Chords for The Decemberists On the Bus Mall
Tempo:
95.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[C]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[C]
In matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our [G] showboats, we kicked around.
[C]
From stairway to station, we made a [G] sensation with the gathered crowd.
[Em]
Oh [C] what a bargain, we're two easy [G] targets for the old men at the off track.
[C] Who paid in full lover and crumpled old [G] dollars, which we squirreled away,
[Em] in our rat-trapped hotel [Am] by the freeway.
[C] And we slept in Sundays.
[G]
[C]
Your parents were anxious, your cool was [G] contagious at the old school.
[C]
You left without leaving a note for your [G] grieving sweet mother, while your brother was so cruel.
[C]
And here in the alleys, your spirits were [G] rallied, as you learned quick to make a bad plan.
[C]
In bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and [G] heirlooms, we bit our tongues,
[Em] sucked our lips into our lungs, [Am] knew we were falling.
Such [C] was our calling.
[G] [Em]
Then we'll hit [D] our loft, [Am] we fused like [C] a family, [Em] but I will [D] not mourn [C] for you.
[Em] So take off [D] your makeup, [Am] and pocket your [C] pills away, [Am] we're kings among [Cm] runaways.
On [G] the bus mall, [Cm] we're down [G] on the bus mall.
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[C]
Among all the urchins and old Chinese [G] merchants,
of the old town.
[C]
We reigned at the pool hall, with one iron cue [G] ball, and we never let
the bastards get us down.
And [C] we laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp [G] dicks,
on the colonnades of the waterfront park.
[C]
As four in the morning came on cold and [G] boring,
we huddled close [Em] in the bus stop, [Am] enclosure enfolding, our hands [C]
tightly holding.
[Em] But here in [D] our hollow, [Am] we fused like [C] a family, [G] [Em] but I will [D] not mourn for [C]
you.
[Em] So take off [D] your makeup, [Am] and pocket your [C] pills away, [Am] we're kings among [Cm] runaways.
On [G] the bus mall, [Cm] we're down [G] on the bus mall.
[Cm]
We're down on [G] the bus mall.
[Cm]
Down on [G] the bus mall.
[D] [C] [G]
[Em]
[N]
[C]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[C]
In matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our [G] showboats, we kicked around.
[C]
From stairway to station, we made a [G] sensation with the gathered crowd.
[Em]
Oh [C] what a bargain, we're two easy [G] targets for the old men at the off track.
[C] Who paid in full lover and crumpled old [G] dollars, which we squirreled away,
[Em] in our rat-trapped hotel [Am] by the freeway.
[C] And we slept in Sundays.
[G]
[C]
Your parents were anxious, your cool was [G] contagious at the old school.
[C]
You left without leaving a note for your [G] grieving sweet mother, while your brother was so cruel.
[C]
And here in the alleys, your spirits were [G] rallied, as you learned quick to make a bad plan.
[C]
In bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and [G] heirlooms, we bit our tongues,
[Em] sucked our lips into our lungs, [Am] knew we were falling.
Such [C] was our calling.
[G] [Em]
Then we'll hit [D] our loft, [Am] we fused like [C] a family, [Em] but I will [D] not mourn [C] for you.
[Em] So take off [D] your makeup, [Am] and pocket your [C] pills away, [Am] we're kings among [Cm] runaways.
On [G] the bus mall, [Cm] we're down [G] on the bus mall.
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[C]
Among all the urchins and old Chinese [G] merchants,
of the old town.
[C]
We reigned at the pool hall, with one iron cue [G] ball, and we never let
the bastards get us down.
And [C] we laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp [G] dicks,
on the colonnades of the waterfront park.
[C]
As four in the morning came on cold and [G] boring,
we huddled close [Em] in the bus stop, [Am] enclosure enfolding, our hands [C]
tightly holding.
[Em] But here in [D] our hollow, [Am] we fused like [C] a family, [G] [Em] but I will [D] not mourn for [C]
you.
[Em] So take off [D] your makeup, [Am] and pocket your [C] pills away, [Am] we're kings among [Cm] runaways.
On [G] the bus mall, [Cm] we're down [G] on the bus mall.
[Cm]
We're down on [G] the bus mall.
[Cm]
Down on [G] the bus mall.
[D] [C] [G]
[Em]
[N]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
In matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our [G] showboats, we kicked around.
_ _ _ _ _ [C]
From stairway to station, we made a [G] sensation with the gathered crowd.
