• Song:

    Title Track

  • Artist:

    Okkervil River

  • Album:

    The Stage Names

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Capo 4

C G Am
F C G
F C Am G

C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)          AmAll (x02210@1)of the stage names evaporate
                  F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)it's just a blood-flushed and heart-rushing race
           F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)                         FEither (133211@1)to kick off too soon or stick around too late, to be far too 
                 Gdear (320003@1)or too cut-rate
         AmHold (x02210@1)my hand again
             GLike (320003@1)at the lake
            AmHold (x02210@1)that mirror, babe
          GUp (320003@1)to my face
           AmHear (x02210@1)the whippoorwill?
       FAm (133211@1)I breathing still?

C G Am
F C G
F C Am G

C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)                        
A Hollywood Babylon bike-a-thon for breakdancers
F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)           GAll (320003@1)broken down in their beds
F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)      GNow (320003@1)intravenously fed
F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)         GFrom (320003@1)a bag hanging over their heads
               AmCan (x02210@1)I put you down for some miles?
             GWhat (320003@1)do you say?
                  Am (x02210@1)                               GCause (320003@1)don't you know, it's going to be a long, long way
               AmBut (x02210@1)if you've got the cash
              FI'm (133211@1)ready to bust my ass

C G Am
F C G
F C Am G

     C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1)                  
So, take this thin broken down circus clown reject and
 F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)       GGive (320003@1)her the name of a queen
         F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)      GDon't (320003@1)I know her from the mezzanine?
            F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)           GShe (320003@1)didn't look like no princess to me
                     AmBut (x02210@1)with the proper words
    GBestowed (320003@1)              AmAnd (x02210@1)with her morning shoot
              GHer (320003@1)evening clothes
                   AmDon't (x02210@1)call her a prostitute
                         GWell, (320003@1)she ain't one of those
                  AmJust (x02210@1)call her a proper little statue
         FCome (133211@1)unfroze 

C G Am
F C G
F C Am G

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