Song: On the Bus Mall Artist: The Decemberists Album: Picaresque Tabbed by: Aaron Wolfe Email: truegoogle@yahoo.com Tuning: Standard Guitar 1: Acoustic 12-String Guitar 2: Electric with some kind of sustain pedal Intro: Guitar 1 Cmaj7 G (x2) then guitar 2 comes in Guitar 2:

^Cmaj7e|-12h14p12-12---10h12p10-10---7h9p7-7-----1^G2p10p9-10-7-----| B|-------------------------------------8--------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------|x2 D|----------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------|

*Note: at the point where the chord is Cmaj7-C, strum the Cmaj7 chord once then hammer on the 1 on the B string immediately. Basically, you'll be strumming the C chord, then lift of the B string C for one strum, then hold it again. If you listen to the song, you can kind of tell.

In^Cmaj7 matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our showboats we ^Gkicked around From ^Cmaj7stairway to station, we made a sensation with the ^Ggadabout crowd And ^Cmaj7oh what a bargain, we're two easy targets For the ^Gold men at the off-tracks Who've ^Cmaj7paid in palaver and crumpled old dollars Which we ^Gsquirreled away In our ^Emrat-trap hotel by the ^Amfreeway ^Asus2 ^Am C Cmaj7-C G And we slept in Sundays

Your ^Cmaj7parents were anxious, your cool was contagious At the ^Gold school You ^Cmaj7left without leaving a note for your grieving Sweet ^Gmother while your brother was so cruel And ^Cmaj7here in the alleys your spirits were rallied As you ^Glearned quick to make a fast buck In ^Cmaj7bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and heirlooms We ^Gbit our tongues Sucked our ^Emlips into our lungs 'til we were ^Amfalling Such was our ^Ccalling

And ^Emhere in our ^Dhollow we ^Amfused like a family ^C But ^EmI will not ^Dmourn for ^Cyou So ^Emtake up your ^Dmakeup and ^Ampocket your pills away ^C We're ^Amkings among runaways ^Cm On the ^Gbus mall We're ^Cmdown on the ^Gbus mall

Intro x2

^Cmaj7Among all the urchins and old chinese merchants Of the ^Gold town We ^Cmaj7reigned at the pool hall with one iron cue ball And we ^Gnever let the bastards get us down And we ^Cmaj7laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp dicks On the ^Gcolonnades of the waterfront park As ^Cmaj7four in the morning came on cold and boring We ^Ghuddled close In the ^Embus stop enclosure ^Amenfolding ^Asus2 ^Am C Cmaj7-C Our hands tightly holding

But ^Emhere in our ^Dhollow we ^Amfused like a family ^C But ^EmI will not ^Dmourn for ^Cyou So ^Emtake up your ^Dmakeup and ^Ampocket your pills away ^C We're ^Amkings among runaways ^Cm On the ^Gbus mall We're ^Cmdown on the ^Gbus mall We're ^Cmdown on the ^Gbus mall (At this point, Guitar 2 comes in with Intro riff) ^CmDown on the ^Gbus mall ^DOh^Cmaj7hhh ^G ^Cmaj7 ^G

Chords Used: [EADGBe] Cmaj7 [x32000] G [320033] C [x32010] Em [022000] Am [x02210] Asus2 [x02200] D [xx0232] Cm [x35543] or [x3x043] h=hammer on p=pull off http://www.decemberists.com

Decemberists - On the bus mall