Song: January Hymn
Band: The Decemberists
Album: The King is Dead
Tabbed by: Jon Ransom

I'm compiling this tab using jimts and Don Tago's versions, so thanks goes
to them for laying all of the ground work.  The only major change to this
tab you'll see are the Csus2 and Csus4 chords that Colin uses to fill in
between the FM7 chords.  I've seen him play this live and it isn't that
difficult to get the hang of the chord changes.

Standard Tuning with Capo on 2nd Fret

Chords (relative to capo)
      EADGBe
C    :032010
Csus2:030010
Csus4:033010
F    :033210 actually an Fm7
G    :320030
Gsus2:300030
G6   :322000
G7   :323003

Intro: C  Csus2  C  Csus4  Fm7  G  Gsus2  G x3

Verse 1:
C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)G (320003@1)   CCsus2 CCsus4     
On a winter's Sunday I go   
    F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)Csus2C Csus4To (x33010@1)clear away the snow
     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)Csus2C Csus4 (x33010@1)F (133211@1)GAnd (320003@1)green the ground below
C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)G (320003@1)  CCsus2 CCsus4
April all an ocean away
    F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)Csus2C Csus4 (x33010@1) 
Is this the better way to spend the day?  
F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)       CCsus2 CCsus4  F (133211@1)GKeeping (320003@1)the winter at bay

Chorus 1:
F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)            FWhat (133211@1)were the words I meant to say before you left?
    Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)                      G (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)G6 (320000@1)GWhen (320003@1)I could see your breath lead where you were going to
C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)Csus2C Csus4Maybe (x33010@1)I should just let it be
     F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)              CCsus2 CCsus4
And maybe it will all come back to me
      F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)     CSing: (x32010@1)O, Janu--ary, O

C  Csus2  C  Csus4  Fm7  G  Gsus2  x2

Verse 2:
C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)      CCsus2 CCsus4     
How I lived a childhood in snow
     F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)Csus2C Csus4 (x33010@1)And all my teens in tow
     F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)Csus2C Csus4 (x33010@1)F (133211@1)GStuffed (320003@1)in strata of clothes
C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)Csus2C  Csus4 (x33010@1)    
Pale the winter days after dark
F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)Csus2C Csus4Wandering (x33010@1)the gray memorial park
   F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)Csus2C Csus4F  GA (320003@1)fleeting beating of hearts

Chorus 2:
F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)            FWhat (133211@1)were the words I meant to say before she left?
    Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)                      G (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)G6 (320000@1)GWhen (320003@1)I could see her breath lead where she was going to
C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)Csus2C Csus4Maybe (x33010@1)I should just let it be
     F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)              CCsus2 CCsus4
And maybe it will all come back to me
      F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1) 
Sing: O, Janu-, O Janu--ary, O

C (x32010@1)Csus2 (x35533@1)C (x32010@1)Csus4 (x33010@1)Fm7 (131141@1)G (320003@1)Gsus2 (3x0233@1)G (320003@1)x4  End on C (x32010@1)