The Gymnast, High Above the Ground chords by The Decemberists
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
(G major) The gymnast,
high (D major) (G major) above the ground,
Limbers up and falls timber town
Ankles splayed and all tied
The (D major) gym (G major) nast (E minor) (G major) long (D major) has (G major) ar (B minor) rived
(G major) (B minor) (D major) (G major) (E minor) Lasy, your
long (A major) (D major) sis (B minor) ter (G major) lays (B minor)
Wait (G major) ing (E minor) out this long
(D major) light (G major) brigade (B minor)
(D major) Prayed (G major) for (E minor) snow a long time (G major) (D major) (G major)
(B minor) And lazy, (D major) (G major) (E minor) it (A major) long
(E minor) has (G major) arrived
(D major) (G major)
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Verse 2
(C major)
Through the tarlatan holes
You've been slipping,
been slipping away (G major) (C major)
And the weather will hold
It's been ever, so ever, so (G major) gray
Verse 3
(G major)
And (E minor) here as we're (G major) coming down
We're (C major) sounding out: it's a (C minor) terrible,
terrible (C major) (E minor) tide
(D major) As it (G major) lights upon your (C major) eye
Verse 4
But (E minor) there on the (G major) motorway, reeks
of (C major) marmalade,
It's (C minor) a chemical, chemic (C major) al (E minor) kind
As it (G major) lights upon your (C major) eye...
(A minor) Lights upon your eye (C major)
Interlude 1
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major) (G major) (E minor)
(D major) (G major) (B minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (B minor)
(E minor)
Verse 5
The (B minor) bosun (D major) (G major) (E minor) call
(D major) s (E minor) upon (B minor) the quay (G major)
(B minor) Compass (G major) (E minor) gone,
he long (D major) has lost (G major) his (B minor) way (G major) (B minor)
To light (D major) house (G major) shine, (E minor) to calm tide
(G major) The (D major) (G major) (B minor) bosun (D major) (G major) (E minor) long (D major)
(E minor) has (D major) (B minor) arrived
(G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 6
(C major)
Through the tarlatan holes
You've been slipping,
been slipping away (G major) (C major)
And the weather will hold
It's been ever, so ever, so (G major) gray
Verse 7
(G major)
And (E minor) here as we're (G major) coming down
We're (C major) sounding out: it's a ter (C minor) rible,
ter (C major) rible (D major) (E minor) tide
As it (G major) lights upon your (C major) eye
Verse 8
But (E minor) there on the (G major) motorway, reeks
of (C major) marmalade,
It's a chem (C minor) ical, chem (C major) ical (E minor) kind
As it (G major) lights upon your (C major) eye...
(A minor) Lights upon your eye
Interlude 2
(C major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (E minor)
Verse 9
April (G major) marches on (C major) (E minor)
April (G major) marches on (C major)
(E minor) April (D major) (G major) marches (C major) on
(E minor) April (G major) marches on
The Gymnast, High Above the Ground
The Decemberists
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