Decemberists - My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist Chords

INTRO
Am Am/E | Am Am/E
Am Am/E | Am Am/E
Am Am/E | Am Am/E
Am Am/E | Am Am/E

VERSE
Am              C         D           G
My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist
   Em      D    Am
In pre-war Paris
Am        Dm            B7/D#      Em9
Smuggling bombs for the underground.
Am              D
 And she met my father
     B7             CM7
At a fete in Aix-en-Provence.
       C                      D7
He was disguised as a Russian cadet
                     Em9
In the employ of the Axis.

BRIDGE
    C            
And there in the half-light
Of the provincial midnight
     G
To a lone concertina
They drank in cantinas
    C
And toasted to Edith Piaf
D                    Em
 And the fall of the Reich.

INSTRUMENTAL
Em9 | C D | Am

VERSE
   Am                   C        D       G
My sister was born in a hovel in Burgundy
    Em           D     Am
And left for the cattle
Am             D          B7/D#    Em9
 But later was found by a communist

VERSE
Am                 D
Who'd deserted his ranks
B7           CM7
 To follow his dream
   C                    D             Em
To start up a punk rock band in South Carolina.
  C
I get letters sometimes.
They bought a plantation
    G
She weeds the tobacco
He offends the nation
                 C                      D
And they write, "Don't be a stranger, y'hear."
                 Em9     C D
"Sincerely, your sister."
Am

VERSE
      Am
So my parents had me
       C              D         G
To the disgust of the prostitutes
     Em       D       Am
On a bed in a brothel.
Am           D           B7/D#  Em9
Surprisingly raised with tender care
Am                  D
 'Til the money got tight
B7               CM7
 And they bet me away
     C                    D
To a blind brigadier in a game
               Em
Of high stakes canasta.
    C
But he made me a sailor
On his brigadier ship fleet.
  G
I know every yardarm
From main mast to jib sheet.
    C                     D
But sometimes I long to be landlocked
                 CM7   
And to work in a bakery.

OUTRO
CM7 Em | C | Em
C D | Am