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Down by the Water

The Decemberists

 

Chord Guide
32 1 C:    x32010	12 Em:   022000	132 D:    xx0232	3    4 G:    3x0003

 

Strum Guide
Main Strum:     >       >     D U D U D U D U    > = accent 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	“Anon” strum   D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Click Here to Watch Strum Video

 

 

Intro:  / C - - - / Em - - - / C - - - / Em - D - /

 

Em                    G

See this ancient riverbed

  D                       C

See where all the follies led

Em                          D                               Em (2)

Down by the water, down by the old main drag

 

Em                    G

I was just some towhead teen

   D                                        C

Feelin' 'round for fingers to get in-between

Em                          D                               Em (2)

Down by the water, down by the old main drag

 

Pre-Chorus:

        Em      D            Em (2)

The season rubs me wrong

        Em          D      C (2 w/anon strum)

The summer swells anon

 

Chorus:

                      Em                G

So knock me down, tear me up

                    D                                C

But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup

  Em                              D                             Em (2)

Down by the water and down by the old main drag

 

Repeat Intro

 

Em                        G

Sweet descend this rabble 'round

       D                               C

the pretty little patter of a seaport town

Em                               D                                     Em (2)

Rolling in the water and rolling down the old main drag

 

Em                   G

All dolled-up in gabardine

        D                           C

The lash-flashing Leda of pier nineteen

Em                                  D                            Em (2)

Queen of the water and queen of the old main drag

 

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

 

Solo:

/ C - - - / Em - - - / C - - - / Em - D - /

/ Em - - - / G - - - / D - - - / C - - - /

/ Em - - - / D - - - / Em - - - / - - - - /

 

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

 

  Em                              D                             Em (2)

Down by the water and down by the old main drag

  Em                              D                             Em (2)

Down by the water and down by the old main drag

 

w/ritard:

  Em (hold)                     D (hold)                       Em (hold)

Down by the water and down by the old main drag

 

 

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.