This is a compilation of tabs from various users to form a perfect album tab. All credit will be properly given to each user that contributed to towards the album's tabs/chords. REMEMBER ALL CREDIT IS GIVEN (I only tweak to clean up! This could not have been done without you!) Artist: The Decemberists Album: The King Is Dead Tracks: 1. Don't Carry It All (Tuning: EADGBE) 2. Calamity Song (Tuning: EADGBE) 3. Rise To Me (Tuning: EADGBE) 4. Rox In The Box (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2) 5. January Hymn (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2) 6. Down By The Water (Tuning: EADGBE) 7. All Arise! (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2) 8. June Hymn (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2) 9. This Is Why We Fight (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2) 10.Dear Avery (Tuning: DADGBE CAPO 3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Don't Carry It All Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: RandMcNally G G G Em D Here we come to a turning of the season. G G G Em D Witness to the arc toward the sun. G G G Em D A neighbors blessed burden within reason. G G G Becomes a burden born of all and one. Em D C And nobody, nobody knows. C C G Let the oath fall from our shoulders. C C Em (D) Don't carry it all, don't carry it all. C C G We are all our hands and holders. Bm C Beneath this bold and brilliant sun. C This I swear to all. G G G Em D Monument to build beneath the arbors. Upon a blimp that towers toward the trees. Let every vessel pitching hard to starboard. Lay it's head on summer's freckled knees. Em D C And nobody, nobody knows. C C G Let the oath fall from our shoulders. C C Em (D) Don't carry it all, don't carry it all. C C G We are all our hands and holders. Bm C Beneath this bold and brilliant sun. C G Em D This I swear to all......and this I swear to all. Bm C Bare a wreath of trillium and ivy. Bm Em Laid upon the body of the boy. Bm C Lazy will the love come from it's hiding. Am D And return this quiet searcher to the soil. G G G Em D So raise a glass to turnings of the season. And watch it as it arcs towards the sun. And you must bare your neighbors burden within reason. And your labors will be borne when all is done. Em D C And nobody, nobody knows. C C G Let the oath fall from our shoulders. C C Em (D) Don't carry it all, don't carry it all. C C G We are all our hands and holders. Bm C Beneath this bold and brilliant sun. C G Em D This I swear to all......and this I swear to all. And this I swear to all... And this I swear to all... To all, to all, to all... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Calamity Song Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: CrackedCan Verse; Repeats a bunch of times. Play along with the song to get the rhythm. e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-2----2-2-4-2----2----2-2-----2------2----2-2-4-2----2----2-2-----2-------| D|-0----0-0-0-0----0----0-0-2h4---2-0--0----0-0-0-0----0----0-0-2h4---2-0---| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-2----2-2-4-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2----2-2-4-2----2----2----5----4-2-0| A|-0----0-0-0-0-----0-----0-0-2h4---2-0-0----0-0-0-0----0----0----0----0-0-0| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus; its just G and D repeating. Probably not perfect. e|-------3---------3------------3-------------------------------------------| B|------------0---------0------------0--(0)---------------------------------| G|--------------0---------0------------0------------------------------------| D|-----0--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---2----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-3------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------0----2------------0----2-------------------------------------------| B|-----3----------(3)----3----------(3)-------------------------------------| G|---2-----------------2----------------------------------------------------| D|-0-----------------0------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| The very end e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------0| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------3| G|-2----2-2-4-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2----2-2-4-2----2--------------------2| D|-0----0-0-0-0-----0-----0-0-2h4---2-0-0----0-0-0-0----0----2----4----5-7---0| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Lyrics: Had a dream You and me and the war of the end times And I believe California succumbed to the fault line We heaved relief As scores of innocents died And the Andalusian tribes Setting the lay of Nebraska alight 'Til all that remains is the arms of the angel Petty greed Queen of supply-side bonhomie bone-drab You know what I mean On the road It's well advised that you follow your own bag In the year of the chewable Ambien tab And the Panamanian child Stands at the Dowager Empress's side And all that remains is the arms of the angel And all that remains is the arms of the angels And you've receded into loam And they're picking at your bones Will call cold We'll come home Quiet now Will we gather to conjure the rain down? Will we now Build a civilization below ground? And I'll be crowned the community kick-it-around And the Andalusian tribes Setting the lay of Nebraska alight 'Til all that remains is the arms of the angels 'Til all that remains is the arms of the angels ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Rise To Me Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: {LLC}Jaroom Am:002210 Bm:224432 C: 032010 D: 000232 Em:022000 G: 320003 INTRO Lick to G chord 2X: