• Song:

    Dead Faces

  • Artist:

    Okkervil River

  • Album:

    Down the River of Golde...

Band: Okkervil River
Song: 'Dead Faces'
Album: "Down The River of Golden Dreams"

Really really simple song. I've never seen a correct tab for it though, so I thought I'd 
it myself.

Standard tuning.
Walk up from Em to G in the chorus.


Intro: G
                         C (x32010@1)          Gand (320003@1)we have fun - we go laughing and running
            D (xx0232@1)                 Am (x02210@1)Cdown (x32010@1)to the water, there by the sea
          G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)           Gwhere (320003@1)the body just floats like a rowboat
         D (xx0232@1)                       Am (x02210@1)       Cand (x32010@1)the moon's like a harbor light lit in this sky

          Em (022000@1)                      Gand (320003@1)this picture's got a woman who looks like you
      D (xx0232@1)                     Am (x02210@1)         Cand (x32010@1)a guy who looks just like someone I've seen
        G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)          Gwhen (320003@1)it turns out - I hope that it turns out
               D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)          GI (320003@1)hope that it turns out the way that you dreamed

C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
            C (x32010@1)             Gembarcadero (320003@1)train station's empty
      D (xx0232@1)            Am (x02210@1)      Cand (x32010@1)I just cannot believe how long it takes
G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)              Gall (320003@1)the way home through the city
               D (xx0232@1)                             Am (x02210@1)             Cand (x32010@1)everyone's looking - least, it's nice to believe everyone's looking

     Em (022000@1)                      Gthis (320003@1)picture's got a woman who looks like you
      D (xx0232@1)                     Am (x02210@1)         Cand (x32010@1)a guy who looks just like someone I've seen
        G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)          Gwhen (320003@1)it turns out, I hope that it turns out
               D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)          GI (320003@1)hope that it turns out the way that you dreamed

C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
                     C (x32010@1)        Gghostly (320003@1)faces at my living-room window
             D (xx0232@1)                      Am (x02210@1)         Cthey (x32010@1)are not scared of me 'cause they know I can't hurt them
     G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)         Gthey (320003@1)press up and see, in the lamp-glow
           D (xx0232@1)                 Am (x02210@1)    Call (x32010@1)of the hurt and the love inside of me

           Em (022000@1)     Cit's (x32010@1)their final duty
   Em (022000@1)              Cto (x32010@1)see right through me
       Em (022000@1)           Dtwelve (xx0232@1)hours 'til the dawn
          Am (x02210@1)        Dbut (xx0232@1)we've got to hold on, hold on to me...
                 Gbecause (320003@1)we'll be running

C G D Am C
G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C

G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)        Gdown (320003@1)to the water this morning
             D (xx0232@1)                 Am (x02210@1) Cwell, (x32010@1)nobody waits for you to believe
   G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)          Gin (320003@1)ghosts, lit by moonlight or dawning
           D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)     Gor (320003@1)in this picture of you and me

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