Chords for Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit “Decoration Day”- 2/9/18 Atlanta, GA
Tempo:
146.45 bpm
Chords used:
Am
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Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[E]
[C]
[Am] Oh yeah!
Congratulations!
Oh!
[G] [Am]
[G]
[E] [Am] Congratulations!
[C]
[Am] Oh yeah!
Congratulations!
Oh!
[G] [Am]
[G]
[E] [Am] Congratulations!
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Oh yeah! _ _ _
_ Congratulations! _ _
Oh!
_ Congratulations! _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] [Am] Congratulations!
Congratulations!
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ [Am] It's _
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] decoration [Am] day _
I'm _ _ [C] _ _
_ on a roll
[Am] Stone is gray
[C] _ _
What would he say?
[Am] _ _ _
_ He'd [G] say
Keepin' me down
Boy [Am] I won't keep him away
_ [C] It's _
[G] decoration [Am] day _ _
_ _ [C] And I knew that he was
[Am] the one to put him away
_ [C] My daddy wasn't afraid
[Am] _ _ _
Said [G] we'd fight
till the last
No [Am] son's last never died
[C] Well I _
[G] _ _ [Am] had a lord that started
[C] _ _
[G] from the wood
before _ [Am] we were [C] _ born
I don't know [G] the name
[Am] of the boy
but I am [Em] [G] a giver
He told me it's just a
good [Am]-for-nothing boy
[C] But I know [G] the caliber
[Am] in [C] daddy's chest
I know [G] what
_ he'll [Am] drive _
The _ [C] _ state let him [G] go
[Am] But I guess it was best [G] cause nobody
_ needs [Am] all his loss and pride
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] And he [G] said
when all [Am] the boys come _ back
[C] Run for man's favorite _ [Am] son _
_ _ [C] So beat him [G] real good
[Am] Don't dare let him [G] die
And if you see
the father he'll [Am] run _
_ _ [C] Well I said
[Em] they ain't given [C] us
trouble _ [Am] _ [C] before
We ain't [G] broke down
[Am] like sails
_ _ Or a chain on [G] my back
and [Am] my head to the floor
Then [G] I'll send all
the hell for [Am] the hell _ _ _ [G] I'll send
all the hell for [Am] the _ _ hell
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[G] right
through the [Am] door _ _
I [C] _ _ _
got family
[Am] in Mobile _
[C] Bay
They ain't ever seen
my daddy's [Am] grave _ _
_ But [G] daddy don't
call the name
He [Am] ain't marchin' away
_ [C] Cause I got [G] dad brothers
[C] in the lower down south
And I got [G] dad brothers
[Am] in East _ Tennessee
[C] I ain't [G] got a shot
[Am] running from this house
[G] Even though I'm
the father of [Am] the name
[C] _ _ It's _ _ decoration [Am] day _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _
Hide the mind
and go [Am] spit on his grave
[C] Hide the [G] hell
I [Am] threw him away
_ And [G] high five
till the last
lonesome [A] last living [C] day _ [G] High five
till the last
[Am] lonesome last living day High [G] five
till [Bm] the last
[C] lonesome [Am] last living [Em] day
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_ [Am] Oh yeah! _ _ _
_ Congratulations! _ _
Oh!
_ Congratulations! _ _
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_ _ _ _ [E] [Am] Congratulations!
Congratulations!
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ [Am] It's _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] decoration [Am] day _
I'm _ _ [C] _ _
_ on a roll
[Am] Stone is gray
[C] _ _
What would he say?
[Am] _ _ _
_ He'd [G] say
Keepin' me down
Boy [Am] I won't keep him away
_ [C] It's _
[G] decoration [Am] day _ _
_ _ [C] And I knew that he was
[Am] the one to put him away
_ [C] My daddy wasn't afraid
[Am] _ _ _
Said [G] we'd fight
till the last
No [Am] son's last never died
[C] Well I _
[G] _ _ [Am] had a lord that started
[C] _ _
[G] from the wood
before _ [Am] we were [C] _ born
I don't know [G] the name
[Am] of the boy
but I am [Em] [G] a giver
He told me it's just a
good [Am]-for-nothing boy
[C] But I know [G] the caliber
[Am] in [C] daddy's chest
I know [G] what
_ he'll [Am] drive _
The _ [C] _ state let him [G] go
[Am] But I guess it was best [G] cause nobody
_ needs [Am] all his loss and pride
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] And he [G] said
when all [Am] the boys come _ back
[C] Run for man's favorite _ [Am] son _
_ _ [C] So beat him [G] real good
[Am] Don't dare let him [G] die
And if you see
the father he'll [Am] run _
_ _ [C] Well I said
[Em] they ain't given [C] us
trouble _ [Am] _ [C] before
We ain't [G] broke down
[Am] like sails
_ _ Or a chain on [G] my back
and [Am] my head to the floor
Then [G] I'll send all
the hell for [Am] the hell _ _ _ [G] I'll send
all the hell for [Am] the _ _ hell
_ [Em] _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] right
through the [Am] door _ _
I [C] _ _ _
got family
[Am] in Mobile _
[C] Bay
They ain't ever seen
my daddy's [Am] grave _ _
_ But [G] daddy don't
call the name
He [Am] ain't marchin' away
_ [C] Cause I got [G] dad brothers
[C] in the lower down south
And I got [G] dad brothers
[Am] in East _ Tennessee
[C] I ain't [G] got a shot
[Am] running from this house
[G] Even though I'm
the father of [Am] the name
[C] _ _ It's _ _ decoration [Am] day _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _
Hide the mind
and go [Am] spit on his grave
[C] Hide the [G] hell
I [Am] threw him away
_ And [G] high five
till the last
lonesome [A] last living [C] day _ [G] High five
till the last
[Am] lonesome last living day High [G] five
till [Bm] the last
[C] lonesome [Am] last living [Em] day
_ [Am] _ _ High _
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