de da de di de di de da G# La de da de da de di de di de da G#, B, C#, G#, G#, B, C#, G# C# D# Fourteen cannibal kings F F# C# Wondering blindly what the dinner bell will bring G# B Fifteen celebrity mimes C# G# Served on a leafy bed of sixteen military wives D# Cheer them on to their rivals C# G# C# G# D# Cause America can, and America can't say no C# G# C# G# D# And America does, if America says it's so D# It's so D O N T P L A Y H E R E And the anchorperson on TV goes G# La de da de da de di de di de da G# La de da de da de di de di de da G# La de da de da de di de di de da G# De da de da de di de di de da G# De da de da de di de di de da G#, B, C#, G#, G#, B, C#, G#, G#, B, C#, G# Well, that's it. Special thanks to Dan Quinn. Enjoy! Tabbed by Jeff H. VIII. The Engine Driver Tabbed By: joho Emaj7 G#m D#m I'm an engine driver Emaj7 B F# On a long run, on a long run Emaj7 G#m D#m Would I were beside her Emaj7 B F# She's a long one, such a long one Emaj7 B F# Emaj7 G#m D#m And if you don't love me let me go Emaj7 B F# Emaj7 G#m D#m And if you don't love me let me go Emaj7 G#m D#m I'm a county lineman Emaj7 B F# On the highline, on the highline Emaj7 G#m D#m So will be my grandson Emaj7 B F# There are powerlines in our bloodlines Emaj7 B F# Emaj7 G#m D#m And if you don't love me let me go Emaj7 B F# Emaj7 G#m D#m And if you don't love me let me go B D#m G#m And I am a writer, writer of fictions E B I am the heart that you call home D#m G#m And I've written pages upon pages E A G# Trying to rid you from my bones A G# My bones My bones Emaj7 G#m D#m Emaj7 B F# Emaj7 G#m D#m Emaj7 B F# Emaj7 G#m D#m I'm a money lender Emaj7 B F# I have fortunes upon fortunes Emaj7 G#m D#m Take my hand for tender Emaj7 B F# I am tortured ever tortured Emaj7 B F# Emaj7 G#m D#m And if you don't love me let me go Emaj7 B F# Emaj7 G#m D#m And if you don't love me let me go B D#m G#m And I am a writer, writer of fictions E B I am the heart that you call home D#m G#m And I've written pages upon pages E B Trying to rid you from my bones D#m I C#m C# writer G#m E B I am all that you have home, home D#m G#m And I've written pages upon pages E A G# Trying to rid you from my bones A G# My bones My bones Emaj7 B F# (And if you don't love me let me go) Emaj7 B F# And if you don't love me let me go Emaj7 B F# (And if you don't love me let me go) Emaj7 B F# Emaj7 And if you don't love me let me go IX. On the Bus Mall Tabbed By: wolfey89 Tuning: Standard Guitar 1: Acoustic 12-String Guitar 2: Electric with some kind of sustain pedal Guitar 1 Cmaj7 G (2x) then guitar 2 comes in Guitar 2: Emaj7 B *Note: at the point where the chord is Cmaj7-C, strum the Cmaj7 chord once then hammer on the 1 on the B string immediately. Basically, you'll be strumming the C chord, then lift of the B string C for one strum, then hold it again. If you listen to the song, you can kind of tell. Emaj7 In matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our showboats B we kicked around Emaj7 From stairway to station, we made a sensation B with the gadabout crowd Emaj7 And oh what a bargain, we're two easy targets B For the old men at the off-tracks Emaj7 Who've paid in palaver and crumpled old dollars B Which we squirreled away G#m C#m C#sus2 C#m In our rat-trap hotel by the freeway E Emaj7-E B And we slept in Sundays Emaj7 Your parents were anxious, your cool was contagious B At the old school Emaj7 You left without leaving a note for your grieving B Sweet mother while your brother was so cruel Emaj7 And here in the alleys your spirits were rallied B As you learned quick to make a fast buck Emaj7 In bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and heirlooms B We bit our tongues G#m C#m Sucked our lips into our lungs 'til we were falling E Such was our calling G#m F# C#m E And here in our hollow we fused like a family G#m F# E But I will not mourn for you G#m F# C#m E So take up your makeup and pocket your pills away C#m Em We're kings among runaways B On the bus mall Em B We're down on the bus mall Intro 2x Emaj7 Among all the urchins and old chinese merchants B Of the old town Emaj7 We reigned at the pool hall with one iron cue ball B And we never let the bastards get us down Emaj7 And we laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp dicks B On the colonnades of the waterfront park Emaj7 As four in the morning came on cold and boring B We huddled close G#m C#m C#sus2 C#m In