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) C (x32010@1)name="chord_x35533@1">Csus2 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x33010@1">Csus4
On a winter's Sunday I go
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Csus2 (x35533@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Csus4To (x33010@1)clear away the snow
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Csus2 (x35533@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Csus4 (x33010@1)F (133211@1)GAnd (320003@1)green the ground below
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_x35533@1">Csus2 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x33010@1">Csus4
April all an ocean away
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Csus2 (x35533@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Csus4 (x33010@1)
Is this the better way to spend the day?
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_x35533@1">Csus2 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x33010@1">Csus4 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)Csus2 (x35533@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Csus4Maybe (x33010@1)I should just let it be
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_x35533@1">Csus2 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x33010@1">Csus4
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) C (x32010@1)name="chord_x35533@1">Csus2 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x33010@1">Csus4
How I lived a childhood in snow
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Csus2 (x35533@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Csus4 (x33010@1)And all my teens in tow
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Csus2 (x35533@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C 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)Csus2 (x35533@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Csus4 (x33010@1)
Pale the winter days after dark
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Csus2 (x35533@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Csus4Wandering (x33010@1)the gray memorial park
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Csus2 (x35533@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Csus4 (x33010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F 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)Csus2 (x35533@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Csus4Maybe (x33010@1)I should just let it be
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_x35533@1">Csus2 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x33010@1">Csus4
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)
