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: [F Am] x4
FI had Amentered Finto a Ammarriage
FIn the Amsummer of my Ftwenty-first Amyear
FAnd the Ambells rang Ffor our Amwedding
FOnly Amnow do I Fremember it Amclear
AlDright, alFright, alright
[F Am F Am]
FNo more a Amrake and Fno more a Ambachelor
FI was Amwedded and it Fwhetted my Amthirst
FUntil her Amwomb start Fspilling out Ambabies
FOnly then Amdid I Freckon my Amcurse
AlDright, alFright, alrightF Am F Am
AlDright, alFright, alright
[F Am F Am] 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