Chord Bagmans Gambit by Decemberists

E D A G B E E5/C : x 3 2 4 4 0 Cadd9 : x 3 2 0 3 0 Cmaj7 : x 3 2 0 0 0 Cmaj7 * : x 3 2 0 3 xe5/C * : x 3 2 0 0 xam : x 2 2 1 x xesus4 : x 2 2 0 x xdsus2 : x 2 2 3 x xfor the verse , strum each chord once . intro E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * x2 verse 1 ch E5/C /Ch Cadd9 Cadd9 on the lam Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch from the law Cadd9 Cadd9 on the steps of Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch the capital Cadd9 Cadd9 you shot a plainclothes Cmaj7 Cmaj7 cop on the Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch ten o’ clock Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 and i saw momentarily Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 ch E5/C /Ch they flashed a photograph , it couldn’t be you Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 you’d been abused so horribly Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 E5/C but you were there in some anonymous room Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * x2 verse 2 ch E5/C /Ch Cadd9 Cadd9 and i recall that Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch fall Cadd9 Cadd9 i was working for the Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch government Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 and in a bathroom stall Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch off the national mall Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 how we kissed so sweetly Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 ch E5/C /Ch how could i refuse a favor or two Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 and for a tryst in the greenery Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 E5/C i gave you documents and microfilm too Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * x2 chorus G and from my ten floor tenement Am where once our bodies lay C how i longed to hear you say Cm G "no they’ll never catch me now Cm no they’ll never catch me Am F no they cannot catch me now E F we will escape somehow Fm somehow , oh" E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * x2 verse 3 ch E5/C /Ch Cadd9 Cadd9 it was late Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch one night ch E5/C /Ch Cadd9 Cadd9 i was awoken by the Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch telephone Cadd9 Cadd9 i heard a strangled Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch cry on the end of the line Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 purloined in petrograd Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 ch E5/C /Ch they were suspicious of where your loyalties lay Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 so i paid off a bureaucrat Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 E5/C to convince your captors there to secret you away Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * x2 chorus G and at the gate of the embassy Am our hands met through the bars C as your whisper stilled my heart Cm G "no they’ll never catch me now Cm no they’ll never catch me Am F no they cannot catch me now E F we will escape somehow Fm somehow , oh" bridge C B C B G G and i dreamt one night F# you were there in form G hands held high F# in uniform G oh F# oh E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * x2 outro ch E5/C /Ch Cadd9 Cadd9 it was ten Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch years on ch E5/C /Ch Cadd9 Cadd9 when you resurfaced Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch in a motorcar Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 and with the wave of an arm Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ch E5/C /Ch * ch E5/C /Ch * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * you were there and gone