Decemberists - Bagmans Gambit

E D A G B E
E5/C : x 3 2 4 4 0
Cadd9 : x 3 2 0 3 0
Cmaj7 : x 3 2 0 0 0
Cmaj7 * : x 3 2 0 3
xe5/C * : x 3 2 0 0
xam : x 2 2 1 x
xesus4 : x 2 2 0 x
xdsus2 : x 2 2 3 x

xfor the verse , strum each chord once .

intro

( E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ) x2

verse 1

[ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] Cadd9 Cadd9
on the lam
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
from the law
Cadd9 Cadd9
on the steps of
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
the capital
Cadd9 Cadd9
you shot a plainclothes
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
cop on the
Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
ten o’ clock

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2

Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
and i saw momentarily
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
they flashed a photograph , it couldn’t be you

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 *

Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
you’d been abused so horribly
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 ( E5/C
but you were there in some anonymous room

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ) x2

verse 2

[ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] Cadd9 Cadd9
and i recall that
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
fall
Cadd9 Cadd9
i was working for the
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
government
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7
and in a bathroom stall
Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
off the national mall

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2

Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
how we kissed so sweetly
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
how could i refuse a favor or two

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 *

Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
and for a tryst in the greenery
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 ( E5/C
i gave you documents and microfilm too

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ) x2

chorus

G
and from my ten floor tenement
Am
where once our bodies lay
C
how i longed to hear you say
Cm G
“no they’ll never catch me now
Cm
no they’ll never catch me
Am F
no they cannot catch me now
E F
we will escape somehow
Fm
somehow , oh”

( E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ) x2

verse 3

[ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] Cadd9 Cadd9
it was late
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
one night
[ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] Cadd9 Cadd9
i was awoken by the
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
telephone
Cadd9 Cadd9
i heard a strangled
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
cry on the end of the line

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2

Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
purloined in petrograd
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
they were suspicious of where your loyalties lay

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 *

Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
so i paid off a bureaucrat
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 ( E5/C
to convince your captors there to secret you away

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ) x2

chorus

G
and at the gate of the embassy
Am
our hands met through the bars
C
as your whisper stilled my heart
Cm G
“no they’ll never catch me now
Cm
no they’ll never catch me
Am F
no they cannot catch me now
E F
we will escape somehow
Fm
somehow , oh”

bridge

C B C B G

G
and i dreamt one night
F#
you were there in form
G
hands held high
F#
in uniform
G
oh
F#
oh

( E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * ) x2

outro

[ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] Cadd9 Cadd9
it was ten
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
years on
[ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] Cadd9 Cadd9
when you resurfaced
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ]
in a motorcar
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7
and with the wave of an arm
Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * [ ch ] E5/C [ /Ch ] * Cmaj7 * Cmaj7 *
you were there and gone