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Offa Rex is a music project featuring English singer/multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney and American band The Decemberists.
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I've played along with the video a number of times and this seems pretty close to correct. For a more accurate
effect, try to avoid notes that create an obvious major/minor sound; stick mostly to roots and fifths for the
ambient sound Colin Meloy gets. This should suit you well if you want to class up an open mic night.
Intro:
D G D G
[Verse 1]
Bm A D A
Come, come with me out to the old churchyard,
D G
I so well know those paths 'neath the soft green sward.
Bm A D A
Friends slumber in there that we want to regard;
D G
We will trace out their names in the old churchyard.
Bm D
Mourn not for them, their trials are o'er
Bm G D
And why weep for those who will weep no more?
Bm A D A
For sweet is their sleep, though cold and hard
D G
Their pillows may be in the old churchyard.
[Verse 2]
Bm A D A
I know that it's vain when our friends depart
D G
To breathe kind words to a broken heart;
Bm A D A
And I know that the joy of life is marred
D G
When we follow lost friends to the old churchyard.
Bm D
But were I at rest 'neath yonder tree,
Bm G D
Oh, why would you weep, my friends, for me?
Bm A D A
I'm so weary, so wayworn, why would you retard
D G
The peace I seek in the old churchyard?
[Break]
Bm A D A
D G
[Verse 3]
Bm D
Why weep for me, for I'm anxious to go
Bm G D A
To that haven of rest where no tears ever flow;
Bm A D A
And I fear not to enter that dark lonely tomb
D G
Where our Saviour has lain and conquered the gloom.
[Break]
Bm A D A
D G
[Verse 4]
Bm D
I rest in the hope that one bright day
Bm G D A
Sunshine will burst to these prisons of clay,
Bm A D A
And old Gabriel's trumpet and voice of the Lord
D G
Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard
[Outro]
Bm A D A
D G
Bm A D A
D G
(Vamp that last bit with some rubato/ritardondo a couple more times and Bob's your uncle)
effect, try to avoid notes that create an obvious major/minor sound; stick mostly to roots and fifths for the
ambient sound Colin Meloy gets. This should suit you well if you want to class up an open mic night.
Intro:
D G D G
[Verse 1]
Bm A D A
Come, come with me out to the old churchyard,
D G
I so well know those paths 'neath the soft green sward.
Bm A D A
Friends slumber in there that we want to regard;
D G
We will trace out their names in the old churchyard.
Bm D
Mourn not for them, their trials are o'er
Bm G D
And why weep for those who will weep no more?
Bm A D A
For sweet is their sleep, though cold and hard
D G
Their pillows may be in the old churchyard.
[Verse 2]
Bm A D A
I know that it's vain when our friends depart
D G
To breathe kind words to a broken heart;
Bm A D A
And I know that the joy of life is marred
D G
When we follow lost friends to the old churchyard.
Bm D
But were I at rest 'neath yonder tree,
Bm G D
Oh, why would you weep, my friends, for me?
Bm A D A
I'm so weary, so wayworn, why would you retard
D G
The peace I seek in the old churchyard?
[Break]
Bm A D A
D G
[Verse 3]
Bm D
Why weep for me, for I'm anxious to go
Bm G D A
To that haven of rest where no tears ever flow;
Bm A D A
And I fear not to enter that dark lonely tomb
D G
Where our Saviour has lain and conquered the gloom.
[Break]
Bm A D A
D G
[Verse 4]
Bm D
I rest in the hope that one bright day
Bm G D A
Sunshine will burst to these prisons of clay,
Bm A D A
And old Gabriel's trumpet and voice of the Lord
D G
Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard
[Outro]
Bm A D A
D G
Bm A D A
D G
(Vamp that last bit with some rubato/ritardondo a couple more times and Bob's your uncle)
Ofra Haza
Og Familiah
Ogden Edsl
Ogen
Ogie Cayabyab
Oh No Not Stereo
Oh No Ono
Oh No! Oh My!
Oh Sixteen Oh Se (...)
Oh Susanna