| Band: The Decemberists |
| Tabbed by: Jon Ransom |
| I’m compiling this tab using jimts and Don Tago’s versions, so thanks goes |
| to them for laying all of the ground work. The only major change to this |
| tab you’ll see are the Csus2 and Csus4 chords that Colin uses to fill in |
| between the FM7 chords. I’ve seen him play this live and it isn’t that |
| difficult to get the hang of the chord changes. |
| Standard Tuning with Capo on 2nd Fret |
| Chords (relative to capo) |
| EADGBe |
| C :032010 |
| Csus2:030010 |
| Csus4:033010 |
| F :033210 actually an Fm7 |
| G :320030 |
| Gsus2:300030 |
| G6 :322000 |
| G7 :323003 |
| Intro: C Csus2 C Csus4 Fm7 G Gsus2 G x3 |
| C | F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 |
| On a winter’s | Sunday I | go |
| F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 | |
| To | clear | away the | snow |
| F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 | F | G | |
| And | green the | ground | below |
| C | F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 |
| April all an | ocean | away |
| F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 | |
| Is | this the better | way to spend the | day? |
| F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 | F | G |
| Keeping the | winter at | bay |
| F | G | C | F |
| What were the | words I meant to | say before you | left? |
| Am | F | G | G7 | G6 | G | |
| When | I could see your | breath lead where you were | going | to |
| C | F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 |
| Maybe I should | just | let it | be |
| F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 | |
| And | maybe it will | all come back to | me |
| F | G | C | |
| Sing: | O, | Janu--ary, | O |
| C Csus2 C Csus4 Fm7 G Gsus2 x2 |
| C | F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 |
| How I lived a | childhood in | snow |
| F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 | |
| And | all my | teens in | tow |
| F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 | F | G |
| Stuffed in | strata of | clothes |
| C | F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 |
| Pale the | winter | days after | dark |
| F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 |
| Wandering the | gray memorial | park |
| F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 | F | G | |
| A | fleeting | beating of | hearts |
| F | G | C | F |
| What were the | words I meant to | say before she | left? |
| Am | F | G | G7 | G6 | G | |
| When | I could see her | breath lead where she was | going | to |
| C | F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 |
| Maybe I should | just | let it | be |
| F | G | C | Csus2 | C | Csus4 | |
| And | maybe it will | all come back to | me |
| F | G | F | G | C | |
| Sing: | O, | Janu-, | O | Janu--ary, | O |
| C Csus2 C Csus4 Fm7 G Gsus2 G x4 End on C |
| Source: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/d/decemberists/january_hymn_ver3_crd.htm |