The Rake's Song chords by The Decemberists
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Intro 1
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major)
I had (E minor) entered (G major)
Verse 1
into a mar (E minor) riage (G major)
In the sum (E minor) mer (G major) of my twenty-first year
(E minor) year (G major)
And the bells (E minor) (G major) rang for our (E minor) wed ding (G major)
Only (E minor) now do (G major) I remember it clear
(E minor) Alright, (A minor) alright, (C major) alright
(G major)
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Verse 2
No more a (E minor) rake (G major) and no
more a bachel (E minor) (G major) or
I (E minor) was wedded (G major) and it
whetted my thirst (E minor) (G major)
Until her (E minor) womb start (G major) spilling out (E minor) babies
(G major) Only (E minor) then did (G major) I reckon my curse (E minor)
Alright, (A minor) alright, (C major) alright
(G major) Alright, (A minor) alright, (C major) alright (G major)
(E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major)
Verse 3
First came
Isai (E minor) ah (G major) with his crinkled little (E minor) fingers
(G major) Then came (E minor) Charlotte (G major) and that
wretched girl (E minor) Dawn (G major)
Ugly My (E minor) fanwy (G major) died
on de (E minor) liv ery (G major)
Mercifully tak (E minor) ing (G major) her mother (E minor) along
Alright, (A minor) alright,
(C major) alright (G major)
(E minor) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 4
(G major) What can one (E minor) do (G major) when one
is (E minor) widower (G major)
Shamefully (E minor) saddled (G major) with three little (E minor) pests
(G major) All that I (E minor) wanted (G major) was
the freedom (E minor) of a new (G major) life
So my (E minor) burden (G major) I began to divest (E minor)
Alright, (A minor) alright, (C major) alright (G major) (E minor) (G major)
(E minor) Alright, (A minor) alright,
(C major) alright (G major)
(E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major)
Verse 5
(E minor)
(G major) Charlotte I (E minor) buried (G major) after
feeding her fox (E minor) glove
(G major) Dawn (E minor) was easy,
(G major) she was drowned in the (E minor) bath (G major)
Isaiah fought (E minor) (G major) but was easily (E minor) bested (G major)
Burned his (E minor) body (G major) for incurring my wrath
(E minor) Alright, (A minor) alright,
(C major) alright
(G major) (E minor) (G major)
Verse 6
(E minor)
And that's (G major) how I (E minor) came (G major) your
humble narrat (E minor) or (G major)
To be (E minor) living so (G major) easy and (E minor) free
(G major) Expect (E minor) you think (G major) that
I should (E minor) be haunted (G major)
But it (E minor) never (G major) really bothers (E minor) me
Alright, (A minor) alright, (C major) alright (G major)
(E minor) (G major) (E minor) Alright, (A minor) alright,
(C major) alright
Outro 1
(G major) (E minor) (G major)
(E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
The Rake's Song
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