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			     Calamity Song - The Decemberists
                                     From "The King Is Dead"
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Tabbed by: Abe M.
Email: firepick11@gmail.com

Tuning: EADGBe
Key of D

e|-------2-----------2---2---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3--------2------------------------------------------------|
G|---2---2---4---2---2---2---2h4----4p0-------REPEAT-------------------------------|
D|---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------2------------2---2--------------------2-----------2---2-------------------|
G|---2---2---2---2----2---2--------2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---0---------------|
D|---2---2---4---2----2---2---2h4----4p0---2---2---4---2---2---2-----4---2---0-----|
A|---0---0---0---0----0---0----------------0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

DHad (xx0232@1)a dream
D (xx0232@1)                               AYou (x02220@1)and me and the war of the end times
DAnd (xx0232@1)I believe
                             ACalifornia (x02220@1)succumbed to the fault line

We heaved relief
                       GAs (320003@1)scores of innocents died

G (320003@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)the Andalusian tribes
G (320003@1)                           DSetting (xx0232@1)the lay of Nebraska alight
                A (x02220@1)                       G'Til (320003@1)all the remains is the arms of the angels

(Later)

G (320003@1)                 DAnd (xx0232@1)the Panamanian child
G (320003@1)                              DStands (xx0232@1)at the Dowager Empress's side
D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)                      GAnd (320003@1)all that remains is the arms of the angels

D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)                       GAnd (320003@1)all the remains is the arms of the angels

D (xx0232@1)        GAh (320003@1)oo, Ah oo hoo
   D (xx0232@1)        GAh (320003@1)oo, Ah oo hoo

Em (022000@1)                    AAnd (x02220@1)you've receded into loam
Em (022000@1)                        AAnd (x02220@1)they're picking at your bones
     G (320003@1)          DWill (xx0232@1)call cold
D (xx0232@1)        AWe'll (x02220@1)come home

(End on D)
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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