Decemberists - Eli The Barrow Boy guitar tab

Artist: The Decemberists

Album: Picaresque

Song: Eli, The Barrow Boy

Capo 4

(Intro:)

Am G Am G

Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B

Eli the barrowboy of the old town

Am Am/E Am /B C C/G

Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out

G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G

All down the day

Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B

Below the tamaracks he is crying

Am Am/E Am /B C C/G

Corncobs and candlewax for the buying

G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G

All down the day

F C

Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe

F Am

Made of gold and silk Arabian thread

F C

She is dead and gone and lying in the pine grove

G Am Am/E Am

And I must push my barrow all the day

G Am Am/E

And I must push my barrow all the day

(Interlude:)

Am Am/E Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B Am Am/E Am /B C C/G G Am G Am

Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B

Eli the barrowboy when they found him

Am Am/E Am /B C C/G

Dressed all in corduroy, he had drowned in

G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G

The river down the way

Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B

They lay his body down in a churchyard

Am Am/E Am /B C C/G

But still when the moon is out with his pushcart

G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G

He calls down the day

F C

Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown

F Am

Made of gold and silk Arabian thread

F C

But I am dead and gone and lying in the church ground

G Am Am/E Am

But still I push my barrow all the day

G Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am

But still I push my barrow all the day