------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calamity Song - The Decemberists From "The King Is Dead" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Abe M. Email: firepick11@gmail.com Tuning: EADGBe Key of D e|-------2-----------2---2---------------------------------------------------------| B|---3---3---3---3---3---3--------2------------------------------------------------| G|---2---2---4---2---2---2---2h4----4p0-------REPEAT-------------------------------| D|---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------2------------2---2--------------------2-----------2---2-------------------| G|---2---2---2---2----2---2--------2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---0---------------| D|---2---2---4---2----2---2---2h4----4p0---2---2---4---2---2---2-----4---2---0-----| A|---0---0---0---0----0---0----------------0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D Had a dream D A You and me and the war of the end times D And I believe A California succumbed to the fault line We heaved relief G As scores of innocents died G D And the Andalusian tribes G D Setting the lay of Nebraska alight A G 'Til all the remains is the arms of the angels (Later) G D And the Panamanian child G D Stands at the Dowager Empress's side D A G And all that remains is the arms of the angels D A G And all the remains is the arms of the angels D G Ah oo, Ah oo hoo D G Ah oo, Ah oo hoo Em A And you've receded into loam Em A And they're picking at your bones G D Will call cold D A We'll come home (End on D) ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************