Decemberists – Bagmans Gambit chords

       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 x
E5/C*: x 3 2 0 0 x
Am:    x 2 2 1 x x
Esus4: x 2 2 0 x x
Dsus2: x 2 2 3 x x

For the verse, strum each chord once.

INTRO

(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

VERSE 1

E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9    On the lam 
          Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/CFrom the law
             Cadd9 Cadd9On the steps of 
     Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/CThe capital
           Cadd9 Cadd9You shot a plainclothes 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7Cop on the 
Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C Ten               o'         clock

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2 

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4  And I saw momentarily
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4              E5/CThey flashed a photograph, It couldn't be you

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4You'd been abused so horribly
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4         (E5/CBut you were there in some anonymous room

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

VERSE 2

E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9And I recall that 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/CFall
       Cadd9 Cadd9I was working for the 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/CGovernment
         Cadd9 Cadd9  Cmaj7 Cmaj7And in a bathroom     stall 
  Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/COff the national mall

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4How we kissed so sweetly
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4    E5/CHow could I refuse a favor or two

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4And for a tryst in the greenery
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4       (E5/CI gave you documents and microfilm too

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

CHORUS

GAnd from my ten floor tenement
                      AmWhere once our bodies lay
                         CHow I longed to hear you say
Cm                         G"No they'll never catch me now
CmNo they'll never catch me
Am                      FNo they cannot catch me now
   E               FWe will escape somehow
FmSomehow, oh"

(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

VERSE 3

E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9It was late 
       Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/COne night
E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9I was awoken by the 
       Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/CTelephone
           Cadd9 Cadd9                                         I heard a strangled     
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/CCry           on the     end of the       line

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4Purloined in Petrograd
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4                  E5/CThey were suspicious of where your loyalties lay

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*

Esus4  Am      Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4So I paid off a bureaucrat
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4                  (E5/CTo convince your captors there to secret you away

Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

CHORUS

GAnd at the gate of the embassy
                          AmOur hands met through the bars
                           CAs your whisper stilled my heart
Cm                         G"No they'll never catch me now
CmNo they'll never catch me
Am                      FNo they cannot catch me now
   E               FWe will escape somehow
FmSomehow, oh"

BRIDGE

C B C B G

GAnd I dreamt one night
                  F#You were there in form
      GHands held high
      F#In uniform
GOh
F#Oh

(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2

OUTRO

E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9    It was ten 
       Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/CYears on
E5/C  Cadd9 Cadd9When you resurfaced 
       Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/CIn a motorcar
         Cadd9 Cadd9  Cmaj7 Cmaj7                 And with the wave of an arm 
Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*You were       there        and gone