E. Watson chords by The Decemberists
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Verse 1
(E minor) (D major) The
(E minor) year old painted pallid gray,
the storm (A major) was coming in (G major) .
(D major) Folks were lining out in all (G major) dir (E minor) ections.
Me and 'Hord' and Henry Short
were pitch (A major) ing on the skiff, (G major)
Try (D major) ing to make it home (Csus2) be
fore (G major) the night (E minor)
And the gray (B minor) waves were rolling. (A major)
Verse 2
(B minor) Bold the brave, brave ocean (A major) and
roll (G major) the suckers in (E minor) . (G major)
Well (E minor) I don't keep to goings on,
I tend (A major) to stick with kin, (G major)
But Watson had it in (Csus2)
from (G major) the begin (E minor) ning.
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Verse 3
(E minor) Built that house on Chatham bed,
wine (A major) wash knotted pine. (G major)
(D major) Ninety acres (Csus2) 'bur
(G major) rowed' for the cane (E minor)
He drove (B minor) it down from Geor (A major) gia,
His (B minor) dad a martyred sol (A major) dier in the
war (G major) between the states.
(E minor) (G major)
Verse 4
(A major) Lord, bring down (G major) the flood. (D major) (G major)
(A major) Wash away (G major) the blood. (D major) Drown (G major) these everglades, (E minor)
and put us in (B minor) our place. (E minor)
We (B minor) laid Edgar Watson in his grave. (C major)
We laid him in his grave.
(E minor) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 5
(D major)
(E minor) 'Till I'm dust I'll never know
why (A major) he came ashore, (G major)
With all those (D major) killers gathered
on (B minor) the shoreline. (E minor)
Kicking holes in ugly mud,
trig (A major) ger fingers pinched, (G major)
(D major) Brace your rifles, (Csus2) bristled in (G major) the wind. (E minor)
And we towed (B minor) his body north (A major) bound,
(B minor) Buried him all face (A major) down with
a good (G major) view into Hell.
(E minor) (G major)
Verse 6
(A major) Lord, bring down down (G major) the flood. (D major) (C major)
(A major) Wash away (G major) the blood. (D major)
Drown (G major) these
(E minor) Everglades, put (G major) us in our (D major) place. (E minor)
We laid (B minor) Edgar Watson in his grave. (C major)
We laid him in his grave. (E minor)
We laid him in his grave.
We laid him in (G major) his grave.
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E. Watson
The Decemberists
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