_ _ _ _ [Em]
Oh [C] what a bargain, we're two easy [G] targets for the old men at the off track.
_ [C] Who paid in full lover and crumpled old [G] dollars, which we squirreled away,
[Em] in our rat-trapped hotel [Am] by the freeway.
_ _ _ [C] And we slept in Sundays.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Your parents were anxious, your cool was [G] contagious at the old school.
_ _ _ _ _ [C]
You left without leaving a note for your [G] grieving sweet mother, while your brother was so cruel.
_ [C]
And here in the alleys, your spirits were [G] rallied, as you learned quick to make a bad plan.
_ _ [C]
In bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and [G] heirlooms, we bit our tongues,
[Em] sucked our lips into our lungs, [Am] knew we were falling.
_ _ _ Such [C] was our _ calling.
_ [G] _ _ [Em]
Then we'll hit [D] our loft, [Am] we fused like [C] a family, _ _ [Em] but I will [D] not _ mourn [C] for you.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] So take off [D] your _ makeup, [Am] and pocket your [C] pills away, _ [Am] we're kings among [Cm] runaways.
_ On [G] the bus mall, _ _ _ _ [Cm] we're down [G] _ _ _ on the bus mall.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Among all the urchins and old Chinese [G] merchants,
of the old town.
_ _ _ _ [C]
We reigned at the pool hall, with one iron cue [G] ball, and we never let
the bastards get us down.
And [C] we laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp [G] dicks,
on the colonnades of the waterfront park.
_ _ [C]
As four in the morning came on cold and [G] boring,
we huddled close [Em] in the bus stop, [Am] enclosure _ enfolding, _ _ our hands [C]
tightly holding.
_ _ _ [Em] But here in [D] our hollow, [Am] we fused like [C] a family, _ [G] _ [Em] but I will [D] not mourn for [C]
you.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] So take off [D] your _ makeup, [Am] and pocket your [C] pills away, _ [Am] we're kings among [Cm] runaways.
_ On [G] the bus mall, _ _ _ _ [Cm] we're down _ _ _ [G] on the bus mall.
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm]
We're down _ _ on [G] the bus mall.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _
Down _ on _ [G] the bus mall.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
In matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our [G] showboats, we kicked around.
_ _ _ _ _ [C]
From stairway to station, we made a [G] sensation with the gathered crowd.
_ _ _ _ [Em]
Oh [C] what a bargain, we're two easy [G] targets for the old men at the off track.
_ [C] Who paid in full lover and crumpled old [G] dollars, which we squirreled away,
[Em] in our rat-trapped hotel [Am] by the freeway.
_ _ _ [C] And we slept in Sundays.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Your parents were anxious, your cool was [G] contagious at the old school.
_ _ _ _ _ [C]
You left without leaving a note for your [G] grieving sweet mother, while your brother was so cruel.
_ [C]
And here in the alleys, your spirits were [G] rallied, as you learned quick to make a bad plan.
_ _ [C]
In bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and [G] heirlooms, we bit our tongues,
[Em] sucked our lips into our lungs, [Am] knew we were falling.
_ _ _ Such [C] was our _ calling.
_ [G] _ _ [Em]
Then we'll hit [D] our loft, [Am] we fused like [C] a family, _ _ [Em] but I will [D] not _ mourn [C] for you.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] So take off [D] your _ makeup, [Am] and pocket your [C] pills away, _ [Am] we're kings among [Cm] runaways.
_ On [G] the bus mall, _ _ _ _ [Cm] we're down [G] _ _ _ on the bus mall.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Among all the urchins and old Chinese [G] merchants,
of the old town.
_ _ _ _ [C]
We reigned at the pool hall, with one iron cue [G] ball, and we never let
the bastards get us down.
And [C] we laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp [G] dicks,
on the colonnades of the waterfront park.
_ _ [C]
As four in the morning came on cold and [G] boring,
we huddled close [Em] in the bus stop, [Am] enclosure _ enfolding, _ _ our hands [C]
tightly holding.
_ _ _ [Em] But here in [D] our hollow, [Am] we fused like [C] a family, _ [G] _ [Em] but I will [D] not mourn for [C]
you.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] So take off [D] your _ makeup, [Am] and pocket your [C] pills away, _ [Am] we're kings among [Cm] runaways.
_ On [G] the bus mall, _ _ _ _ [Cm] we're down _ _ _ [G] on the bus mall.
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm]
We're down _ _ on [G] the bus mall.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _
Down _ on _ [G] the bus mall.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _