Tarkio foi a antiga banda de Colin Meloy, antes de formar o The Decemberists. A Banda foi formada em Missoula, Montana , em 1996, depois de Meloy ter estudado Inglês na Universidade de Montana por alguns semestres. Ele recrutou o tocador de banjo, Gibson Hartwell, o baixista Louis Stein e o baterista Brian Collins, após uma reunião noturna, em um café local. Em 1997, a banda lançou de forma independente uma série de demos. Limitado a 500 exemplares
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
verse: Riff So I guess I'll make do with all that was handed down and shyly return D from this all night kickaround
Riff Quiet and cursed these tired bones demured to shuffle it homeward D it's all I could endure
Chorus: Dm And have I waited too long FAm or did I not wait long enough? FFm These old walls remind me G I guess I was hoping for something more
verse: Riff So lost in the live touch of comfort and company and whisper so coy D and all that surrounded me
Riff And after we walk down avenues endlessly and stave the sunrise D from afirming our misery
Chorus: Dm And have I waited too long FAm or did I not wait long enough? FFm I put it all behind me G I guess I was hoping for something more FmG I guess I was hoping for something more