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Apology Song Tab

by Decemberists


Artist - The Decemberists

Album - 5 Songs

Song - Apology Song


Verse 1:


                    

I'm really sorry Steven

                            

But your bicycle's been stolen



I was watchin it for you 

                        

'Til you came back in the fall
 
                              

Guess I didn't do such a good job after all

Verse 2:


                          

I was feeling really sorry Steven

                            

And I spent all morning grieving



And everybody's saying

                         

That you'll take the news gracefully

                                                  

Somehow I don't think I'll be getting off that easily


Chorus 1:

             

I meant her no harm

               

When I left her unlocked Outside the Orange Street Food Farm

                 

I was just running in

                                 

Didn't think I'd be that long

                   
I came out, she was gone

                             
And all that was there was some bored old dog

                                  

Leashed up to the place where your bicycle had been

                       

Guess we'll never see poor Madeleine again




Verse 3 (match verse 1 for chords):

Let this be consolation, Steven
That all the while you were in England
I treated her with care and respect
And have her lots of love
And I was usually pretty good 'bout locking her up


Chorus 2 (match chorus 2 for chords):
Where has she gone?
Well, I bet she's on the bottom of a Frenchtown pond
Rudely abused on some hescher's joyride
So I wrote you this song
In the hopes that you'd forgive me
Even though it was wrong
Being so careless with a thing so great
And taking your poor Madeleine away, away