Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect Chords by The Decemberists

[Intro]
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 Dsus4 Cmaj7 D Cmaj7
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[Verse]
           D              Cmaj7   D
And here I dreamt I was a soldier ■
Cmaj7                                      
■     And I marched the streets of Birkenau
                                                                            D    Cmaj7
And I recall in spring the perfume that the air would bring to the indolent town ■    
D Cmaj7           C                       D   
■ ■     Where the barkers called the moon down
C     D                    C      D  
■ The carnival was ringing loudly now
C           D                    C              D          
And just to lay with you there's nothing that I wouldn't do
Cmaj7       D         
Save lay my rifle down


[Chorus]
Cmaj7 D     C           D  
And   ■ try one and try two
         C                 D 
Guess it always comes down to
C            D   
Alright it's okay
           C                       D Cmaj7
Guess it's better to turn this way ■ ■    
D   Cmaj7 D Cmaj7      D            C       D
And ■     ■ ■     I am nothing of a builder ■


[Verse]
C          D               Cmaj7    
But here I dreamt I was an architect
                 D             Cmaj7    C   
And I built this balustrade to keep you home
   D                  C           D     C
To keep you safe from the outside world ■
D Cmaj7         D              Cmaj7   D
■ ■     But the angles and the corners ■
C      D                 C            D
■ Even though my work is unparalleled ■
C          D             
They never seemed to meet
    C              D                  C               Cmaj7 C
The structure fell about our feet and we were free to go    ■


[Chorus]
D         C           D  
■ And try one and try two
         C                 D 
Guess it always comes down to
C            D   
Alright it's okay
           C                      
Guess it's better to turn this way
D Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 C G
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[Inst]
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D
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Cmaj7 D Cmaj7
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[Verse]
                         C       
And here in Spain I am a Spaniard
          G              C          
I will be buried with my marionettes
             G              C                G          
Countess and courtesan have fallen 'neath my tender hand
           C             D          C
When their husbands were not around ■
D C             D              Cmaj7      D
■ But you're my soiled teenage girlfriend ■
C Cmaj7     C             D      
■ While you furrow like a lioness
Cmaj7            D        
■     And we are vagabonds
C                 D                 C         G        Cmaj7
We travel without seat belts on and live this close to death


[Chorus]
D         C           D  
■ And try one and try two
           C                 D 
I guess it always comes down to
C            D   
Alright it's okay
           C              D   
Guess it's better to turn this
      C          D   
But I won so you lose
         C                 D 
Guess it always comes down to
C            D   
Alright it's okay
           C                      
Guess it's better to turn this way


[Outro]
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 G
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C D C
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