e----------------------------------3 B--3---10-10-10---7-7-7---5-5-5----3 G--2---9--11-9----7-9-7---5-7-5-0--0 D--0---0--0--0----0-0-0---0-0-0----0 A----------------------------------2 E----------------------------------3 C Am Bm C Big mountain, wide river, there's an ancient port C Bm D C These tree trunks, these stream beds, leave our bellies full G D C G They sing out, "I am gonna stand my ground" D C G You rise to me and I'll blow you down Em C D D C G I am gonna stand my ground, you rise to me and I'll blow you down [Interlude same as intro] Hey Henry, can you hear me? Let me see those eyes [use verse chords] This distance between us can seem a mountain size But boy, you are gonna stand your ground [use chorus chords] They rise to you, you blow them down Let me see you stand your ground, they rise to you, you blow them down [Instrumental: intro once, C, Am, Bm, C, C, Bm, D, C, G, intro once] My darling, my sweetheart, I am in your sway [use verse chords] Two cold climbs, come springtime, so let me hear you say My love, I am gonna stand my ground [use chorus chords] They rise to me, and I'll blow them down I am gonna stand my ground, they rise me and I'll blow them down D C G D C G Cause I am gonna stand my ground, you rise me, and I'll blow you down [G,D, intro once] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Rox In The box Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 Tabbed By: DonTago Intro: [Am - C - Em - Am] x2 Verse 1: Am C G We get the rocks in the box, get the water right down to your socks Em Am This bulkheads built of fallen brethren bones Am C G We all do what we can, we endure our fellow man Em Am And we sing our songs to the headframes, creeps and bones Chorus 1: F C And it's one, two, three, of the wrong side of the lee G Am What we meant for, what we meant for F C And its seven, eight, nine, you get your shuffle back in line G Am And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again G Am And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again Interlude: [Am - C - Em - Am] x2 Verse 2: [use verse 1 chords] And you won't make it time on this gray ground of mountain mine Of dirt your made and of dirt you will return So while were living here, let's get this other one thing clear There's plenty of men to die, you don't jump your turn Chorus 2: [use chorus 1 chords] And it's one, two, three, of the wrong side of the lee What we meant for, what we meant for And its seven, eight, nine, you get your shuffle back in line And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again Interlude: [Am - C - Em - Am] x2, then [Am - G - Em - C] x2 Chorus 3: [use chorus 1 chords] And it's one, two, three, of the wrong side of the lee What we meant for, whatever your meant for And its seven, eight, nine, you get your shuffle back in line And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. January Hymn Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 Tabbed By: Primotiv86 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 F G C Csus2 C Csus4 On a winter's Sunday I go F G C Csus2 C Csus4 To clear away the snow F G C Csus2 C Csus4 F G And green the ground below C F G C Csus2 C Csus4 April all an ocean away F G C Csus2 C Csus4 Is this the better way to spend the day? F G C Csus2 C Csus4 F G Keeping the winter at bay Chorus 1: F G C F What were the words I meant to say before you left? Am F G G7 G6 G When I could see your breath lead where you were going to C F G C Csus2 C Csus4 Maybe I should just let it be F G C Csus2 C Csus4 And maybe it will all come back to me F G C Sing: O, Janu--ary, O C Csus2 C Csus4 Fm7 G Gsus2 x2 Verse 2: C F G C Csus2 C Csus4 How I lived a childhood in snow F G C Csus2 C Csus4 And all my teens in tow F G C Csus2 C Csus4 F G Stuffed in strata of clothes C F G C Csus2 C Csus4 Pale the winter days after dark F G C Csus2 C Csus4 Wandering the gray memorial park F G C Csus2 C Csus4 F G A fleeting beating of hearts Chorus 2: F G C F What were the words I meant to say before she left? Am F G G7 G6 G When I could see her breath lead where she was going to C F G C Csus2 C Csus4 Maybe I should just let it be F G C Csus2 C Csus4 And maybe it will all come back to me F G F G C Sing: O, Janu-, O Janu--ary, O C Csus2 C Csus4 Fm7 G Gsus2 G x4 End on C ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Down By The Water Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Chris_Parker INTRO C | Em | C | Em / D / | VERSE Em G See this ancient riverbed D C See where all the follies led Em D Em Down by the water, (and) down by the old main drag Em G I was just some towhead teen D C Feelin' 'round for fingers to get in-between Em D Em Down by the water, down by the old main drag PRECHORUS Em D Em The season rubs me wrong Em D C The summer swells anon CHORUS Em G So knock me down, tear me up D C But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag BREAK C | Em | C | Em / D / | VERSE Em G Sweet decsend this rabble 'round D C the pretty little patter of a seaport town Em D Em Rolling in the water and rolling down the old main drag Em G All dolled up in gabardine D C The lash-flashing Leda of pier nineteen Em D Em Queen of the water and queen of the old main drag PRECHORUS Em D Em The season rubs me wrong Em D C The summer swells anon CHORUS Em G So knock me down, tear me up D C But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag BREAK/SOLOS C | Em | C | Em D | Em | G | D | C | Em | D PRECHORUS Em D Em The season rubs me wrong Em D C The summer swells anon CHORUS Em G So knock me down, tear me up D C But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag OUTRO/CODA Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag Em D Em Down by the water and down by the old main drag (There's a ritardando in the last line, you'll hear it) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. All Arise! Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 Tabbed By: DonTago Intro: G Verse 1: G Baby wants a new spin, baby wants a broken heart G I hear you found a lynch pin to keep it all falling apart C G But you keep on rolling, you keep on rolling G Better find a way, better kick it from your big brown eyes G If it tightens up when you fall at the fifteenth try C G C G Like a ship at ocean, like a ship at ocean, like a ship at ocean, like a ship at sea Chorus 1: D C G You spit thick and you cross your heart but the culverts all run dry C G D G From keeping shotguns shy all around me, just be mine tonight Verse 2: [use verse 1 chords] So the dollar-shop shoppers broke a lock and they knocked you down Better call the coppers if you need someone to push you around You keep on stealing, you keep on stealing, you keep on stealing There's nothing left to steal Chorus 2: [use chorus 1 chords] You spit thick and you cross your heart but the culverts all run dry From keeping shotguns shy all around me, just be mine tonight Just be mine tonight, just be mine tonight ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. June Hymn Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 Tabbed By: DonTago & Bensulley Intro: G Verse 1: G D* Em G D* Em Here's the hymn to welcome in the day, heralding a summer's early sway C C/B Am C/B And all the bulbs all coming in to begin C C/B Am G/Am D* The thrushes bleating battle with the wrens disrupts my reverie again Verse 2: [Use verse 1 chords] Pegging clothing on the line Training jasmine how to vine up the arbor to your door, and more You're standing on the landing with the war you shouldered all the night before Chorus 1: C D* G C And once upon it, the yellow bonnets, garland all the lawn Am D* G C And you were waking and day was breaking, a panoply of song D C/G G And summer comes to Springville Hill Verse 3: [use verse 1 chords] A barony of ivy in the trees, expanding out its empire by degrees And all the branches burst to bloom, in the boom Heaven sent this cardinal maroon to decorate our living room Chorus 2: [use chorus 1 chords] Once upon it, yellow bonnets, garland all along You were waking, day was breaking, a panoply of song And summer comes to Springville Hill Bridge: C D* Em C And years from now when this old light isn't ambling anymore Am D/F# G D* Em Will I bring myself to writ-E-ite-E-ite-ite-E-ite C D* G I give my best to Springville Hill Interlude: [G - Em - G - Em], then [C - C/B - Am - G/Am], then [C - C/B - Am - G/Am - D/F#] Chorus 3: [use chorus 1 chords] Once upon it, yellow bonnets, garland all along You were waking, day was breaking, a panoply of song And summer comes to Springville Hill ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. This Is Why We Fight Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 Tabbed By: AgusBegue Chords Used: G: 320033 C: x32010 D: xx0232 Em: 022000 Em7:022033 Em7/F#:2x2033 Intro: [Em7 - Em7/F# - G] x4 Verse 1: Em C Em C Come the war, come the avarice Em C Em C Come the war, come how? Em C Em C Come attrition, come the reek of bones Em C Em C Come attrition, come how? Chorus 1: G D Em C This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake G D C This is why, this is why we fight G D Em C And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound G D C Em7 Em7/F# G Em7 Em7/F# G This is why, this is why we fight, come how? Verse 2: [use verse 1 chords] Right of quiet, writer on quiet vein Right of quiet, right of how Come the arches, come the infant cheek Come the arches of how Chorus 2: [use chorus 1 chords] This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake This is why, this is why we fight And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound This is why, this is why we fight, come how, come how? Interlude: [Em7 - Em7/F# - G] x4 Chorus 3: [use chorus 1 chords] This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake This is why, this is why we fight And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound This is why, this is why we fight Chorus 4: [use chorus 1 chords] So come to me, come to me now Lay your arms around me This is why, this is why we fight Come how, come how, come how, come how? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.Dear Avery Tuning: DADGBE CAPO 3 Tabbed By: Phalex Chords: Dsus2: 000230 Gm: 000333 or (sometimes 000330) D: 000232 A: 002220 G: 55500- Em: 222000 Bm: -24430 Intro: Dsus2 Gm Dsus2 Gm Verse: Dsus2 Gm Dear Avery, I think of you only Dsus2 Gm Were you waving? Were you dead on the vine? Dsus2 Gm Oh Avery, I think of you lonely Dsus2 Gm But I could just grab you by the nape of your neck Chorus: A G D There are times life will rattle your bones and will bend your limbs A G D You're still far and away the boy you've ever been A G D So you bend back and shake at the frame Of the frame you made Bm A G But don't you shake alone Em A Please Avery-y-y-y, come home Dsus2 Gm Dsus2 Gm Verse (Dsus2 Gm): Headstrong, you and your long arms Listing lazily on the cusp of your teens But you were my Avery and when you needed saving I could just grab you by the nape of your neck Chorus: There are times life will rattle your bones And will bend your limbs You're still far and away the boy you've ever been So you bend back and shake at the frame Of the frame you made But don't you shake alone Please Avery, come home Bm A G (Don't you shake alone!) Em A Please Avery-y-y-y, come home Dsus2 Gm (repeat to end) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- END!!!!!