Songbook

July, July

By The Decemberists

Key of E

summer

[Intro]
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[Verse]
A          B                   E                 D
There is a road that meets the road that goes to my house
A          B           E
And how it green grows there
A          B                   E                 D
And we've got special boots, to beat the path to my house
A          B           E
And it's careful and it's careful when I'm there

[Verse]
A          B                   E                 D
And I say your uncle was a crooked french canadian
A          B           E
And he was gut-shot runnin gin
A          B                   E                 D
And how his guts were all suspended in his fingers
A          B           E
and how he held 'em, how he held 'em, held 'em in

[Pre-Chorus]
        F#m                  C#m
And the water rolls down the drain
    F#m                  C#m
The water rolls down the drain
          D
Oh what a lonely thing
     E
In a lonely drain

[Chorus]
A   D     E     D
 July, July, July
A     D         E
Never seemed so strange
A   D     E     D
 July, July, July
A     D
Never seemed so
A     D         A       E E7
Never seemed so strange

[Verse]
A           B            E                 D
This is the story of the road that goes to my house
A        B                 E
And what ghosts there do remain
A           B                    E                     D
And all the troughs that run the length and breadth of my house
        A                 B              E
And the chickens how they rattle chicken chains

[Verse]
A           B                E              D
And we'll remember this when we are old and ancient
A             B               E
Though the specifics might be vague
A                 B            E                 D
And I'll say your camisole was sprightly light magenta
        A             B             E
When in fact it was a nappy blueish grey

[Pre-Chorus]
        F#m                  C#m
And the water rolls down the drain
    F#m                  C#m
The blood rolls down the drain
          D
Oh what a lonely thing
     E
In a blood red drain

[Chorus]
A   D     E     D
 July, July, July
A     D         E
Never seemed so strange
A   D     E     D
 July, July, July
A     D
Never seemed so
A     D         A       E E7
Never seemed so strange

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