Augie March - Owen's Lament

      
 
 Hey guys,
 I've seen a few tabs of this one lying around but none have got it exactly right, so
 it is. During the verses, make sure you're playing all barre chords! With the crescendo
 feel free to use open chords though.
 This is one of the greatest songs ever written.
 
 CAPO II (Tab relative to capo)
 6/8 TIME
 
 (F#m(1): x 9 11 11 10 9
 F#m(2): 2 4 4 2 2 2)
 
 *1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6*

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 |--6--8--9---10-------10-----10---10-9--8---6------6-----6-----|
 |---------------11-------11----11-------------7------7-----7---|
 |------------------11---------------------------7--------------|
 |--5--7--8--9---------------9-----9--8--7--5----------5--------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--6--8--9---10-------10-----10---10-9--8---6------6-----6-----|
 |---------------11-------11----11-------------7------7-----7---|
 |------------------11---------------------------7--------------|
 |--5--7--8--9---------------9-----9--8--7--5----------5--------|
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 (waltz fingerpicking)
 
 (Dm, Em, Fm) F#m(1)
 Level your fretting,
                           Dm                 
 I won't be forgetting the flush of your face.
        F#m(1)                                    
 When I lifted you level to me and the wattle tree
 Dm               
 Framed your body.
 Bm           Dm                   
  In whispers welling with the dope
      A          
 Of a new spring.
          Bm                       G                 D     
 You said kill me a dynasty or our love won't mean a thing.
   F#               G        
 A bullet for a diamond ring,
   Em                 F#                    G    
 A favour promised, a promise delivered and more,
    D       Am 
 To yoooouuuuu.
      C                D                  
 It's only a war, I'll back to your shore,
                     Am   
 Before you know I'm gone.
          Cm              
 And I'll cover your body.
 
 *REPEAT INTRO*
 
 (Dm, Em, Fm) F#m(1) Dm
 And if you have to go, please, go lightly.
 F#m(1)                Dm                        
 Keep it to a foxtrot, whether he's a fox or not.
 Bm           Dm                        A 
  Keep it cold, keep all your heat for me
 Bm                      G                  D   
  I'll be needing it for when I'm cold, you see.
 F#                               G 
 Let your children remind you of me.
         Em             F#              G 
 Whether by another, or by the ghost of me
    D  Am 
 In you
 C             D    
 There goes my baby,
                            Am       
 I would think of you and a palm tree
       C               
 Would cover your body.
 G     D   Am 
  You, you.
    C                    D             
 In love and war, we are bound by a law
                            Am    
 It goes to you and then to yours.
    C              
 To recover my body
 Cm              
 Recover my body.

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 |--4--6--7----10-----10-----10---10-9--8---6-----6-----6----|
 |---------------11-----11-----11-------------7-----7-----7--|
 |-----------------11---------------------------7------------|
 |--3--5--6--9-------------9------9--8--7--5----------5------|
 |-----------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------0~-----|
 |--6--8--9---10-------10-----10---10-9--8---6------6-----6~-----|
 |---------------11-------11----11-------------7------7---7~-----|
 |------------------11---------------------------7--------7~-----|
 |--5--7--8--9---------------9-----9--8--7--5-------------5~-----|
 |---------------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 *change to strumming*
 
 A Dm 
   
 Dm Em Fm F#m 
     
 F#m Fm Em 
    
 Dm           A      
  Cover up my body...
                 G   D  Am 
 my body... and you, you
 C              D   
 There goes my baby,
                            Am       
 I would think of you and a palm tree
      C               
 Would cover your body
     G    D  Am 
 And you, you
      C          
 It's only a war,
         D                 
 I'll be back to your shore
                     Am  
 Before you know I'm gone
           C              
 Then I'll cover your body
     G    D      Am 
 And you, yooooou
    C                    D             
 In love and war, we are bound by a law
                            Am   
 It goes to you and then to yours
    C              
 To recover my body
 Cm             
 Recover my body
 
 Cm Dm D#m Em (crescendo)
 
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 *REMOVE CAPO*
 
 In this section, when switching between the C and Am, Glenn
 slides the C chord up two frets to a D for half a bar before landing on the Am.
 
 C, Am
 ("You may ask one of them, day or night! Are you cold? Are you wet?"
 You always get the same answer, always with a smile. Not too cold sir..
 not too wet sir! But it's wet... it's so cold...")
     C                           
 She dressed me up and hugged me,
       Am                         
 Says 'how your mother loves thee'
     C              
 She covered my body
      Am                     
 In a ragged flag and bloody.
 
 Not on your life.
 
 *fade into piano chords*
 
 G7 C 
   
 G7 
  
 G6 G7 C 
    
 Am Em C 
    
 E7 F G 
    
 C 
  
 
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