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Tab Mapper
Tab or chord file URL:

The tab mapper is a handy little tool that will render a guitar tab file with graphic chord diagrams displayed alongside. This comes in handy for people who just don't have every single chord shape memorized. Just plug in the web site address of a valid .tab or .crd file and hit "Go". In general, the tab mapper does a better job with printer friendly URLs. If there is more than one way to play a chord, the tab mapper will choose the most common shape. To see other fingerings, click on the chord diagram and you will be taken to the chord calculator.

G chord {3 2 0 0 0 3}
Em chord {0 2 2 0 0 0}
C chord {x 3 2 0 1 0}
Am chord {x 0 2 2 1 0}

Show me scales that sound good with the chords in this song: G,Em,C,Am.

The Rake's Song Tab by The Decemberists | Indie Guitar Tabs
#----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-----------------------------#
# This represents the author's own work and interpretation of the    #
# song. To be used only for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#--------------------------------------------------------------------#

Artist: The Decemberists
 Album: The Hazards Of Love
  Song: The Rake's Song

[http://www.indieguitartabs.com/bands/decemberists/the_rakes_song.html]

Tabbed by: Jacob Stern

Listen to the song to get the timing and strum pattern right.
You can download it free from The Decemberists website. Have fun
This song is evil! 

Intro: G Em G Em Gm...

G        Em     G       Em
I had entered into a marriage
In the summer of my twenty-first year
And the bells rang for our wedding
Only now do I remember it clear
   Am         C           G Em... 
Alright, alright, alright

G         Em       G        Em
No more a rake and no more a bachelor
I was wedded and it whetted my thirst
Until her womb start spilling out babies
Only then did I reckon my curse
    Am        C          G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
G          Em         G                    Em
First came Eziah with his crinkled little fingers
Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn
Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery
Mercifully taking her mother along
    Am        C          G Em...
Alright, alright, alright

G           Em         G        Em
What can one do when one is widower
Shamefully saddled with three little pests
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest
    Am        C           G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

G           Em            G          Em
Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove
Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
Eziah fought but was easily bested
Burned his body for incurring my wrath
    Am        C          G Em...
Alright, alright, alright

G                Em        G          Em
And that's how I came your humble narrator
To be living so easy and free
Expect you think that I should be haunted
But it never really bothers me
    Am        C          G Em...
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

 Ending: G Em Em	

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