Okkervil River  -  Pop Lie

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B (x2444x@1)                      A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)   all sweetly sung and succinctly stated
A (x02220@1)                     E (022100@1)   words and music he calculated
F#m (244222@1)                   B (x2444x@1)    to  make you sing along
F#m (244222@1)                 B (x2444x@1)       A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)    with your stereo on as you stand in shorts on your lawn

B (x2444x@1)                   A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)    get completely incorporated
A (x02220@1)                     E (022100@1)    by some couple who consummated
F#m (244222@1)                      B (x2444x@1)    all their love by the dawn
F#m (244222@1)                     B (x2444x@1)      A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)      B (x2444x@1)  a falling star wished upon that flashed in the sky and was gone

E (022100@1)                F#m (244222@1)                A (x02220@1)  B (x2444x@1)    and mouths wet      and blonde hair braided
A (x02220@1)                       E (022100@1)    by the back room the kids all waited
F#m (244222@1)                   B (x2444x@1)    to meet the man in bright green
F#m (244222@1)                    B (x2444x@1)              A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1)  who had dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon

         A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)         Bhe's (x2444x@1)the liar who lied in his pop song
           F#m (244222@1)                Band (x2444x@1)you're lying when you sing along
           F#m (244222@1)               Byes (x2444x@1)you're lying when you sing along


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B (x2444x@1)                            A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)    so here's the car seat so cruelly weighted
A (x02220@1)                        E (022100@1)    and here's to faces already faded
F#m (244222@1)                B (x2444x@1) at the end of a day
F#m (244222@1)                     B (x2444x@1)      A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)      B (x2444x@1)    when they just threw away the only good thing that they owned
                E (022100@1)           F#m (244222@1)            A (x02220@1)  Band (x2444x@1)now they're    pinned down      and strangula---ted
A (x02220@1)                        E (022100@1)   at the food court the float's inflated
F#m (244222@1)                 B (x2444x@1)   people line up to see
F#m (244222@1)                        B (x2444x@1)             A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1)  the man who dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon

         A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)         Bhe's (x2444x@1)the liar who lied in his pop song
    A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)         Bthe (x2444x@1)liar who lied in his pop song
           F#m (244222@1)               Band (x2444x@1)you're lying when you sing along,
               F#m (244222@1)               Boh (x2444x@1)yeah you're lying when you sing along

A (x02220@1)                        B (x2444x@1)    week by week it climbs up and climbs on
          E (022100@1)                      F#mand (244222@1)we're feeling all right but we know it's all wrong
A (x02220@1)                   B (x2444x@1)                 E (022100@1)    I'm ashamed to admit that I cannot resist
                    F#mwhat (244222@1)I wish were the truth but it's not
      A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)            Band (x2444x@1)I truly believe we're not strong
          A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)       Band (x2444x@1)we'll sing until our voices are gone
         A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)      Band (x2444x@1)then sink beneath the manicured lawn

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B (x2444x@1)                       A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)    This is respectfully dedicated
A (x02220@1)                   E (022100@1)    to the woman who concentrated
F#m (244222@1)                  B (x2444x@1)    all of her love to find
F#m (244222@1)                      B (x2444x@1)     A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)    that she had wasted it on the liar who lied in this song