The Gymnast, High Above the Ground chords by
The Decemberists

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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The gymnast,
D D 
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G G 
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high above the ground,
Limbers up and falls timber town
Ankles splayed and all tied
D D 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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The gymnast long has arrived
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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Lasy, your
A A 
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D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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long sister lays
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Em Em 
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Waiting out this long
D D 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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light brigade
D D 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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Prayed for snow a long time
Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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A A 
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And lazy, it long
Em Em 
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G G 
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has arrived
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G G 
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Verse 2
C C 
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Through the tarlatan holes
You've been slipping,
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C C 
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been slipping away
And the weather will hold
G G 
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It's been ever, so ever, so gray

Verse 3
G G 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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And here as we're coming down
C C 
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Cm Cm 3
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We're sounding out: it's a terrible,
C C 
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Em Em 
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terrible tide
D D 
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G G 
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C C 
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As it lights upon your eye

Verse 4
Em Em 
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G G 
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But there on the motorway, reeks
C C 
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of marmalade,
Cm Cm 3
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C C 
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Em Em 
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It's a   chemical, chemical kind
G G 
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C C 
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As it lights upon your eye...
Am Am 
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C C 
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Lights upon your eye

Interlude 1

Verse 5
Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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The bosun call
D D 
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Em Em 
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Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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s  upon the quay
Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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Em Em 
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Compass gone,
D D 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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he long has lost his way
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G G 
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Em Em 
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To lighthouse shine, to calm tide
G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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D D 
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The bosun long
Em Em 
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D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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has arrived
G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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Verse 6
C C 
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Through the tarlatan holes
You've been slipping,
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C C 
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been slipping away
And the weather will hold
G G 
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It's been ever, so ever, so gray

Verse 7
G G 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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And here as we're coming down
C C 
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Cm Cm 3
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We're sounding out: it's a terrible,
C C 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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terrible tide
G G 
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C C 
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As it lights upon your eye

Verse 8
Em Em 
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G G 
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But there on the motorway, reeks
C C 
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of marmalade,
Cm Cm 3
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C C 
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Em Em 
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It's a chemical, chemical kind
G G 
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C C 
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As it lights upon your eye...
Am Am 
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Lights upon your eye

Interlude 2

Verse 9

April marches on

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