Down By The Water chords by The Decemberists

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: novice

Intro:
[C][Em][C][Em][D]

Verse 1:
[Em]       [G]
See this ancient riverbed
[D]        [C]
See where all our follies are led
[Em]         [D]         [Em]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag

[Em]      [G]
I was just some towhead teen
[D]              [C]
Feeling 'round for fingers to get in between
[Em]         [D]         [Em]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag

Chorus:
[Em]    [D]   [Em]
The season rubs me wrong
[Em]    [D]  [C]
The summer swells anon
      [Em]     [G]
So knock me down, tear me up
      [D]            [C]
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
[Em]         [D]         [Em]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag

Harmonica Bit:
[C][Em][C][Em][D]

Verse 2:
[Em]        [G]
Sweet descend this rabble round
[D]            [C]
Pretty little patter of a seaport town
[Em]            [D]            [Em]
Rolling down the water and rolling down the old main drag

[Em]       [G]
All dolled up in gabardine
  [D]          [C]
The last flashing lee to appear nineteen
[Em]          [D]          [Em]
Queen of the water and queen of the old main drag

Chorus:
[Em]    [D]   [Em]
The season rubs me wrong
[Em]    [D]  [C]
The summer swells anon
      [Em]     [G]
So knock me down, tear me up
      [D]            [C]
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
[Em]         [D]         [Em]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag

Instrumental Break:
[C][Em][C][Em][D]
[Em][G][D][C][Em][D][Em]

Chorus:
[Em]    [D]   [Em]
The season rubs me wrong
[Em]    [D]  [C]
The summer swells anon
      [Em]     [G]
So knock me down, tear me up
      [D]            [C]
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
[Em]         [D]         [Em]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag

Outro:
[Em]         [D]         [Em]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
[Em]         [D]         [Em]
Down by the water and down by the old main drag