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Wedding Song

Anaïs Mitchell

OtherAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E7○○○○
E○○○
G6Diagram coming soon
Asus2Diagram coming soon
Emaj7Diagram coming soon
Esus4Diagram coming soon
Esus2Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 7th fret
              
 
 
 
INTRO: E7 
 
EURYDICE: 
 E 
Lover, tell me if you can 
Who?s gonna buy the wedding bands? 
 G6          E 
Times being what they are 
 G6              Asus2           E 
Hard and getting harder all the time 
 
ORPHEUS: 
 E 
Lover, when I sing my song 
All the rivers sing along 
     G6                        E 
And they?re gonna break their banks for me 
To lay their gold around my feet 
All the flashing in the pan, all the fashion for your hand 
     G6            Asus2               E 
The river's gonna give us the wedding bands 
 
EURYDICE: 
 E 
Lover, tell me, if you?re able 
Who?s gonna lay the wedding table? 
 G6          E 
Times being what they are 
 G6               Asus2          E 
Dark and getting darker all the time 
 
ORPHEUS: 
 E 
Lover, when I sing my song 
All the trees gonna sing along 
     G6                  E 
And bend their branches down to me 
To lay their fruit around my feet 
The almond and the apple 
And the sugar from the maple 
     G6         Asus2            E 
The trees gonna lay the wedding table 
 
hide this tab INSTRUMENTAL: 
 E       Emaj7    E                Esus4            E 
e|----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------| 
B|0---------4-----|----------0-----|----------------|0---------------| 
G|------1---------|----------------|2-----1---2-----|----------------| 
D|--2-----------2-|------2-------2-|--2-----------2-|------2---2---2-| 
A|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---| 
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------| 
 
 E       Emaj7    E                Esus4            Esus2 
e|----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------| 
B|0---------4-----|----------0-----|----------------|----------------| 
G|------1---------|----------------|2-----1---2-----|----------1-----| 
F|--2-----------2-|------2-------2-|--2-----------2-|4-----4---------| 
A|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---| 
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------| 
 
 E                Esus4   E                Esus2 
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
B|------------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
G|----------------|2---------1-----|----------------|------1---------| 
D|2-----2---2-----|------2-------2-|2-----2---4-----|4---------4-----| 
A|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---| 
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------| 
 
 
 
G6 Asus2 E 
 
EURYDICE: 
 E 
Lover, tell me, when we?re wed 
Who?s gonna make the wedding bed? 
 G6          E 
Times being what they are 
 G6              Asus2           E 
Hard and getting harder all the time 
 
ORPHEUS: 
 E 
Lover, when I sing my song 
All the birds gonna sing along 
     G6                   E 
And they?ll come flying 'round to me 
To lay their feathers at my feet 
And we?ll lie down in eiderdown, 
A pillow ?neath our heads 
     G6         Asus2             E     Emaj7 
The birds gonna make the wedding bed 
         G6         Asus2            E     Emaj7 
And the trees gonna lay the wedding table 
         G6          Asus2                E     Emaj7 
And the rivers gonna give us the wedding bands 
 
G6 Asus2 E

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Chord set

E7 · E · G6 · Asus2 · Emaj7 · Esus4 · Esus2

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.