The Raincoat Song Chords & Tabs
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THE RAINCOAT SONG - The Decemberists
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Tabbed by:Chlored
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This is a simpler version of the song. In the original, there are two guitar tracks that
create the melody. this is the main one. The other guitar plays (ex.) Repeat for all chords.
e|-----3-----3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----2-----2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----3-----3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Tuning:
Capo on 3rd Fret
Intro/Verses:
e|------3----3---------3--3--------3---3--------3---3-------2---2--------2---2-----------|
B|---2--------2-----2------2----2-------2----2-------2----0------0-----0------0----------|
G|-----3-------3------3-----3-----3------3----3-------3----0------0-----0------0---------|
D|-0--------------0-----------0------------0------------------0--------------------------|
A|----------0-----------0------------0------------0------------------------0-------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------3----------3--------------------|
e|------3----3---------3--3---------------------------|
B|---2--------2-----2------2----===-------------------|
G|-----3-------3------3-----3-------------------------|
D|-0--------------0-----------------------------------|
A|----------0-----------0-----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
(play once for intro, twice for verses)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/decemberists/the_raincoat_song_tab.html ]
Chorus:
e|-----------------3---3------3---3-------3--3---------------------------------|
B|-----2---2-----0------0---2------2----2-----2--------------------------------|
G|---2------2-----0------0---3------3----3-----3-------------------------------| (play twice)
D|----2------2-------0-----0----------0----------------------------------------|
A|-0----------------------------0-----------0----------------------------------|
E|-------0------3--------------------------------------------------------------|
Transition:
e|---3-----3----2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----2-----2----0------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----3-----0----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------3--------------------------------------------------------------|
(play twice after chorus)
Intro: D-D-D-D-G7-G7-D-D
Verse 1:
D
Caroline, you're angry because you sleep like a spinster and you're twenty-eight
G7 D
You've been thinking late, you couldn't catch a cold
D
Bend your head double in the goose-down, piling all the pillows high
G7 D
Heave your fiercest sigh and see if that'll work
Chorus:
A G D
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
A G D
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
Transition:
D G7
I think it only made it rain more
D G7
I think it only made it rain the more
Verse 2:
D
And if the water's all wicking up your pant-leg, better wear your britches tight
G7 D
I should teach you right to be so down at heel
D
Going off half-cocked, not shot full of arrows from the cherubim
G7 D
Oh, the nerve of them to not draw their bows
Chorus:
A G D
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
A G D
And the raincoat that you wore when it rained today
Transition:
D G7
I think it only made it rain more
D G7
I think it only made it rain the more
