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16 Military Wives by The Decemberists - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            Artist:  The Decemberists
Song:    Sixteen Military Wives
Album:   Picaresque


     E    G    A    B    C#m   D

e|---0----3----0----2----4----2---|
B|---0----0----2----4----5----3---|
G|---1----0----2----4----6----2---|
D|---2----0----2----4----6----0---|
A|---2----2----0----2----4----x---|
E|---0----3----x----x----4----x---|


[Intro]
E  E  E  E


E                  G
  Sixteen military wives
             A                               E
  Thirty-two softly focused brightly colored eyes
E                        G
  Staring at the natural tan
                A                                E
  Of thirty-two gently clenching wrinkled little hands
A                   B
  Seventeen company men
               C#m               D            A
  Out of which only twelve will make it back again
E                             G
  Seargeant sends a letter to five
           A                                            E
  Military wives, whose tears drip down from ten little eyes


B
  Cheer them on to their rivals
         A       E        A       E         B
  'Cause America can, and America can't say no
      A       E        A       E         B
  And America does, if America says it's so
  B
  It's so
          F#m              A
  And the anchorperson on TV goes
  E
  La de da de da


E                   G
  Fifteen celebrity minds
               A                                 E
  Living their fifteen sordid wretched checkered lives
E                                G
  Will they find the solution in time
              A                                 E
  Using their fifteen pristine moderate liberal minds
A                  B
  Eighteen academy chairs
               C#m         D           A
  Out of which only seven really even care
E                         G
  Doling out a garland to five
            A                                 E
  Celebrity minds, they're humbly taken by surprise


B
  Cheer them on to their rivals
         A       E        A       E         B
  'Cause America can, and America can't say no
      A       E        A       E         B
  And America does, if America says it's so
  B
  It's so
          F#m              A
  And the anchorperson on TV goes
  E
  La de da de da de di de di de da
  E
  La de da de da de di de di de da


[Bridge]
E  G  A  E  E  G  A  E


A                   B
  Fourteen cannibal kings
            C#m                D                A
  Wondering blithely what the dinner bell will bring
E                   G
  Fifteen celebrity minds
              A                             E
  Served on a leafy bed of sixteen military wives


B
  Cheer them on to their rivals
         A       E        A       E         B
  'Cause America can, and America can't say no
      A       E        A       E         B
  And America does, if America says it's so
  B
  It's so
          F#m              A
  And the anchorperson on TV goes
  E
  La de da de da de di de di de da
  E
  La de da de da de di de di de da
  E
  La de da de da de di de di de da
  E
  De da de da de di de di de da
  E
  De da de da de di de di de da


[Outro]
E  G  A  E  E  G  A  E  E  G  A  E


Well, that's it. Special thanks to Dan Quinn.
Enjoy! Tabbed by Jeff H. 
        

We also have 16 songs by The Decemberists

• 16 Military Wives
• Dont Carry It All
• Down By The Water
• Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
• June Hymn
• Make You Better
• Mariners Revenge Song
• O Valencia
• On The Bus Mall
• Red Right Ankle
• Rox In The Box
• Shankill Butchers
• Sons And Daughters
• The Crane Wife 3
• The Engine Driver
• We Both Go Down Together

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