Decemberists - Bagmans gambit
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E5/C: Ex D3 A2 G4 B4 E0
Cadd9: x 3 2 0 3 0
Cmaj7: x 3 2 0 0 0
Cmaj7*:x 3 2 0 3 x
E5/C*: x 3 2 0 0 x
Am: x 2 2 1 x x
Esus4: x 2 2 0 x x
Dsus2: x 2 2 3 x x
For the verse, strum each chord once.
INTRO
(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
VERSE 1
E5/COn theCadd9 lam Cadd9
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
From the law
On the steps Cadd9of Cadd9
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
The capital
You shot a Cadd9plaincCadd9lothes
Cmaj7Cop onCmaj7 the
Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Ten o' clock
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2
Esus4And I sAmaw momenEsus4tarilyAm Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
Esus4They fAmlasEsus4hed a Dsus2photogAmrapEsus4h, It couldn't be yE5/Cou
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*
Esus4You'd bAmeen abusEsus4ed so AmhorEsus4ribly Dsus2 Am Esus4
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 (E5/C
But you were there in some anonymous room
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
VERSE 2
E5/CAnd I Cadd9recallCadd9 that
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Fall
I was wCadd9orkingCadd9 for the
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Government
And in a Cadd9bathroCadd9om Cmaj7stall Cmaj7
Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Off the national mall
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2
Esus4How we Amkissed sEsus4o sweeAmtlyEsus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
Esus4How coAmuldEsus4 I refDsus2use a AmfavEsus4or or twoE5/C
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*
Esus4And forAm a trystEsus4 in thAme gEsus4reenerDsus2y Am Esus4
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 (E5/C
I gave you documents and microfilm too
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
CHORUS
GAnd from my ten floor tenement
Where once our bodies Amlay
How I longed to hear you Csay
Cm"No they'll never catcGh me now
CmNo they'll never catch me
AmNo they cannot catch me Fnow
We Ewill escape someFhow
FmSomehow, oh"
(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
VERSE 3
E5/CIt wasCadd9 late Cadd9
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
One night
E5/CI was Cadd9awokenCadd9 by the
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Telephone
I heard a sCadd9tranglCadd9ed
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Cry on the end of the line
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2
Esus4PurloinAmed in PeEsus4trograAmd Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
Esus4They wAmereEsus4 suspiDsus2cious Amof Esus4where your loyalties laE5/Cy
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*
Esus4So I paAmid off aEsus4 bureaAmucrEsus4at Dsus2 Am Esus4
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 (E5/C
To convince your captors there to secret you away
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
CHORUS
GAnd at the gate of the embassy
Our hands met through the Ambars
As your whisper stilled my Cheart
Cm"No they'll never catcGh me now
CmNo they'll never catch me
AmNo they cannot catch me Fnow
We Ewill escape someFhow
FmSomehow, oh"
BRIDGE
C B C B G
GAnd I dreamt one night
You were there in F#form
Hands Gheld high
In uniF#form
GOh
F#Oh
(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
OUTRO
E5/CIt wasCadd9 ten Cadd9
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Years on
E5/CWhen yCadd9ou resCadd9urfaced
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
In a motorcar
And with Cadd9the waCadd9ve of aCmaj7n arm Cmaj7
Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*
You were there and gone