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The Decemberists - Eli The Barrow Boy Chords

0Intro:
C#m0 B1 C#m2 B3
1
2Verse:
C#m4 C#m5    C#m6          D#7     E8   E9    E10  D#11
3Eli the barrow boy of the old town
C#m12    C#m13        C#m14         D#15     E16     E17
4Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out
B18            C#m19  C#m20    C#m21 B22 C#m23  C#m24    C#m25 B26
5All down the day
C#m27 C#m28      C#m29         D#30    E31  E32   E33  D#34
6Below the tamaracks he is crying
C#m35  C#m36        C#m37         D#38      E39  E40
7Corncobs and candle wax for the buying
B41            C#m42  C#m43    C#m44 B45 C#m46 C#m47    C#m48 B49
8All down the day
9
10Chorus:
A50                                     E51
11Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe
A52                             C#m53
12Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
A54                                     E55
13She is dead and gone and lying in the pine grove
    B56                             C#m57  C#m58    C#m59
14And I must push my barrow all the day
    B60                             C#m61  C#m62
15And I must push my barrow all the day
16
17Interlude:
C#m63 C#m64    C#m65 C#m66    C#m67  D#68 E69 E70   E71  D#72 C#m73 C#m74    C#m75  D#76 E77 E78   B79 C#m80 B81 C#m82
18
19Verse:
C#m83 C#m84    C#m85          D#86        E87     E88    E89  D#90
20Eli the barrow boy when they found him
C#m91      C#m92      C#m93         D#94     E95      E96
21Dressed all in corduroy, he had drowned in
    B97              C#m98  C#m99    C#m100 B101 C#m102  C#m103    C#m104 B105
22The river down the way
C#m106   C#m107       C#m108         D#109   E110     E111    E112  D#113
23They lay his body down in a churchyard
C#m114  C#m115              C#m116           D#117       E118   E119
24But still when the moon is out with his pushcart
   B120              C#m121  C#m122    C#m123 B124 C#m125 C#m126    C#m127 B128
25He calls down the day
26
27Chorus:
A129                                     E130
28Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown
A131                             C#m132
29Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
    A133                                   E134
30But I am dead and gone and lying in the church ground
    B135                              C#m136  C#m137    C#m138
31But still I push my barrow all the day
    B139                              C#m140  C#m141    C#m142 C#m143    C#m144 C#m145    C#m146
32But still I push my barrow all the day
33

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