Tiger Mountain Peasant Song — Fleet Foxes
Chords and lyrics for Tiger Mountain Peasant Song by Fleet Foxes (key of F).
Verse 1
The song is tuned down a half-step, but you can play it normal and it
sounds pretty.
It's in 6/8 and the key of C (well, B once it's tuned down, but you get the
idea).
Intro
Am / D7 / G / Em
Verse 1
[Am][D7]Wanderers this [G]morning came [Em]by
[Am]Where did [D7]they go, [G]graceful in the [F][G]morning [C]light
To [F][G]banner [C]fair
To [F]follow you [G]softly in the cold mountain air
Verse 2
[Am]Through the [D7]forest and [G]down to your [Em]grave
[Am]Where the [D7]birds wait [G]and the tall [F][G]grasses [C]wave
[F]They [G]do [C]not
[F]Know you [G]anymore
Interlude
Am / D7 / G / Em / Am / D7 / Em /
F / G / C (keep strumming C)
Chorus
[C]Dear [F]shadow [G]alive and [C]well
[C]How can the [F]body [G]die
You [C]tell me [D7]everything, anything [G]true
Verse 3
[Am]In the [D7]town one [G]morning I [Em]went
[Am][D7]Staggering through [G]premonitions [F]of [G]my [C]death
[F]I [G]don't [C]see [F][G]anybody that dear to me
Chorus
[C]Dear [F]shadow [G]alive and [C]well
[C]How can the [F]body [G]die
You [C]tell me [D7]everything, anything [G]true
[Em][Am]Jessie
[C]I don't know what [Bb]I have [C]done
[Bb]I'm turning [C]myself into a [Bb]demon[C]
[C]I don't know what [Bb]I have [C]done
[Bb]I'm turning [C]myself into a [Bb]demon[C]
Outro
Am / D7 / G / Em
Am / D7 / G / Em
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