On The Bus Mall Decemberists guitar chords

Cmaj7G
e|-12h14p12-12---10h12p10-10---7h9p7-7-----12p10p9-10-7-----|
B|-------------------------------------8--------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|x2
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|




*Note: at the point where the chord is Cmaj7-C, strum the Cmaj7
chord once then hammer on the 1 on the B string immediately.
Basically, you'll be strumming the C chord, then lift of the B
string C for one strum, then hold it again. If you listen to
the song, you can kind of tell.

Cmaj7
In matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our showboats
G
we kicked around
Cmaj7
From stairway to station, we made a sensation
G
with the gadabout crowd
Cmaj7
And oh what a bargain, we're two easy targets
G
For the old men at the off-tracks
Cmaj7
Who've paid in palaver and crumpled old dollars
G
Which we squirreled away
EmAmAsus2Am
In our rat-trap hotel by the freeway          
CCmaj7-CG
And we slept in Sundays             

Cmaj7
Your parents were anxious, your cool was contagious
G
At the old school
Cmaj7
You left without leaving a note for your grieving
G
Sweet mother while your brother was so cruel
Cmaj7
And here in the alleys your spirits were rallied
G
As you learned quick to make a fast buck
Cmaj7
In bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and heirlooms
G
We bit our tongues
EmAm
Sucked our lips into our lungs 'til we were falling
C
Such was our calling

EmDAmC
And here in our hollow we fused like a family 
EmDC
But I will not mourn for you
EmDAmC
So take up your makeup and pocket your pills away 
AmCm
We're kings among runaways 
G
On the bus mall
CmG
We're down on the bus mall

Intro x2

Cmaj7
Among all the urchins and old chinese merchants
G
Of the old town
Cmaj7
We reigned at the pool hall with one iron cue ball
G
And we never let the bastards get us down
Cmaj7
And we laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp dicks
G
On the colonnades of the waterfront park
Cmaj7
As four in the morning came on cold and boring
G
We huddled close
EmAmAsus2Am
In the bus stop enclosure enfolding            
CCmaj7-C
Our hands tightly holding  

EmDAmC
But here in our hollow we fused like a family 
EmDC
But I will not mourn for you
EmDAmC
So take up your makeup and pocket your pills away 
AmCm
We're kings among runaways 
G
On the bus mall
CmG
We're down on the bus mall
CmG
We're down on the bus mall (At this point, Guitar 2 comes in with Intro riff)
CmG
Down on the bus mall
DCmaj7GCmaj7G
Ohhhh           

Chords Used:
EADGBe
x32000
Cmaj7    
320033
G        
x32010
C        
022000
Em       
x02210
Am       
x02200
Asus2    
xx0232
D        
x35543x3x043
Cm         or   

h=hammer on
p=pull off

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