Artist: The Decemberists
Song: Won t Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
Album: The Hazards of Love
Tabbed by: Don Tago
Email:
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Tuning: Drop D - DADGBe
Chords Used:
DADGBe
D5:000---
F5:333---
G5:555---
Intro and verse tabs:
Start with: D5 x4, and on the 4th strum second guitar inserts like this--->
Riff 1:
D|-------------------------------0h3p0-----|
A|-----------0h3p0---------------------3---| repeat x2,
D|-----------------3-0-------------------0-|
Then, after x4 of Riff 1, stop and start Riff 2-1 with D5
Riff 2: (see Riff 2 variations [2-1 and 2-2] at bottom of page)
e|----------------------------------|
B|--------------------3----3h5p3----|
G|----2-4----4-5----5------------5--| repeat x2,
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Gentle leaves, gentle leaves, please array a path for me
[with Riff 2-1]
The wood s all growing thick and fast around
Columbine, Columbine, please alert this love of mine
[with Riff 2-2]
Let him know his Margaret comes along
Chorus 1 Chords:
[with Riff 2-1]
And all this stirring inside my belly won t quell my want for love
[with Riff 2 x2]
And I may swoon from all this swelling but I won t want for love
Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords)
Mistle thrush, mistle thrush, lay me down in the underbrush
My naked feet grow weary with the dusk
Willow Boughs, Willow Boughs, make a bed to lay me down
Let your branches bow to cradle us
Chorus Chords
And I may swoon from all this swelling but I won t want for love
And I may swoon from all this swelling but I won t want for love
Bridge:
[with Riff 3]
Oh, my own true love, oh, my own true love
[with Riff 3]
Can you hear me, love? Can you hear me, love?
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Riff 3:
G|-2/7-7-7--5-5-5--4-4-4--2-2--|
D|--0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|
A|-----------------------------|
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then, Riff 1 x2, then
Riff 2 x1
Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords)
And all this stirring inside my belly won t quell my want for love
And I may swoon from all this swaying but I won t want for love
Outro: (use Riff 2 chords + tabs)
Won t want for love...
Won t want for love...
Won t want for love...
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Riff 2 Variations Used:
Riff 2-1
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----2-4----4-5--|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
D|----------------|
Riff 2-2
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------3--3--|
G|----2-4----4-5----5-------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|