E Watson

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E . watson - the decemberists - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tabbed by : daysleeper_05 tuning : standard from the "long live the king" ep . letters with slashes in front of them signify the change of the bass note of the preceding chord . ( on the low E and a strings ) hearing the song will help it make sense . three fills are repeated throughout the song : fill 1 ( Intro ) : E | - - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - - - - | B | - - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - 3/5 - 5 - 5 - 53 - - 0 - - - - - | G | - - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D | - - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | fill 2 ( Verse fill ) : E | - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G | - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D | - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - 2 - - 0h2 - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | fill 3 ( Chorus fill ) : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G | - - - - - - - - - - 0h2 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - | D | - - - - 0h2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0h2 - - - - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Intro : ( fill 1 ) x4 Verse 1 : Em A G the air all painted pallid grey , the storm was comin’ in Dsus2 /C /B Em ( fill 2 ) folks were lining out in all directions Em A G me an holt and henry short were pitchin’ on the skiff , Dsus2 /C /B Em ( fill 2 ) trying to make it home before the night Bm/B /F# /B /F# A and the grey waves were rollin’ , Bm/B /F# /B /F# A bold the brave , brave ocean G Em ( fill 1 ) x2 and rolled us suckers in Verse 2 : Em A G well i don’t keep to goings on , i tend to stick with kin Dsus2 /C /B Em ( fill 2 ) but watson had it in from the beginning Em A G he built that house on chatham bend , a whitewashed knotted pine Dsus2 /C /B Em ( fill 2 ) ninety acres furrowed for the cane Bm/B /F# /B /F# A and he drove it down from georgia Bm/B /F# /B /F# A his dad a martyred soldier G Em ( fill 1 ) /G in the war between the states Chorus : A G Dsus2 /D /C /B lord , bring down the flood A G Dsus2 wash away the blood /C /B Em and drown these everglades /C /B Em and put us in our place Bm/B /F# /B /F# C ( fill 3 ) we layed edgar watson in his grave G Em ( fill 1 ) x4 we layed him in his grave Verse 3 : Em A G till i’m dust i’ll never know why he came ashore Dsus2 /C /B Em ( fill 2 ) with all those killers gathered on the shorelines Em A G kicking holes in ugly mud , with trigger fingers pinched Dsus2 /C /B Em ( fill 2 ) a brace of rifles bristled in the wind Bm/B /F# /B /F# A and we towed his body northbound Bm/B /F# /B /F# A and buried him all face down G Em ( fill 1 ) /G with a good view into hell Chorus : A G Dsus2 /D /C /B lord , bring down the flood A G Dsus2 wash away the blood /C /B Em and drown these everglades /C /B Em and put us in our place Bm/B /F# /B /F# C ( fill 3 ) we layed edgar watson in his grave G Em ( fill 1 ) we layed him in his grave Em Em ( fill 1 ) we layed him in his grave Em ( fill 1 ) x3 Em we layed him in his gra____ve end