The Infanta Chords - The Decemberists

VERSE

E Here she comes in her palanquin On the back of an elephant F E On a bed made of linen and sequins and silk All astride on her father's line With the king and his concubines F E And her nurse with her pitchers of liquors and milk G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta

VERSE

E Among five score pachyderm Each canopied and passengered F E Sit the duke and the duchess' luscious young girls Within sight of the baronness Seething spite for this live largesse F By her side sits the baron E Her barrenness barbs her G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta

INSTRUMENTAL

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VERSE

F A phalanx on camelback Thirty ranks on a forward tack F# F Followed close, their shiny bright standards a-waving While behind in their coach, in fours Ride the wives of the king of Moors F# F And the veiled young virgin, the prince's betrothed Ab Eb F And we'll all come praise the infanta Ab Eb F And we'll all come praise the infanta

BRIDGE

E F And as she sits upon her place E F Her innocence laid on her face Bb F From all atop the parapets blow a multitude of coronets Bb F Melodies rhapsodical and fair Bb And all our hearts afire F The sky ablaze with cannon fire E F We all raise our voices to the air E To the air...

VERSE

E And above all this falderal On a bed made of chaparral F E She is laid, a coronal placed on her brow And the babe, all in slumber dreams Of a place filled with quiet streams F E And the lake where her cradle was pulled from the water G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D | E C G | E G D | E