Capo: 2

Song: January Hymn Band: The Decemberists Album: The King is Dead Tabbed by: Jon Ransom I'm compiling this tab using jimts and Don Tago's versions, so thanks goes to them for laying all of the ground work. The only major change to this tab you'll see are the Csus2 and Csus4 chords that Colin uses to fill in between the FM7 chords. I've seen him play this live and it isn't that difficult to get the hang of the chord changes. Standard Tuning with Capo on 2nd Fret Chords (relative to capo) EADGBe C :032010 Csus2:030010 Csus4:033010 F :033210 actually an Fm7 G :320030 Gsus2:300030 G6 :322000 G7 :323003 Intro: C Csus2 C Csus4 FM7 G Gsus2 G x3 Verse 1:

^COn a winter's S^Fund^Gay I g^Co ^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 To c^Flear aw^Gay the s^Cnow^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 And g^Freen the g^Ground b^Celo^Csus2w ^C ^Csus4 ^F ^G ^CApril all an o^Fcea^Gn awa^Cy ^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 Is t^Fhis the better w^Gay to spend the d^Cay?^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 ^FKeeping the ^Gwinter at ^Cba^Csus2y ^C ^Csus4 ^F ^G

Chorus 1:

^FWhat were the wo^Grds I meant to sa^Cy before you le^Fft? When^Am I could see your br^Feath lead where you were ^Ggoi^G7ng t^G6o ^G ^CMaybe I should j^Fust l^Get it b^Ce ^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 And m^Faybe it will a^Gll come back to m^Ce ^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 Sing: ^FO, Jan^Gu--ary, ^CO

C Csus2 C Csus4 FM7 G Gsus2 x2 Verse 2:

^CHow I lived a c^Fhildh^Good in sn^Cow^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 And a^Fll my t^Geens in ^Ctow^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 Stuff^Fed in stra^Gta of clo^Cthe^Csus2s ^C ^Csus4 ^F ^G ^CPale the win^Fter d^Gays after da^Crk ^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 ^FWandering the gr^Gay memorial pa^Crk ^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 A f^Fleeting be^Gating of he^Cart^Csus2s ^C ^Csus4 ^F ^G

Chorus 2:

^FWhat were the wo^Grds I meant to s^Cay before she l^Feft? When^Am I could see her bre^Fath lead where she was go^Ging^G7 to ^G6 ^G ^CMaybe I should j^Fust l^Get it b^Ce ^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 And m^Faybe it will a^Gll come back to m^Ce ^Csus2 ^C ^Csus4 Sing: ^FO, Ja^Gnu-, ^FO Jan^Gu--ary, ^CO

C Csus2 C Csus4 FM7 G Gsus2 G x4 End on C

Decemberists - January hymn