Annan Water by Decemberists

Standard Tuning

Chords Used:
    EADGBe
Am: 002210
A:  002220
A7: 002020
D:  000232
Dm: 000231
Em: 022000
E:  022100
F:  133211
F#m:244222
G:  320003


Intro and verse tabs: [listen to CD for rhythm]

e|----0--0---0----0--0---0----0--0---0----0--0---0--0--|
B|----1--1---1----1--1---1----1--1---1----1--1---1--1--|
G|----2--2---2----2--2---2----2--2---2----2--2---2--2--| repeat,
D|----2--2---2----2--2---2----2--2---2----2--2---2--2--|
A|--0------0-------------------------------------------|
E|--------------1------1----0------0----1------0---3---|

Verse 1 (use verse tab)
Annan water, you loom so deep and wide 
I would cross over if you would stem the tide 
Or build a boat that I might ford the other side                    F
To reach the farther shore where my true love lies in wait for me 
G           Am   F           Em  G           Am              
In wait for me,  in wait for me, in wait for me 

Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords)
Oh, great river, your waters ramble wild
The horses shiver and bite against the bridle
But I will cross if mine own horse is pulled from me 
Though my mother cries that if I try I sure will drowned be
Will drowned be, will drowned be, will drowned be 

Chorus Chords:
            D   Dm              A   F#m
But if you calm     and let me pass 
         D           E                 A   A7
You may render me a wreck when I come back 
               D   Dm                A     A7
So calm your waves     and slow the churn 
             D               E            [start verse tabs here]
And you may have my precious bones on my return 

Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords)
Annan water, oh hear my true love's call 
Hear her holler above your water's pall 
God, that I could that my two arms could give me wings
And I would cross your breadth and rest my breast about her amber ring 
Her amber ring, her amber ring 

Chorus Chords:
            D   Dm              A   F#m
But if you calm     and let me pass 
         D           E                 A   A7
You may render me a wreck when I come back 
               D   Dm                A     A7
So calm your waves     and slow the churn 
             D               E            [start verse tabs here]
And you may have my precious bones on my return 

              Dm 
On my, on my return


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