Decemberists - Yankee bayonet
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This is a simple song, and it is the same as any other version posted, but I've tabbed out the riff for uke.
(Intro)
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(Male)
CHeart-carved tree trunk, AmYankee bayonet
CA sweetheart left beAmhind
(Female)
CFar from the hills of the Amsea-swelled Carolinas
CThat's where my true love Amlies
(Both)
CAhAm AhC AAmh Ah Oh-oh...
(Male)
CLook for me when the Amsun-bright swallow
CSings upon the Ambirch bough high
(Female)
CBut you are in the ground with the Amvoles and the weevils
CAll a'chew upon your bones so Amdry
(Both)
CAhAm AhC AAmh Ah Oh-oh...
(Chorus: Both)
ABut when the Cmaj7sun breaks
ATo no more Cmaj7bullets in GBattle Creek
AThen will you Cmaj7make a grave
AFor I will be Fhome then
I will be Ghome then
I will be Fhome then
I will be Ghome then
Then
(Interlude)
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(Female)
CWhen I was a girl how the Amhills of Oconee
CMade a seam to hem me Amin
(Male)
CThere at the fair when our Ameyes caught, careless
Got my Cheart right pierced by a Ampin
(Both)
CAhAm AhC AAmh Ah Oh-oh...
(Male)
But Coh, did you see all the Amdead of Manassas
All the Cbellies and the bones and the Ambile
(Female)
No, CI lingered here with the Amblankets barren
And my Cown belly big with Amchild
(Both)
CAhAm AhC AAmh Ah Oh-oh...
(Chorus: Both)
ABut when the Cmaj7sun breaks
ATo no more Cmaj7bullets in GBattle Creek
AThen will you Cmaj7make a grave
AFor I will be Fhome then
I will be Ghome then
I will be Fhome then
I will be Ghome then
(Bridge)
(Male)
FStems and bones and stone walls Gtoo
(Both)
GCould keep me from you
(Male)
FSkein of skin is all too Emfew
(Both)
GTo keep me from you
(Interlude)
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(Both)
But Coh my love, though our Ambodies may be parted
Though our Cskin may not touch Amskin
CLook for me with the Amsun-bright sparrow
I will Ccome on the breath of the Amwind
(Both)
CAhAm AhC AAmh Ah Oh-oh...