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Down By The Water

Decemberists
Version1
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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.

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