• Song:

    Bagmans Gambit

  • Artist:

    Decemberists

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       E (022100@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G B (x2444x@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
E5/C:  x 3 2 4 4 0
Cadd9: x 3 2 0 3 0
Cmaj7: x 3 2 0 0 0
Cmaj7*:x 3 2 0 3 x
E5/C*: x 3 2 0 0 x
Am:    x 2 2 1 x x
Esus4: x 2 2 0 x x
Dsus2: x 2 2 3 x x

For the verse, strum each chord once.

INTRO

(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

VERSE 1

E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9    
On the lam 
          Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
From the law
             Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9
On the steps of 
     Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
The capital
           Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9
You shot a plainclothes 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
Cop on the 
Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C 
Ten               o'         clock

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4  
And I saw momentarily
Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2 Am (x02210@1)name="chord_022200@1">Esus4              E5/C
They flashed a photograph, It couldn't be you

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
You'd been abused so horribly
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4         (E5/C
But you were there in some anonymous room

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

VERSE 2

E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9
And I recall that 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Fall
       Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9
I was working for the 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Government
         Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
And in a bathroom     stall 
  Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Off the national mall

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
How we kissed so sweetly
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4    E5/C
How could I refuse a favor or two

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
And for a tryst in the greenery
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4       (E5/C
I gave you documents and microfilm too

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

CHORUS

GAnd (320003@1)from my ten floor tenement
                      AmWhere (x02210@1)once our bodies lay
                         CHow (x32010@1)I longed to hear you say
Cm (x3101x@1)                       G"No (320003@1)they'll never catch me now
CmNo (x3101x@1)they'll never catch me
Am (x02210@1)                    FNo (133211@1)they cannot catch me now
   E (022100@1)             FWe (133211@1)will escape somehow
FmSomehow, (133111@1)oh"

(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

VERSE 3

E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9
It was late 
       Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
One night
E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9
I was awoken by the 
       Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Telephone
           Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9                                         
I heard a strangled     
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Cry           on the     end of the       line

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
Purloined in Petrograd
Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2 Am (x02210@1)name="chord_022200@1">Esus4                  E5/C
They were suspicious of where your loyalties lay

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
So I paid off a bureaucrat
Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2 Am (x02210@1)name="chord_022200@1">Esus4                  (E5/C
To convince your captors there to secret you away

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

CHORUS

GAnd (320003@1)at the gate of the embassy
                          AmOur (x02210@1)hands met through the bars
                           CAs (x32010@1)your whisper stilled my heart
Cm (x3101x@1)                       G"No (320003@1)they'll never catch me now
CmNo (x3101x@1)they'll never catch me
Am (x02210@1)                    FNo (133211@1)they cannot catch me now
   E (022100@1)             FWe (133211@1)will escape somehow
FmSomehow, (133111@1)oh"

BRIDGE

C (x32010@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B C (x32010@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B G (320003@1)GAnd (320003@1)I dreamt one night
                  F#You (244322@1)were there in form
      GHands (320003@1)held high
      F#In (244322@1)uniform
GOh (320003@1)F#Oh (244322@1)
(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

OUTRO

E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9    
It was ten 
       Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Years on
E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9
When you resurfaced 
       Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
In a motorcar
         Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7                 
And with the wave of an arm 
Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*
You were       there        and gone
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