the bus stop enclosure enfolding E Emaj7-E Our hands tightly holding G#m F# C#m E But here in our hollow we fused like a family G#m F# E But I will not mourn for you G#m F# C#m E So take up your makeup and pocket your pills away C#m Em We're kings among runaways B On the bus mall Em B We're down on the bus mall Em B We're down on the bus mall (At this point, Guitar 2 comes in with Intro riff) Em B Down on the bus mall F# Emaj7 B Emaj7 B Ohhhh Chords Used: EADGBe Emaj7 3x2000 B 320033 E 3x2010 G#m 022000 C#m x02210 C#sus2 x02200 F# xx0232 Em 3x5543 or x3x043 h=hammer on p=pull off http://www.decemberists.com X. The Mariner's Revenge Song Tabbed By: Unregistered (Start with an Am intro, the strum is easy) C#m G# We are two Mariners, our ship's sole survivors, in this belly of a whale G# It's ribs our ceiling beams, it's guts our carpeting, I guess we have some time C#m to k**l. You may not remember me, I was a child of three, and you a lad of G# eighteen. But I remember you, and I will relate to you, how our histories C#m interweave. Am C#m Am At the time you were a rake and a rastabout. Spending all your money on the G# Am G# whores and hounds. Oh-oh C#m You had a charming air, all cheap and debonair, my widowed mother found so G# sweet. And so she took you in, her sheets still warm with him, now filled C#m with filth and fowl disease. Am C#m Am As time wore on you proved a debt-ridden drunken mess. Leaving my mother a G# Am G# poor consumptive wretch. Oh-oh C#m And then you disappeared. Your gambling arrears, the only thing you left G# behind. And then the magistrate, reclaimed our small estate, and my poor C#m mother lost her mind. Am C#m Am Then one day in spring my dear, sweet mother died. But before she did I took G# Am G# her hand as she dying cried, Oh-oh, Am C#m "Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters, Am drag him to a hole until he wakes up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of his G# Am G# grave, oh-oh." (Little Am fill right here) C#m It took me fifteen years to swallow all my tears, among the urchins in the G# street. And then a priory, took pity and hired me to keep their vestry nice C#m and neat. Am (c-ish) C#m(c-ish) Am(c-ish) But never once in the employ of these holy men, did I ever once turn my mind G#(c-ish) Am G# from the thought of revenge. Oh-oh. Am(harsh double strum for this part) One night I overheard, the prior exchanging words with a penetant whaler from G#(smooth) G#(harsh double strum) the sea. The captain of his ship, who matched you toe to tip, was known for a C#m(smooth) wanton cruelty. Am C#m The following day I shipped to sea with the privateer. And in the whistle of G# Am G# the wind I could almost hear, oh-oh. Am C#m "Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters, Am drag him to a whole until he wakes up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of his G# grave. E B E B C#m There is one thing I must say to you, as you sail across the sea. Always your G#m Am G# mother will watch over you, as you avenge this wicked deed. Middle section: C#m-G#-Am-G# C#m G# And then one fateful night, we had you in our sights, after 20 months at sea. Your starboard flank abeam, I was getting my muskets clean, when came this C#m rumbling from beneath. Am(c-ish) C#m(c-ish) Am(c-ish) The ocean shook, the sky went black and the captain quailed. And before us G# (candenza) Am G# grew the angry jaws of a giant whale, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh C#m Don't know how I survived, the crew all was chewed alive, I must have slipped G# between his teeth. But oh what providence, what divine intelligence, that you C#m should survive as well as me. Am C#m Am It gives my heart great joy to see your eyes fill with fear. So lean in close G# Am G# and I will whisper the last words you'll hear, oh-oh (Solo at end,all on high E (repeat until end of song, get faster and faster each time) Hope you enjoyed! XI. Of Angels and Angles Tabbed By: standard tuning. this sound best if you play the whole lot with your thumb to give it breathy sound. beautiful track and a perfect closer for a really stellar album. magical as it is, the actually quite simple. "There are angels..." "There's a ticking..." "...Still of day..." "and Darling..." "Away..." "There's a tough word..." "There's a swallow..." "...on your open palm today..." "and Darling..." "Away..." "There are angels..."