Okkervil River Song Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

A F♯m E

 DAown by Okkervil RF♯miver

 slow Esilent thick and blDack,

 I staAred into the waF♯mter,

 and the Ewater it stared bDack.

 The nAight it fell from taDngles

 of the brF♯manches on the sDhore

 as it hAad on OkkerF♯mvil River beDfore. A

 DAown by Okkervil RiF♯mver,

 cigaErettes and rusty tDires,

 we mAade ourselves an aF♯mltar,

 we lEit our nightly firDes.

 And the sAmoke lay thick and sDmothered

 all the skuF♯mnk cabbage and vDines

 where GAods were born and GF♯mods lay down tDo die.A

 WEith your hand inside my pocket,

 you whiDspered in my earA;

 WeE have come from ugliness

 to fiDnd some refuge hAere.

 With this bDracken for a blAanket,

 where theseD limbs stick out like bF♯mones,

 we have fouAnd a place whereE we can be alDone. A

 AEnd I tried to tell you,

 as I kiDssed your hard dry liAps,

 aEll the things I dreamed about.

 I touchDed your bone white hiAps.

 Far awaDy our parents slept iAn

 while we Dwatched our fire bF♯murn.

 They dreamed of notAhing and got nEothing in reDturn. A

 AAnd the water slipped on slF♯mowly

 past our Ebodies in the weeDds,

 pulling pAlastic wrap and rF♯mazors

 on its cuErrent through the Dreeds.

 TAhen I woke up one cold mornDing,

 felt an F♯mabsence at my bDack,

 and I sAearched and stared but oF♯mnly the river staredD back.

  A F♯m D (end

D)

and I searched and stared but only the river stared back.

Between, "And the water slipped on slowly," to "On it's current through the reeds," use

one strum per chord, it'll sound like the recording. On the last line also if you like.

The chords are set to the words, listen to the song a couple times and it should be

easy. Simple as 4 chords, hope this is decent.