Chords for E. Watson - The Decemberists

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[Em] The air all painted pallor gray, [A] the storm was [D] coming in
Folks were [G] lighting out in [Em] all directions
Me and Hood and Henry [A] Short were pitching on [D] the skiff
Trying to make [G] it home [Em] before the night
The [Bm] gray waves [A] were rolling _
_ [F#m] Boiled the brave, brave ocean and [D] rolled us [Em] suckers in _ _ _ _ _ _
I don't keep to goings on, [A] I tend to stick [G] with kin
[D] But Watson had it in from [Em] the beginning
He built that house on Chatham Bend, [A] whitewashed knotted pine
Ninety acres furrowed [Em] for the cane _
[Bm] He drove it down to [A] Georgia _
_ [Bm] Dad a martyred [A] soldier in [G] the war between [Em] the states _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] Lord, bring [G] down the flood
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] Wash _ [G] away the _ [D] blood _ _
[Bm] Drown these Everglades [G] and put us in our [Em] place
[Bm] We laid Edgar Watson in his [C] grave _ _
_ _ We laid him [Em] in his grave _
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_ _ _ [E] _ [Em] Until I'm dust I'll never [A] know why he came [D] ashore
With all those killers [Em] gathered on the shoreline
_ Kicking holes in ugly [A] mud, a trigger for [D] fingers pinched
A brace of [G] rifles bristled [Em] in the wind
_ [F#] We [Bm] towed his [A] body northbound
_ [Bm] _ Buried him [A] all face [D] down with a good view [Em] into hell _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] Lord, [G] bring down [G] the flood
[E] _ _
_ [B] _ [A] Wash [G] away the _ _ [D] blood
_ _ Drown [Em] these Everglades and put us in our place
[Bm] We laid Edgar Watson in his [C] grave _ _ _ _
We laid him [Em] in his grave _ _ _ _
We laid him in his grave
We _ laid him in his grave _ _ _ _
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