Chords for The Decemberists - A Cautionary Song (from Castaways & Cutouts)
Tempo:
95.6 bpm
Chords used:
A
Bb
Dm
F
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm] [A] [Dm]
There's a place your mother goes when everybody [A] else is soundly [Gm] sleeping
[D] Through the lights of [Dm] Beacon Street and if you [A] listen you can hear [G] her weeping [A] She's [Em] weeping
[A]
[Bb] Cause the gentlemen are calling and the snow is softly falling [F] on her petticoat
And [Bb] she's standing in the harbour and she's waiting [F] for the sailor and the jolly boat
[A] See how they approach
With dirty hands and trousers on they grapple till she's safe within [G] the keeping
A [Gm] [D] gag is placed [Dm] between her lipstick, keep her [A] sorry [Dm] tongue for many [G] speaking
[A] Or screaming
They [Bb] roll her [F] out to [Bb] package, the sailors are [F] irradicals from Aiton Head
And [Bb] she's scarce above the gunwales when her clothes [F] fall to a bundle
And she's slain in bed [A] on the upper deck
La la [G] la la
[Gm] La la la la
[A]
[D] [Gm]
[A]
[Dm] And so she goes [A] from ship to ship, her ankles past her arms [G] so rudely [D] pinioned
[G] [D] Till at last she's satisfied the lot of the marina's scheming minions
[E] In their [A] opinion
[E] And they [Bb] tell her not [Bb] to say a thing, she'll cause [F] indigration again or she'll end up dead
And they throw her thirty [Bb] dollars and return her [F] to the harbour where she goes to bed
And [A] she's how you're fed
So be [Gm] kind to your mother, [A] though she may seem an awful father
[Gm] And the next time she tries to feed you, call [A] her dreams
Remember what she does when you're [Dm] asleep
There's a place your mother goes when everybody [A] else is soundly [Gm] sleeping
[D] Through the lights of [Dm] Beacon Street and if you [A] listen you can hear [G] her weeping [A] She's [Em] weeping
[A]
[Bb] Cause the gentlemen are calling and the snow is softly falling [F] on her petticoat
And [Bb] she's standing in the harbour and she's waiting [F] for the sailor and the jolly boat
[A] See how they approach
With dirty hands and trousers on they grapple till she's safe within [G] the keeping
A [Gm] [D] gag is placed [Dm] between her lipstick, keep her [A] sorry [Dm] tongue for many [G] speaking
[A] Or screaming
They [Bb] roll her [F] out to [Bb] package, the sailors are [F] irradicals from Aiton Head
And [Bb] she's scarce above the gunwales when her clothes [F] fall to a bundle
And she's slain in bed [A] on the upper deck
La la [G] la la
[Gm] La la la la
[A]
[D] [Gm]
[A]
[Dm] And so she goes [A] from ship to ship, her ankles past her arms [G] so rudely [D] pinioned
[G] [D] Till at last she's satisfied the lot of the marina's scheming minions
[E] In their [A] opinion
[E] And they [Bb] tell her not [Bb] to say a thing, she'll cause [F] indigration again or she'll end up dead
And they throw her thirty [Bb] dollars and return her [F] to the harbour where she goes to bed
And [A] she's how you're fed
So be [Gm] kind to your mother, [A] though she may seem an awful father
[Gm] And the next time she tries to feed you, call [A] her dreams
Remember what she does when you're [Dm] asleep
Key:
A
Bb
Dm
F
Gm
A
Bb
Dm
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There's a place your mother goes when everybody [A] else is soundly [Gm] sleeping _ _ _ _ _
[D] Through the lights of [Dm] Beacon Street and if you [A] listen you can hear [G] her weeping [A] She's [Em] weeping
[A] _
_ _ [Bb] Cause the gentlemen are calling and the snow is softly falling [F] on her petticoat _
_ And [Bb] she's standing in the harbour and she's waiting [F] for the sailor and the jolly boat
[A] See how they approach
With _ _ _ _ dirty hands and trousers on they grapple till she's safe within [G] the keeping
_ A [Gm] _ _ [D] gag is placed [Dm] between her lipstick, keep her [A] sorry [Dm] tongue for many [G] speaking
_ [A] Or screaming
_ _ They _ _ [Bb] roll her [F] out to [Bb] package, the sailors are [F] irradicals from Aiton Head
_ And [Bb] she's scarce above the gunwales when her clothes [F] fall to a bundle
And she's slain in bed [A] on the upper deck
_ _ La la [G] la la
[Gm] La la la la
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] And so she goes [A] from ship to ship, her ankles past her arms [G] so rudely [D] pinioned _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Till at last she's satisfied the lot of the marina's scheming minions
[E] In their [A] opinion
_ _ _ [E] And they [Bb] tell her not [Bb] to say a thing, she'll cause [F] indigration again or she'll end up dead
And _ they throw her thirty [Bb] dollars and return her [F] to the harbour where she goes to bed
And [A] she's how you're fed
_ So be [Gm] kind to your mother, [A] though she may seem an awful father
_ [Gm] And the next time she tries to feed you, call [A] her dreams _ _
_ _ Remember what she does when you're [Dm] asleep
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There's a place your mother goes when everybody [A] else is soundly [Gm] sleeping _ _ _ _ _
[D] Through the lights of [Dm] Beacon Street and if you [A] listen you can hear [G] her weeping [A] She's [Em] weeping
[A] _
_ _ [Bb] Cause the gentlemen are calling and the snow is softly falling [F] on her petticoat _
_ And [Bb] she's standing in the harbour and she's waiting [F] for the sailor and the jolly boat
[A] See how they approach
With _ _ _ _ dirty hands and trousers on they grapple till she's safe within [G] the keeping
_ A [Gm] _ _ [D] gag is placed [Dm] between her lipstick, keep her [A] sorry [Dm] tongue for many [G] speaking
_ [A] Or screaming
_ _ They _ _ [Bb] roll her [F] out to [Bb] package, the sailors are [F] irradicals from Aiton Head
_ And [Bb] she's scarce above the gunwales when her clothes [F] fall to a bundle
And she's slain in bed [A] on the upper deck
_ _ La la [G] la la
[Gm] La la la la
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] And so she goes [A] from ship to ship, her ankles past her arms [G] so rudely [D] pinioned _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Till at last she's satisfied the lot of the marina's scheming minions
[E] In their [A] opinion
_ _ _ [E] And they [Bb] tell her not [Bb] to say a thing, she'll cause [F] indigration again or she'll end up dead
And _ they throw her thirty [Bb] dollars and return her [F] to the harbour where she goes to bed
And [A] she's how you're fed
_ So be [Gm] kind to your mother, [A] though she may seem an awful father
_ [Gm] And the next time she tries to feed you, call [A] her dreams _ _
_ _ Remember what she does when you're [Dm] asleep