Oh No! chords by The Decemberists

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Baug

Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
It was on a  (E minor) wedding night
B 
How they danced by the  (B major) firelight
And the bride was well arrayed
By her fifteen chambermaids
Em 
 (E minor) 

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Verse 2

As her father raised a toast

To the health of all the host

We descended from the apse

To bear witness to the whole collapse

Verse 3
C 
Em 
And it's  (C major) oh,  (E minor) no
C 
Em 
We're jumped  (C major) up and ready to go  (E minor) 
C 
 (C major) Where do you think that the
Em 
money  (E minor) comes from?
B 
Do you think  (B major) it just naturally grows?
C 
Em 
And it's  (C major) oh, no  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
We  (C major) lurk at the end of the row  (E minor) 
C 
 (C major) Listening for whistling,
Em 
a bang  (E minor) from the drum
B 
And it seems  (B major) that we've
C 
caught you in tow  (C major) 
Between the devil and the

Interlude 1

devil you know

Verse 4

In the back of the bazaar

By the tramps and the muscle cars

We have gathered two by two

Just to figure out what to do

Verse 5

Pretty Sarah's a sotted mess

Gone and spoiled her party dress

All her suitors so entranced

Who will join her in the ambulance?

Verse 6
C 
Em 
And it's  (C major) oh, no  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
I'm sure  (C major) that you'd just love to know  (E minor) 
C 
But  (C major) what will you do when
Em 
the  (E minor) rumpus is done
B 
And it's  (B major) time that we all
were gone home?
C 
Em 
And it's  (C major) oh, no  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
 (C major) Kick up your heels in a row  (E minor) 
C 
A song  (C major) that is sung where my
Em 
 (E minor) people come from
B 
And it's  (B major) best when it's
C 
not sung alone  (C major) 
Between the devil and the devil
B 
Em 
 (B major) you  (E minor) know

Interlude 2

Verse 7
C 
Em 
And it's  (C major) oh, no  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
 (C major) Dash him in one final  (E minor) blow
C 
Stick  (C major) to the rackets,
Em 
the  (E minor) heavy's a hack
B 
And he's singing  (B major) pianissimo
C 
Em 
 (C major) For the devil and the devil you  (E minor) know

Verse 8
Em 
 (E minor) 
When the casks have all run dry
B 
And we've laid our  (B major) knuckles by
Standing legless on the pews
Em 
Shouting curses to our  (E minor) union dues

Verse 9

Out beyond the city walls

In the grotesque mountain halls

There's a darkness coming on

So it's best I think we rambled on

Verse 10
C 
Em 
And it's  (C major) oh, no  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
 (C major) On to the next bloody show  (E minor) 
C 
You  (C major) won't feel so loose with
Em 
a noose  (E minor) 'round your neck
B 
When those  (B major) cold winter
winds start to blow
C 
Em 
And it's  (C major) oh, no  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
 (C major) One more before we go  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
 (C major) How can we ever get  (E minor) used
to this dreck?
B 
C 
'Cause I'm sick  (B major) and I want to go home  (C major) 
Em 
To the devil and the devil we know  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
B 
To the  (C major) devil and the devil we  (E minor) know  (B major) 
Em 
C 
D 
Em 
 (E minor) To  the  (C major) devil and the devil  (D major) we  (E minor) know

Outro 1
Em 
B 
Em 
 (E minor)  (B major)  (E minor) 
B 
F#m 
B 
 (B major)  (F sharp minor)  (B major) 
Em 
B 
 (E minor)  (B major) 
Em 
B 
C 
 (E minor)  (B major)  (C major) 
B 
Baug 
Em 
 (B major)  (Baug)  (E minor) 