The Bachelor and the Bride chords by The Decemberists

SimplifiedEm · Asus4 · G · D · C …

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Em
Asus4
G
D
C
B
A
Am

Verse 1
Em 
There's a wrinkle
Asus4 
G 
in the water
D 
Em 
C 
Where we laid our first daughter
Em 
And I think the wind blows
Asus4 
C 
so sweetly there
B 
Em 
Over there
Asus4 
A 
And the windows and the cinders
D 
C 
Em 
And the willows in the timbers
Asus4 
A 
C 
The infernal rattling    of the rain
B 
Still remains

Verse 2
Em 
B 
Em 
"But I" said the bachelor to the bride
B 
C 
"Am not waiting for tonight.
G 
Am 
No, I will box your ears
B 
Em 
And leave you here stripped bare."
Asus4 
A 
D 
C 

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Verse 3
Em 
Asus4 
Hear the corncrakes and
D 
the deerhooves
C 
And the sleet rain on
Em 
the slate roof
Asus4 
C 
A medallion locked inside her hand
B 
Em 
In her hand
Asus4 
A 
D 
And his fingers are they telling
C 
Em 
Of the barren of her belly
Asus4 
And his callouses cure
A 
C 
her furrowed brow
B 
Even now

Verse 4
Em 
B 
Em 
"But I," said the bachelor to the bride
B 
C 
"Am not waiting for tonight.
G 
Am 
A 
No, I will box your ears
B 
Em 
Asus4 
A 
And leave you here stripped
D 
C 
bare."
Em 
Asus4 
A 
D 

Verse 5
C 
Em 
B 
Em 
"But I," said the bachelor to the bride
B 
C 
"Am not waiting for tonight.
G 
A 
No, I will box your ears
C 
And take your tears
Am 
C 
And leave you, leave you here
B 
Stripped bare."