The Rakes Song - The Decemberists (Lyrics) Chords

[G] _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
[E] I had [G] entered [E] into a [G]
marriage [E] in the summer [G] of my [E] 21st [G] year,
[E] and the [G] bells rang [Em] for our [G] wedding.
[E] Only now [G] do I remember [E] it clear, [A] all right, [C] all right, all [G] _
right. _ _ _ _ _
No more a rake and no more a bachelor.
I was wedded and it wedded my thirst,
until her womb starts spilling out baby.
[E] Only then [G] did I reckon [E] my curse, [A] all right, [C] all right, all [G]
right,
_ _ _ _ _ [A] all right, _ [C] all right, all [G] _
[E] right.
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G]
First came Isaiah with his creakle little _ fingers,
then came Charlotte and her wretched girl, Don.
I gleaned the fat and we died on delivery,
simply taking her mother all of [A] the right, _ [C] all right, all [G]
right.
[E] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G]
What can one do when one is a widower?
Shamefully settled with three little pests,
all [E] that's I wanted [Gm] was the freedom [E] of [G] a new life, [E] so my burden [G] I began [E] to type, that's [A] all right,
[C] all right, all [G]
right, [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [A] all right, [C] all right, all [Gm] _
_ [E] right.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
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Charlotte [E] I buried [G] after feeding [E] her _ [G]
foxglove,
[E] Don was easy, [G] she was round [E] in the [G] bath, [E] Isaiah but [G] but was [E] easily [G] bested,
[E] when his body [G] blow and curing [E] my rap, [A] all right, _ [C] all right, all [G] _
[E] right.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
That's how I came your humble _ narrator, to be living so easy and free.
I expect that you think
that you keep hunting, but it never really bothers me, all [A] right, _ [C] all right, [Gm] all [E] right, _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [A] all right, [C] all right.
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