• Song:

    A Stone

  • Artist:

    Okkervil River

  • Album:

    Okkervil River Live at ...

Tab written by Hamon Moravejzadeh.
Okkervil River - A Stone

Hey, everyone! This is the most accurate version
(at least on this site)

I've only written chords. Listen to the song
to get the accurate strumming of the chords.

Now it could be that when the Am comes that it
can be a chord that is similar to Am. Maybe Am7/C6.

Capo on 3rd fret


  GHot (320003@1)breath, rough skin
            Cadd9warm (x32030@1)laughs, and smiling,
            Em (022000@1)the lovliest words
             Dwhispered (xx0232@1)and meant
       Cadd9you (x32030@1)like all these things.


                    DBut (xx0232@1)though you like all these things
           Gyou (320003@1)love a stone.
           Cadd9You (x32030@1)love a stone,
           D (xx0232@1)           Ambecause (x02210@1)it's smooth and it's cold.
               EmAnd (022000@1)you'd love most
       Dto (xx0232@1)be told
                 Cadd9that (x32030@1)it's all your own.



              GYou (320003@1)love white veins,
              Dyou (xx0232@1)love hard grey,
             Amthe (x02210@1)heaviest weight,
		Cadd9the (x32030@1)clumsiest shape,
		Emthe (022000@1)earthiest smell,
		Dthe (xx0232@1)hollowest tone
		Cadd9 (x32030@1)you love a stone.



Bridge: G  D  Am  Cadd9


                  GAnd (320003@1)I'm found too fast,
called too fond of flames,
                        Cadd9and (x32030@1)then I'm phoning my friends,
and then I'm shouldering the blame,
                     Emwhile (022000@1)you're picking pebbles
           Dout (xx0232@1)of the drain,
      Cadd9miles (x32030@1)ago.


                   GYou're (320003@1)out singing songs,
and I'm down shouting names
                   Cadd9at (x32030@1)the flickerless screen,
going fucking insane.
		EmAm (022000@1)I losing my cool,
               Doverstating (xx0232@1)my case?
                Cadd9Well, (x32030@1)baby what can I say?



           DYou (xx0232@1)know I never claimed
             Gthat (320003@1)I was a stone.
               Cadd9And (x32030@1)you love a stone.
              GYou (320003@1)love white veins,
              Dyou (xx0232@1)love hard grey,
             Amthe (x02210@1)heaviest weight,
              Cadd9the (x32030@1)clumsiest shape,
              Emthe (022000@1)earthiest smell,
              Dthe (xx0232@1)hollowest tone
         Cadd9you (x32030@1)love a stone.



Bridge: G D Am Cadd9 (x2) G



           Cadd9You (x32030@1)love a stone,
             D (xx0232@1)  
because it's dark 
         Amand (x02210@1)it's old
                Emand (022000@1)if it could start
      Dbeing (xx0232@1)alive
                 Cadd9you'd (x32030@1)stop living alone.

(quieter, don't strum as much)
                  GAnd (320003@1)I think I believe
                     Dthat (xx0232@1)if stones could dream
                      Amthey'd (x02210@1)dream of being laid
                      Cadd9side-by-side (x32030@1)piece-by-piece
                  Emand (022000@1)turned into a castle
                  Dfor (xx0232@1)some towering queen
                  Cadd9they're (x32030@1)unable to know.



                      GAnd (320003@1)when that queen's daughter 
        Dcame (xx0232@1)of age,
                 AmI (x02210@1)think she'd be lovely
                 Cadd9and (x32030@1)stubborn and brave,
                  Emand (022000@1)suitors would journey
             Dfrom (xx0232@1)kingdoms away
                    Cadd9just (x32030@1)to make themselves known.


          
                   GAnd (320003@1)I think that I know
               Dthe (xx0232@1)bitter dismay
                Amof (x02210@1)a lover who brought
                       Cadd9fresh (x32030@1)brouquets every day
                    Emwhen (022000@1)she turned him away
                 Dto (xx0232@1)remember some knave
			Cadd9 (x32030@1)                 
who once gave just one rose, one day, years ago.

The end:

G D Am Cadd9 X4

G (320003@1)

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