The Decemberists - Everything i try to do nothing seems to turn out right
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Tuning: E A D G B E
This is based on Colin's performance on Instagram live. I'd recommend
watching it here: https://youtu.be/IoETuvP8UrI?t=2179 to get a better understanding of how it flows.
I tweaked some parts of his riffs so they sounded more like the album. I'm not 100% on the riffs, so please
let me know if something is wrong.
Note that G(1) and G(2) are riffs, but G is just G.
Cmaj7 is this:
e |---------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------|
D |--10-10-10-9--9--9--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|
A |--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--7--7--7--9--9---|
E |--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|
Cmaj7(2) is basically the same as Cmaj7, but the last strum is
D -7- D -7-
A -7- A -9-
E -8- instead of E -8-
G(1) is this:
e |---------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------|
D |--5--5--5--4--4--4--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
A |--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--0--0--0--2--2---|
E |--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
G(2) is this:
e |-------------------------*------------------------------|
B |-------------------------*-4--4--2--2--0--0-------------|
G |-------------------------*------------------------------|
D |--5--5--5--4--4--4--0--0-*-------------------0--0h2-0---|
A |--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-*-------------------2--2---2---|
E |--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-*-------------------3--3---3---| Where I put the asterisks, the lyrics on the
line begin.
In the chorus, the Em is played for about half the time as the other chords.
[Intro]
Cmaj7 Cmaj7(2) G(1)
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7The film was a bust, but we stayed till the ending
Cmaj7(2)Hair all a-mussed but your clothes didn't look so bG(1)ad
Cmaj7And back on the street, the rain was descending
Cmaj7(2)In cold dirty sheets, so under the awning we sat
G(2) And then you hailed yourself a yellow cab
[Pre-Chorus]
C/GAnd I sat for a time by the valets in line
And I Gread what you wrote on the card Em
Above a C/Gcowboy you drew a big talk balloon
Saying “GTry not to take it so hard” Em
[Chorus]
EmBut there’s this Amnagging suspicion that won’t leave me alone tC/Gonight
C/GIt’s just that everything I try to do, nothing seems to turn out rGight
[Interlude]
Em Cmaj7 Cmaj7(2) G(2)
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7We laid on our backs and stared at the ceiling
Cmaj7(2)Messed with your slacks, but ended up just holding your handG(1)
Cmaj7The rain will remain, the TV was telling
Cmaj7(2)A drip of the drain as your legs lift to brilliantly bend
G(2) And fall to resting on the ottoman
[Pre-Chorus]
C/GSo we turned off the tube and we crawled to your room
Leaving disGcarded clothes in our wakeEm
And we C/Gboth had some fun, though I twice bit my tongue
And it laGsted too long for my tasteEm
[Chorus]
EmBut there’s this Amnagging suspicion that won’t leave me alone tC/Gonight
C/GIt’s just that everything I try to do, nothing seems to turn out rGight
[Chorus]
EmBut there’s this Amnagging suspicion that won’t leave me alone tC/Gonight
C/GIt’s just that everything I try to do, nothing seems to turn out rGight
[Interlude]
Cmaj7
[Outro]
Cmaj7A wink and a wave and you’re off to your family
Cmaj7(2)I sit and watch as the taxi lights distantly fade
G(2) I guess I always thought it’d end this way