Down by the Water The Decemberists
Intro:
[C] [Em] [C] [Em] [D]
Verse 1:
[Em] [G]
See this ancient riverbed
[D] [C]
See where all our follies are led
[Em] [D] [Em]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
[Em] [G]
I was just some towhead teen
[D] [C]
Feeling 'round for fingers to get in between
[Em] [D] [Em]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
Chorus:
[Em] [D] [Em]
The season rubs me wrong
[Em] [D] [C]
The summer swells anon
[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]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
Harmonica Bit:
[C] [Em] [C] [Em] [D]
Verse 2:
[Em] [G]
Sweet descend this rabble round
[D] [C]
Pretty little patter of a seaport town
[Em] [D] [Em]
Rolling down the water and rolling down the old main drag
[Em] [G]
All dolled up in gabardine
[D] [C]
The last flashing lee to appear nineteen
[Em] [D] [Em]
Queen of the water and queen of the old main drag
Chorus:
[Em] [D] [Em]
The season rubs me wrong
[Em] [D] [C]
The summer swells anon
[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]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
Instrumental Break:
[C] [Em] [C] [Em] [D]
[Em] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [D] [Em]
Chorus:
[Em] [D] [Em]
The season rubs me wrong
[Em] [D] [C]
The summer swells anon
[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]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
Outro:
[Em] [D] [Em]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
[Em] [D] [Em]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
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