Decemberists - The rakes song
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The chords are sorta syncopated, but it's easy to get if you listen to the song.
Intro: [G Em] x4
GI had Ementered Ginto a Emmarriage
GIn the Emsummer of my Gtwenty-first Emyear
GAnd the Embells rang Gfor our Emwedding
GOnly Emnow do I Gremember it Emclear
AlAright, alCright, alright
[G Em G Em]
GNo more a Emrake and Gno more a Embachelor
GI was Emwedded and it Gwhetted my Emthirst
GUntil her Emwomb start Gspilling out Embabies
GOnly then Emdid I Greckon my Emcurse
AlAright, alCright, alrightG Em G Em
AlAright, alCright, alright
[G Em G Em] x2
[The rest of the verses follow the same chords]
First came Eziah with his crinkled little fingers
Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn
Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery
Mercifully taking her mother along
Alright, alright, alright
What can one do when one is widower
Shamefully saddled with three little pests
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove
Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
Eziah fought but was easily bested
Burned his body for incurring my wrath
Alright, alright, alright
And that's how I came your humble narrator
To be living so easy and free
Expect you think that I should be haunted
But it never really bothers me
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright