----------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. WATSON - The Decemberists ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Daysleeper_05 Tuning:Standard From the "Long Live the King" EP. Letters with slashes in front of them signify the change of the BASS NOTE of the preceding chord. (on the low E and A strings) Hearing the song will help it make sense. Three fills are repeated throughout the song: fill 1(intro): e|------0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-----| B|------0---0-----3/5-5-5-5\3--0-----| G|------0---0------------------------| D|------2---2------------------------| A|------2---2------------------------| E|--0--------------------------------| fill 2 (verse fill): e|------0-----------0----------------| B|------0-----------0----------------| G|------0-----------0----------------| D|------2-----------2----------------| A|------2--0h2------2----------------| E|--0------------0-------------------| fill 3 (chorus fill): -------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|----------0h2---0---------0--------| D|----0h2---------------0h2----------| A|----------------------------3------| E|-----------------------------------| Intro: (Fill 1) x4 Verse 1: Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) GThe (320003@1)air all painted pallid grey, the storm was comin' in Dsus2 (xx0230@1) /C /B Em (022000@1)(fill 2) Folks were lining out in all directions Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) GMe (320003@1)an Holt and Henry Short were pitchin' on the skiff, Dsus2 (xx0230@1) /C /B Em (022000@1)(fill 2) Trying to make it home before the night Bm/B /F# /B /F# A And the grey waves were rollin', Bm/B /F# /B /F# ABold (x02220@1)the brave, brave ocean G (320003@1) Em(Fill (022000@1)1)x2 And rolled us suckers in Verse 2: Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) GWell (320003@1)I don't keep to goings on, I tend to stick with kin Dsus2 (xx0230@1) /C /B Em(Fill (022000@1)2) But Watson had it in from the beginning Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) GHe (320003@1)built that house on Chatham bend, a whitewashed knotted pine Dsus2 (xx0230@1) /C /B Em(Fill (022000@1)2) Ninety acres furrowed for the cane Bm/B /F# /B /F# AAnd (x02220@1)he drove it down from Georgia Bm/B /F# /B /F# A His dad a martyred soldier G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)(Fill 1) /G In the war between the States Chorus: A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) Dsus2 (xx0230@1)/D /C /B Lord, bring down the flood A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) Dsus2Wash (xx0230@1)away the blood /C /B EmAnd (022000@1)drown these everglades /C /B EmAnd (022000@1)put us in our place Bm/B /F# /B /F# C (x32010@1) (Fill 3) We layed Edgar Watson in his grave G (320003@1) Em(Fill (022000@1)1)x4 We layed him in his grave Verse 3: Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) GTill (320003@1)I'm dust I'll never know why he came ashore Dsus2 (xx0230@1) /C /B Em(Fill (022000@1)2) With all those killers gathered on the shorelines Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) GKicking (320003@1)holes in ugly mud, with trigger fingers pinched Dsus2 (xx0230@1) /C /B Em (022000@1)(Fill 2) A brace of rifles bristled in the wind Bm/B /F# /B /F# A And we towed his body northbound Bm/B /F# /B /F# A And buried him all face down G (320003@1) Em(Fill (022000@1)1) /G With a good view into hell Chorus: A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) Dsus2/D (xx0230@1) /C /B Lord, bring down the flood A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) Dsus2Wash (xx0230@1)away the blood /C /B EmAnd (022000@1)drown these everglades /C /B EmAnd (022000@1)put us in our place Bm/B /F# /B /F# C (x32010@1)(Fill 3) We layed Edgar Watson in his grave G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)(Fill 1) We layed him in his grave Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1)(Fill 1) We layed him in his grave Em (022000@1) (Fill 1)x3 EmWe (022000@1)layed him in his gra____ve End