Songbook

June Hymn

By The Decemberists

Key of G

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[Verse]
G                Gmaj7          Em7
Here's a hymn to welcome in the day
G             Gmaj7          Em7
Heralding the summer's early sway
                             C  Cmaj7
And all the bulbs all coming in
     Am7  Cmaj7
to begin
C                 Cmaj7           Am7
Thrushes bleating battle with the wrens
                    D
Disrupts my reverie again

G         Gmaj7           Em7
  Pegging clothing on the line
G          Gmaj7          Em7
  Training jasmine how to vine
                     C    Cmaj7
Up the arbor to your door
    Am7  Cmaj7
And more
       C               Cmaj7            Am7
You're standing on the landing with the war
                               D
You shouldered all the night before

[Chorus]
C                   D
  And once upon it, the yellow bonnets
G                 C    Cmaj7
  Garland all the lawn
Am7                    D
  And you were waking, day was breaking
G              C    Cmaj7
  A panoply of song
Am7                   D           G
  And summer comes to Springville Hill

[Interlude]
G

[Verse]
  G         Gmaj7      Em7
A barony of ivy in the trees
  G               Gmaj7       Em7
Expanding out its empire by degrees
                              C     Cmaj7
And all the branches burst to bloom
       Am7  Cmaj7
in the boom
C                Cmaj7       Am7
Heaven sent this cardinal maroon
                       D
To decorate our living room

[Chorus]
C                   D
  And once upon it, the yellow bonnets
G                 C    Cmaj7
  Garland all the lawn
Am7                    D
  And you were waking, day was breaking
G              C    Cmaj7
  A panoply of song
Am7                   D
  And summer comes to Springville Hill

[Bridge]
C                D                 Em          C               Cmaj7
  And years from now when this old light isn't ambling anymore
Am7      D               G  Gmaj7  Em7
  Will I bring myself to write
C                    D           G
  "I give my best to Springville Hill"

[Chorus]
C                   D
  And once upon it, the yellow bonnets
G                 C    Cmaj7
  Garland all the lawn
Am7                    D
  And you were waking, day was breaking
G              C    Cmaj7
  A panoply of song
Am7                   D
  And summer comes to Springville Hill