Down By The Water Chords by The Decemberists

Tempo:
123.6 bpm
Chords used:

Em

D

E

C

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Decemberists - Down By The Water chords
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Key:
Em
121
D
1321
E
2311
C
3211
G
2131
Em
121
D
1321
E
2311
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To learn The Decemberists - Down by the Water chords with lyrics, anchor your practice on these foundational chords: E, Em, D, C, Em, G, D. Begin your practice at a relaxed 61 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 124. For a balanced sound, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: G.

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[C] .
[G] [E] .
[C] [Em] [D] .
[E] See [Em] this ancient [G] river bed, [D] see where [C] all my ballings will lay.
[E] Down by the water, [D] down by the old [E] main bed.
I [Em] .
was just [G] some so-head teen, [D] feelin' round for fingers [C] to get in between.
[E] Down by the water, [D] down by the [E] old main [Em] bed .
[D] The season wraps [Em] me round, [E] the summer [D] .
swells [C] anon.
So [G] knock [E] me down, [G] tear me up, but I [D] would fit all [G] broken [C] desert pill markers.
[Em] Down by the water, [D] down by the old [E] main bed.
[Em] .
[C] [G] [E] .
[C] [E] [D] .
[Em] Sweet sand [G] nests unravel [D] round the pretty little batter [C] of a seaport town.
[Em] Rolling in the water, [D] rolling down the [Em] old main [E] drag.
[Em] I've [G] been gathered in [D] the last plastic liter [C] of pure 19.
[E] Queen of the water, [D] queen of the old [Em] main [E] drag.
[Em] .
[D] The season wraps [Em] me round, the summer [D] .
swells [C] anon.
[Em] So knock [E] me down, tear [G] me up, but I [D] would fit all broken [C] desert pill markers.
[Em] Down by the water, [D] down by the old [Em] main bed .
[C] [G] [E] .
[C] [Em] [D] .
[Em] [G] .
[D] [C] .
[Em] [D] .
[E] [Em] .
[D] The season wraps [E] me round, [Em] .
the summer [D] .
swells [C] anon.
So knock [Em] me down, tear [G] me up, but I [D] would fit all broken [C] desert pill markers.
[Em] Down by the water, [D] down by the [E] old main bed.
[Em] .
Down by the water, [D] down by the old [E] main drag.
[Em] Down .
[C] by the [D] water, down by the old [E] main drag .
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[Em] .
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[N] .

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It's Colin Meloy who authored this song.

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