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ist: The Decemberists
# Album: The Hazards Of Love
# Song: The Rake Song
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#Tabbed by: Jacob Stern
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#Listen to the song to get the timing and strum pattern right.
#You can download it free from The Decemberists website. Have fun
#This song is evil!
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#Intro: G Em G Em Gm...
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[G]I had ent[Em]ered in[G]to a mar[Em]riage
In the summer of my twenty-first year
And the bells rang for our wedding
Only now do I remember it clear
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
[G]No more a [Em]rake and [G]no more a[Em] bachelor
I was wedded and it whetted my thirst
Until her womb start spilling out babies
Only then did I reckon my curse
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
[G]First came [Em]Eziah with [G]his crinkled little f[Em]ingers
Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn
Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery
Mercifully taking her mother along
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
[G]What can one[Em] do when on[G]e is wido[Em]wer
Shamefully saddled with three little pests
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
[G]Charlotte I [Em]buried after f[G]eeding her [Em]foxglove
Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
Eziah fought but was easily bested
Burned his body for incurring my wrath
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
[G]And that's how I [Em]came your [G]humble narr[Em]ator
To be living so easy and free
Expect you think that I should be haunted
But it never really bothers me
Am C G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alr
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