Down By The Water
DecemberistsVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
|0-2-2-0-0-0|
|3-2-0-0-0-3|
|x-x-0-2-3-2| or |2-x-0-2-3-2|
|x-3-2-0-1-0| or |3-3-2-0-1-0|
The inverted chords are to taste. They fit (obviously) within the song's
progression, and you can add them if you want to. I play the Fin the D
major chord (really it's just a triad with doubled notes) with my thumb.
I'm taking the lyrics from the unregistered chord sheet on this site for
ease of use, but I'm changing the chords since, well, they were wrong. (Note
on the intro, I made it like a lead sheet you'd see in a jazz band: The
upward line is a bar line, the slashes are the same chords based on
rhythm/spacing. The Em is played in the same rhythm as the chords before it,
but the D major chord is played as two staccato quarter notes; you'll hear
it in the song)
Lines in parentheses are words I can't quite make out.
~~~~~~~~~
See this ancient riverbed
See where all the follies led
Down by the water, (and) down by the old main drag
I was just some towhead teen
Feelin' 'round for fingers to get in-between
Down by the water, down by the old main drag
The season rubs me wrong
The summer swells anon
So knock me down, tear me up
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
Sweet decsend this rabble 'round
the pretty little patter of a seaport town
Rolling in the water and rolling down the old main drag
All dolled up in gabardine
The lash-flashing Leda of pier nineteen
Queen of the water and queen of the old main drag
The season rubs me wrong
The summer swells anon
So knock me down, tear me up
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
BREAK/SOLOS
The season rubs me wrong
The summer swells anon
So knock me down, tear me up
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
OUTRO/CODA
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
(There's a ritardando in the last line, you'll hear it)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, that's their latest song!
Like I said, totally blew me away, hope you guys have fun with it.
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Readable chord sheet for Down By The Water by Decemberists
[Em] |0-2-2-0-0-0| [G] |3-2-0-0-0-3| [D] |x-x-0-2-3-2| or [D/F#] |2-x-0-2-3-2| [C] |x-3-2-0-1-0| or [C/G] |3-3-2-0-1-0| The inverted chords are to taste. They fit (obviously) within the song's progression, and you can add them if you want to. I play the F major chord (really it's just a triad with doubled notes) with my thumb. I'm taking the lyrics from the unregistered chord sheet on this site for ease of use, but I'm changing the chords since, well, they were wrong. (Note on the intro, I made it like a lead sheet you'd see in a jazz band: The upward line is a bar line, the slashes are the same chords based on rhythm/spacing. The Em is played in the same rhythm as the chords before it, but the D major chord is played as two staccato quarter notes; you'll hear it in the song) Lines in parentheses are words I can't quite make out. ~~~~~~~~~ [C] [Em] [C] [Em] [D] [Em]See this ancient [G]riverbed [D]See where all the [C]follies led [Em]Down by the water, (and) d[D]own by the old main[Em] drag [Em]I was just some[G] towhead teen [D]Feelin' 'round for finge[C]rs to get in-between [Em]Down by the water, do[D]wn by the old main[Em] drag [Em]The season [D]rubs me [Em]wrong [Em]The summer[D] swells[C] anon [Em]So knock me down,[G] tear me up [D]But I would bear it all broken just[C] to fill my cup [Em]Down by the water and[D] down by the old m[Em]ain drag [C] [Em] [C] [Em] [D] [Em]Sweet decsend this [G]rabble 'round the [D]pretty little patter of[C] a seaport town [Em]Rolling in the water and r[D]olling down the old mai[Em]n drag [Em]All dolled up in[G] gabardine [D]The lash-flashing Leda of [C]pier nineteen [Em]Queen of the water and[D] queen of the old m[Em]ain drag [Em]The season[D] rubs me [Em]wrong [Em]The summer[D] swells[C] anon [Em]So knock me down,[G] tear me up [D]But I would bear it all broken just[C] to fill my cup [Em]Down by the water and[D] down by the old m[Em]ain drag BREAK/SOLOS [C] [Em] [C] [Em] [D] [Em] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [D] [Em]The season[D] rubs me [Em]wrong [Em]The summer[D] swells[C] anon [Em]So knock me down,[G] tear me up [D]But I would bear it all broken just[C] to fill my cup [Em]Down by the water and[D] down by the old m[Em]ain drag OUTRO/CODA [Em]Down by the water and[D] down by the old m[Em]ain drag [Em]Down by the water and[D] down by the old m[Em]ain drag (There's a ritardando in the last line, you'll hear it) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, that's their latest song! Like I said, totally blew me away, hope you guys have fun with it.