Decemberists - The island come and see
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2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Feel Not the Drowning
INTRO
Em
VERSE 1
There's an island hidden in the sound
Lapping currents lay your boat aground
Affix your barb and Gbayonet
The Acurlews carve their Bbarabesques
And Emsorrow fills the silence all around
Come and see
VERSE 2
There's a harbor lost within the reeds
A jetty caught in over-hanging trees
Among the bones oGf cormorants
No Aboot-markBb here nor fingerprint
The Emrivers roll down to a soundless sea
Come and see
Come and GseG/F#e Em
CHORUS
The tides all Dcome and Cgo witnessed by no waking eye
EmThe wilDlows mark the winCd
And Emall we DknowC for sure amidst this fading light
EmWe'll Dnot go home agaiCn
Come and B7see C
Come and B7see C D Em
VERSE 3
In the lowlands, nestled in the heath
A briar-cradle rocks its babe to sleep
Its contents watched by GSycorax
And APatagon inBb parallax
A Emforetold rumbling sounds below the deep
Come and see
Come and GseG/F#e Em
CHORUS
The tides all Dcome and Cgo witnessed by no waking eye
EmThe wilDlows mark the winCd
EmAnd all we Dknow for Csure amidst this fading light
EmWe'll Dnot go home agaiCn
Come and B7see C
Come and B7see C D Am
*The Landlords Daughter*
Am D Am D Am D Am D
AmAs I was a-ramble DdoAmwn by the water D
AmI spied in sabDleAm the landlord's daughterD Am D Am D
AmI produced my pistoDl, Amthen my saberD
AmSaid, "Make no wDhisAmtle or thou will be murdeDred!"
AmLa-DHa-Ha Am D AmLa-DHaAm D Am D Am D Am D
AmShe cursed, she shivereDd, sAmhe cried for mercyD
Am"My gold and DsiAmlver if thou will releasDe me!"
G Bb F G# Eb Bbm A
DmI'll take no gold, mBbiss. IDm'll take no silvBber.
DmBut I'll take those sweetBb lips Dmand thou will deliBbver!
AmLa-DHa-Ha Am D AmLa-DHaAm D Am D Am D Am D
Dm C F G Am
*You'll Feel Not the Drowning*
INTRO
Am Asus2
VERSE 1
AmI wilCl dress your eyelids
With Amdimes Cupon your eyes
AmLay you cClose to water
AmGreen youCr grave will rise
CHORUS
GGo to sleep now, little ugly
AmGo to sleep now, you little fool
GForty winking in the belfry
FYou'llG not feel the drowning
F G G#+
You'll not feel the drowning
VERSE 2
AmForget you onCce had sweethearts
AmThey've forgCotten you
AmThink you nCot on parents
AmThey've foCrgotten too
CHORUS
GGo to sleep now, little ugly
AmGo to sleep now, you little fool
GForty winking in the belfry
FYou'llG not feel the drowning
F G G#+
You'll not feel the drowning
VERSE 3/OUTRO
AmHear you nCow the captain
AmHeave his sorCrowed cry
AmThe weight upCon your eyelids
AmIs dimes laid on your eyes C