Chords for The Decemberists - 16 Military Wives (Official Music Video)
Tempo:
92.05 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
G
B
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] 16 melancholy wives [A] 32 softly focused brightly [E] coloured eyes
staring [G] at the natural fan [A] 32 gently clenching [Em] wrinkled little [E]
hands
[A] 17 [B] company men [C#m] out of which only [D] 12 will make [A] it back again
[E] charges [G] and a letter to find [A] military wives and tears dripped down [E] ten little lines
[B] cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause America [E] can't, [A] and America [E] can't [B] say no
[A] and [E] America does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, it so
and [F#m] the anchor person on TV [E] goes la de da de da
15 [G] celebrity minds [A] leading their 15 sordid wretched [E] checkered lives
will they find the [G] solution in time [A] using their 15 pristine moderate [E] liberal minds
[A]
18 [B] academy chairs [C#m] out of which only [D] 7 really [A] even care
[E]
doling out [G] a garland of fire
[A] celebrity minds there humbly [E] taken by surprise
[B]
cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause America [E] can't, [A] and [E] America can't [B] say no
[A] and [E] America does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, it so
[F#] and [F#m] the anchor person [A] on TV [E] goes la de da de da
[G]
[A] [E]
[G]
[A] [E]
[B] 14 cannibal kings [C#m] wondering [D] brightly what the dinner [A] bell will bring
[E] 50 [G] celebrity minds [A] so gonna leave feet there to [E] 16 military wives
[B] cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause [E] America can't, [A] and [E] America can't [B] say no
and [A] America [E] does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, it so
[F#m] and the anchor person [A] on TV [E] goes la de da de da
la de da de da
la de da de da
[G] [A]
[E]
[G] [A]
[E]
[G] [A]
[E]
staring [G] at the natural fan [A] 32 gently clenching [Em] wrinkled little [E]
hands
[A] 17 [B] company men [C#m] out of which only [D] 12 will make [A] it back again
[E] charges [G] and a letter to find [A] military wives and tears dripped down [E] ten little lines
[B] cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause America [E] can't, [A] and America [E] can't [B] say no
[A] and [E] America does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, it so
and [F#m] the anchor person on TV [E] goes la de da de da
15 [G] celebrity minds [A] leading their 15 sordid wretched [E] checkered lives
will they find the [G] solution in time [A] using their 15 pristine moderate [E] liberal minds
[A]
18 [B] academy chairs [C#m] out of which only [D] 7 really [A] even care
[E]
doling out [G] a garland of fire
[A] celebrity minds there humbly [E] taken by surprise
[B]
cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause America [E] can't, [A] and [E] America can't [B] say no
[A] and [E] America does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, it so
[F#] and [F#m] the anchor person [A] on TV [E] goes la de da de da
[G]
[A] [E]
[G]
[A] [E]
[B] 14 cannibal kings [C#m] wondering [D] brightly what the dinner [A] bell will bring
[E] 50 [G] celebrity minds [A] so gonna leave feet there to [E] 16 military wives
[B] cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause [E] America can't, [A] and [E] America can't [B] say no
and [A] America [E] does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, it so
[F#m] and the anchor person [A] on TV [E] goes la de da de da
la de da de da
la de da de da
[G] [A]
[E]
[G] [A]
[E]
[G] [A]
[E]
Key:
A
E
G
B
C#m
A
E
G
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] 16 melancholy wives _ [A] 32 softly focused brightly [E] coloured eyes
_ _ _ staring [G] at the natural fan [A] 32 gently clenching [Em] wrinkled little [E]
hands
_ [A] _ _ 17 [B] company men [C#m] out of which only [D] 12 will make [A] it back again
_ _ [E] _ _ charges [G] and a letter to find [A] military wives and tears dripped down [E] ten little lines
_ [B] _ _ cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause America [E] can't, [A] and America [E] can't [B] say no
_ [A] and [E] America does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, _ it so
and [F#m] the anchor person on TV _ [E] goes la de da de da
15 _ _ _ _ [G] celebrity minds [A] leading their 15 sordid wretched [E] checkered lives _ _
will they find the [G] solution in time _ [A] using their 15 pristine moderate [E] liberal _ minds
[A] _ _
18 [B] academy _ chairs [C#m] out of which only [D] 7 really [A] even care
_ [E] _ _
doling out [G] a garland of fire
[A] celebrity minds there humbly [E] taken by surprise
_ _ [B] _ _
cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause America [E] can't, [A] and [E] America can't [B] say no
_ [A] and [E] America does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, _ it so
_ [F#] and [F#m] the anchor person [A] on TV _ _ [E] goes la de da de da _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] 14 cannibal kings [C#m] wondering [D] brightly what the dinner [A] bell will bring
_ [E] _ _ 50 [G] celebrity _ minds [A] so gonna leave feet there to [E] 16 military _ wives
[B] _ _ cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause [E] America can't, [A] and [E] America can't [B] say no
and [A] America [E] does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, it so
_ [F#m] and the anchor person [A] on TV _ _ [E] goes la de da de da
_ _ _ _ la de da de da
la _ _ _ de da de _ da _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] 16 melancholy wives _ [A] 32 softly focused brightly [E] coloured eyes
_ _ _ staring [G] at the natural fan [A] 32 gently clenching [Em] wrinkled little [E]
hands
_ [A] _ _ 17 [B] company men [C#m] out of which only [D] 12 will make [A] it back again
_ _ [E] _ _ charges [G] and a letter to find [A] military wives and tears dripped down [E] ten little lines
_ [B] _ _ cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause America [E] can't, [A] and America [E] can't [B] say no
_ [A] and [E] America does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, _ it so
and [F#m] the anchor person on TV _ [E] goes la de da de da
15 _ _ _ _ [G] celebrity minds [A] leading their 15 sordid wretched [E] checkered lives _ _
will they find the [G] solution in time _ [A] using their 15 pristine moderate [E] liberal _ minds
[A] _ _
18 [B] academy _ chairs [C#m] out of which only [D] 7 really [A] even care
_ [E] _ _
doling out [G] a garland of fire
[A] celebrity minds there humbly [E] taken by surprise
_ _ [B] _ _
cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause America [E] can't, [A] and [E] America can't [B] say no
_ [A] and [E] America does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, _ it so
_ [F#] and [F#m] the anchor person [A] on TV _ _ [E] goes la de da de da _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] 14 cannibal kings [C#m] wondering [D] brightly what the dinner [A] bell will bring
_ [E] _ _ 50 [G] celebrity _ minds [A] so gonna leave feet there to [E] 16 military _ wives
[B] _ _ cheer them on to their rivals
[A] cause [E] America can't, [A] and [E] America can't [B] say no
and [A] America [E] does [A] if [E] America said [B] it so, it so
_ [F#m] and the anchor person [A] on TV _ _ [E] goes la de da de da
_ _ _ _ la de da de da
la _ _ _ de da de _ da _ _ _
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