Infanta by Decemberists More tabs: http://www.geocities.com/jff_77/ Artist: The Decemberists Album: Picaresque Song: The Infanta E Here she comes in her palanquin on the back of an elephant F E On a bed made of linen and sequins and silk All astride on her father's line with the king and his concubines F E And her nurse with her pitchers of liquors and milk G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta E Among five score pachyderm each canopied and passengered F E Sit the duke and the duchess's luscious young girls Within sight of the baronness seething spite for this live largesse F E On her side sits the baron, her barrenness barbs her G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta (Interlude:) Em D Em D Am Bb F F A phalanx on camel back, thirty ranks on a forward tack F# F Followed close, their shiny bright standards are waving While behind in their coach in fours ride the wives of the king of bores F# F And the veiled young virgin, the prince's betrothed G# D# F And we'll all come praise the infanta G# D# F And we'll all come praise the infanta E F And as she sits upon her place E F Her innocence laid on her face Bb F From all atop the parapets blow a multitude of coronets Bb F Melodies rhapsodical and fair Bb F And all our hearts afire, the sky ablaze with cannonfire E F We all raise our voices to the air E To the air E And above all this folderol on a bed made of chaparral F E She is laid, a coronal placed on her brow And the babe all in slumber dreams of a place filled with quiet streams F E And a lake where her cradle was pulled from the water G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta G D E And we'll all come praise the infanta End: G D E G D E G D E www.TAB6.com