Yankee Bayonet
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
(note: the intro lick uses Cadd9, if you're lazy and don't wanna play the riff you can
add the ninth after defining the chord)
Heart-carved tree trunk, Yankee bayonet
A sweetheart left behind
Far from the hills of the sea-swelled Carolinas
That's where my true love lies
( )
Look for me when the sun-bright swallow
Sings upon the birch bough high
But you are in the ground with the voles and the weevils
All a'chew upon your bones so dry
( x2)
(Chorus)
But when the sun breaks
To no more bullets in Battle Creek
Then will you make a grave
For I will be home then
I will be home then
I will be home then
I will be home then
Then
(Interlude)
(note: in the same style as the intro)
When I was a girl how the hills of Oconee
Made a seam to hem me in
There at the fair when our eyes caught, careless
Got my heart right pierced by a pin
( )
But oh, did you see all the dead of Manassas
All the bellies and the bones and the bile
No, I lingered here with the blankets barren
And my own belly big with child
( x2)
(Chorus)
But when the sun breaks
To no more bullets in Battle Creek
Then will you make a grave
For I will be home then
I will be home then
I will be home then
I will be home then
(Bridge)
Stems and bones and stone walls too
Could keep me from you
Skein of skin is all too few
To keep me from you
( )
(note: in the same style as the intro)
But oh my love, though our bodies may be parted
Though our skin may not touch skin
Look for me with the sun-bright sparrow
I will come on the breath of the wind
x2
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Readable chord sheet for Yankee Bayonet by Decemberists
[C](n[Am]ote[C]: [Am]the intro lick uses Cadd9, if you're lazy and don't wanna play the riff you can add the ninth after defining the chord) [C]Heart-carved tree trunk, [Am]Yankee bayonet [C]A sweetheart left be[Am]hind [C]Far from the hills of the [Am]sea-swelled Carolinas [C]That's where my [Am]true love lies ([C] [Am] [C] [Am]) [C]Look for me when the [Am]sun-bright swallow [C]Sings upon the [Am]birch bough high [C]But you are in the ground with the [Am]voles and the weevils [C]All a'chew upon your bones so [Am]dry ([C] [Am] [C] [Am] x2) (Chorus) [A]But when the [Cmaj7]sun breaks [A]To no more [Cmaj7]bullets in [G]Battle Creek [A]Then will you [Cmaj7]make a grave [A]For I will be [F]home then I will be [G]home then I will be [F]home then I will be [G]home then Then (Interlude) [C](n[Am]ote[C]: [Am]in the same style as the intro) [C]When I was a girl how the [Am]hills of Oconee [C]Made a seam to hem me [Am]in [C]There at the fair when our [Am]eyes caught, careless Got my [C]heart right pierced by a [Am]pin ([C] [Am] [C] [Am]) But [C]oh, did you see all the [Am]dead of Manassas All the [C]bellies and the bones and the [Am]bile No, [C]I lingered here with the [Am]blankets barren And my [C]own belly big with [Am]child ([C] [Am] [C] [Am] x2) (Chorus) [A]But when the [Cmaj7]sun breaks [A]To no more [Cmaj7]bullets in [G]Battle Creek [A]Then will you [Cmaj7]make a grave [A]For I will be [F]home then I will be [G]home then I will be [F]home then I will be [G]home then (Bridge) [F]Stems and bones and stone walls [G]too [G]Could keep me from you [F]Skein of skin is all too [Em]few [G]To keep me from you ([C] [Am] [C] [Am]) (note: in the same style as the intro) But [C]oh my love, though our [Am]bodies may be parted Though our [C]skin may not touch [Am]skin [C]Look for me with the [Am]sun-bright sparrow I will [C]come on the breath of the [Am]wind [C] [Am] [C] [Am] x2