Calamity Song Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays490

Calamity Song by Decemberists is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			 
Standard Tuning: Capo II 
 

Intro: C - G 


Verse 1: 
C                                          G 
Had a dream, you and me and the war at the end times 
C                                         G 
And I believe California succumbed to the fault line 
          G                             F 
We heaved relief as scores of innocents die 


Chorus 1: 
F                  C      F                            C 
And the Andalusian tribe, setting the lay of Nebraska alight 
               G                          F 
Until all that remains is the arms of the angels 


Verse 2: use verse 1 chords 
Petty green, queen of supply-side bonhomie bone-drab, you know what I mean 
On the road, its well advised to follow your own bed 
In the year of the chewable Ambien tab 


Chorus 2: 
F                  C      F                               C 
And the Panamanian child, stands at the Dowager Empresses side 
               G                          F 
Until all that remains is the arms of the angels 
C             G                          F 
'til all that remains is the arms of the angels 
   C        F             C        F 
Ah-hooo, ah-hooo girl, ah-hooo, ah-hoooo girl 


Bridge: 
Dm                   G               Dm               G 
You've receded in to loam, and their picking at your bones 
      F    C                G 
We'll call home, we'll come home 


Verse 3: use verse 1 chords 
Quiet now, will we gather to conger the rain down? 
Will we now build a civilization below ground? And I'll be crowned 
The community kicked it around 


Chorus 3: use chorus 2 chords 
And the Andalusian tribe, setting the lay of Nebraska alight 
Until all that remains is the arms of the angels 
'til all that remains is the arms of the angels 
Ah-hooo, ah-hooo girl, ah-hooo, ah-hoooo girl 
Ah-hooo, ah-hooo girl, ah-hooo, ah-hoooo girl 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante