A Cautionary Song chords by The Decemberists
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Intro 1
(A minor) (E major) (A minor) (E major) (A minor) (E major) (A minor) (E major)
Verse 1
(A minor) There's
a place your (E major) mother (A minor) goes
When everybody else is
soundly (D minor) sleeping
Through (A minor) the lights of (E major) beacon street
And (A minor) if you listen (E major) you
can (A minor) hear her (D minor) weeping
(D major) She's (E major) weeping
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Verse 2
'Cause the (F major) gentlemen are (C major) calling
(F major) And the snow is softly (C major) falling
(F major) On her (C major) petticoats
And she's standing (F major) in the (C major) harbor
(F major) And she's waiting for the (C major) sailors
(F major) In (C major) the jolly boat
See (E major) how they approach?
Verse 3
With (A minor) dirty hands and trousers torn
They grapple 'til she's
safe within their (D minor) keeping
A (A minor) gag is placed between (E major) her (A minor) lips
To keep her sorry tongue from any speaking (D minor)
(D major) Or screamin'
(E major)
Verse 4
And they (F major) row her out to (C major) packets
(F major) Where the sailor's sorry racket
Calls for (C major) maidenhead
And she's scarce (F major) above the (C major) gunwales
(F major) When her clothes fall to a bundle
And she's laid (C major) in bed
On the (E major) upper deck
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(E major) (D major) (D minor)
(D major) (E major)
(D major) (D minor)
(D major) (E major)
Verse 5
And so (A minor) she goes from (E major) ship to (A minor) ship
Her ankles clasped,
her arms so rudely (D major) pinioned (A minor) (A major) (D major) (A minor)
'Til at last she's (E major) satisfied
(A minor) The lot of the marina's teeming (D major) minions
(A minor) In their opinions (E major)
(B minor) (E major)
Verse 6
And they (F major) tell her not to (C major) say a thing
(F major) To cousin, kindred, (C major) kith or kin
(F major) Or she'll (C major) end up dead
And they throw (F major) her thirty (C major) dollars
(F major) And return her to the (C major) harbor
Where she goes to bed
And this is (E major) how your fed
Verse 7
So be kind (D minor) to your mother
Though she may (E major) seem an awful bother
And the nex (D minor) t time she tries to feed
you col (E major) lard greens
Verse 8
Remember what she does when you're asleep
Remember what she does when you're asleep
A Cautionary Song
The Decemberists
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