• Song:

    Singer Songwriter

  • Artist:

    Okkervil River

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Capo 4th fret


Intro is just E chord, occasionally dropping the pinky on fret 3 of the B string.


           A (x02220@1)         B (x2444x@1)          EYour (022100@1)great-grandfather was a great lawyer
        A (x02220@1)        B (x2444x@1)          EAnd (022100@1)his kid made a mint off the war
     A (x02220@1)         B (x2444x@1)             EYour (022100@1)father shot stills and then directed films
          A (x02220@1)        B (x2444x@1)    EThat (022100@1)your mom did publicity for


      B (x2444x@1)                   AI (x02220@1)saw your older sis on the year's best book list
         E (022100@1)                 BAnd (x2444x@1)your brother, he manages bands
                                         AAnd (x02220@1)you're keen to down play, but you're quick to betray
         E (022100@1)                   BWith (x2444x@1)one welt and that wave of your hand

              
              EYou (022100@1)come from wealth

Yeah, you got wealth
       A (x02220@1)                B (x2444x@1)           EWhat (022100@1)a bitch, they didn't give you much else

B (x2444x@1)        A (x02220@1)         B (x2444x@1)           EI (022100@1)heard cuts by The Kinks on your speakers
      A (x02220@1)       B (x2444x@1)          E (022100@1)I saw Poe and Artaud on your shelves
          A (x02220@1)                B (x2444x@1)           EWhile (022100@1)The Last Laugh's first scene on your flat panel screen
       A (x02220@1)             B (x2444x@1)            ELit (022100@1)Chanel that you've wrapped around yourself

           B (x2444x@1)                A (x02220@1)        
You've got outsider art by an artist you arguably 
E (022100@1)                     Bkidnapped (x2444x@1)to pin on the wall
                          AYour (x02220@1)designers have slyly directed the eye 
     E (022100@1)                               Bdown (x2444x@1)pink lines here and your well lit pawn

           EYou've (022100@1)got taste, you've got taste
       A (x02220@1)        B (x2444x@1)                 EWhat (022100@1)a waste that that's all that you have

B (x2444x@1)                   A (x02220@1)           B (x2444x@1)       EOh, (022100@1)you wrote your thesis on the gospel of Thomas
              A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)            EYou (022100@1)shot some reversal film in Angkor Wat
         A (x02220@1)           B (x2444x@1)               E (022100@1)                            
And this book you once read said there's less people dead at this point 
A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)           Enow (022100@1)than those who are not

         B (x2444x@1)                  AAnd (x02220@1)this film we once saw was reviled for it's flaws
         E (022100@1)                          BBut (x2444x@1)it's flaws were what made us have fun
        B (x2444x@1)                       A (x02220@1)And the life some folks had might have made us feel bad
         E (022100@1)                    BWhy (x2444x@1)feel bad? Man, it's nothing you've done

                 EIt's (022100@1)all in your hand
It's all in your hand
       A (x02220@1)         B (x2444x@1)           ELike (022100@1)a gun, like a glove, like a grand

B (x2444x@1)Solo over verse progression

         B (x2444x@1)                     AAnd (x02220@1)this thing you once said disappeared from my head
       E (022100@1)                      BIn (x2444x@1)the time that it took to be amazed
         B (x2444x@1)                           AAnd (x02220@1)this thing you once did might have dazzled the kids
             E (022100@1)                          BBut (x2444x@1)the kids once grown up are gonna walk away

         A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)          EAnd (022100@1)your world is gonna change nothing
         A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)          EAnd (022100@1)your world is gonna change nothing
        A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)          EAnd (022100@1)our world is gonna change nothing
        A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)          EAnd (022100@1)our world is gonna change nothing
        A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)          EAnd (022100@1)our world is gonna change nothing




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