Hanging From A Hit chords by Okkervil River

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G B minorBm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD x2

Verse 1:
   G+G         B minorBm
What this night wants is what it gets
     E minorEm
Strung in silken knots
          A minorAm       E minorEm
Lit by cigarettes flaring side by side
     D MajorD
With the streets all wet

Verse 2:
             G+G
As the only thing that's bright
      B minorBm         E minorEm
And I don't need to cross that bridge
            A minorAm   E minorEm    D MajorD
I find I'm swinging or sailing over the pit tonight
          G+G
I'm hanging from a hit tonight
  B minorBm          E minorEm           A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD
Was wild enough to order up and toss across my lips

Verse 3:
C majorC          D MajorD   G+G
What's making all my tears
  B minorBm      E minorEm   A minorAm
Is taking all my fears away
    E minorEm      D MajorD
But I don't need to cry
        G+G
Because now I'm clear

Instrumental:
B minorBm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD

Verse 4:
 G+G          B minorBm
A augmentedA moth that's swerving through the sage
 E minorEm
A augmentedA creature crashing from a cage
 A minorAm     E minorEm     D MajorD
A augmentedA shadow vaporized by a new sun ray

Verse 5:
           C majorC
A augmentedA day she spends the night
          D MajorD
And I can hear her sighing
     G+G    B minorBm     E minorEm
As she's almost asleep on one side
    A minorAm      E minorEm
I lie back on my pillow
   D MajorD            G+G
And ask what her husband is like

Instrumental:
B minorBm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD

Verse 6:
         G+G
And she says, "I smile polite
   B minorBm
And I tip and tithe
   E minorEm
And I see the sights with a well-trained eye
       A minorAm
But I calmly cry
        E minorEm    D MajorD
Because I'm too much mine without him

Verse 7:
   G+G            B minorBm
And I lie, reclined where the room is quiet
     E minorEm
And it's quiet at night

The soft silk is fine
    A minorAm
And the waves are white
    E minorEm    D MajorD
But the wind has died without him

Verse 8:
    G+G
And I scream my smiles
    B minorBm         E minorEm
And I want my wires and I need my stripes
               A minorAm
And I read the lines until I lid my eyes
    E minorEm     D MajorD
And I'm losing time without him

Verse 9:

And she says
    G+G
And I ignite inside
   B minorBm
And I flash with fire
   E minorEm
And I limp from life

And I'm blazing blind
     A minorAm
And I'm surging live
   E minorEm       D MajorD
And give up my mind

When with him

Verse 10:
     C majorC      D MajorD
And then every dream inside
     G+G         B minorBm     E minorEm
Turns to flames, fades to grey and is dying
    A minorAm     E minorEm
And the smoke rises into
  D MajorD               G+G
A augmentedA white, blank, bare, broke-open sky

Outro: