Hanging From A Hit chords by Okkervil River

Intro:
G Bm Em Am Em D x2

Verse 1:
   G         Bm
What this night wants is what it gets
     Em
Strung in silken knots
          Am       Em
Lit by cigarettes flaring side by side
     D
With the streets all wet

Verse 2:
             G
As the only thing that's bright
      Bm         Em
And I don't need to cross that bridge
            Am   Em    D
I find I'm swinging or sailing over the pit tonight
          G
I'm hanging from a hit tonight
  Bm          Em           Am Em D
Was wild enough to order up and toss across my lips

Verse 3:
C          D   G
What's making all my tears
  Bm      Em   Am
Is taking all my fears away
    Em      D
But I don't need to cry
        G
Because now I'm clear

Instrumental:
Bm Em Am Em D

Verse 4:
 G          Bm
A moth that's swerving through the sage
 Em
A creature crashing from a cage
 Am     Em     D
A shadow vaporized by a new sun ray

Verse 5:
           C
A day she spends the night
          D
And I can hear her sighing
     G    Bm     Em
As she's almost asleep on one side
    Am      Em
I lie back on my pillow
   D            G
And ask what her husband is like

Instrumental:
Bm Em Am Em D

Verse 6:
         G
And she says, "I smile polite
   Bm
And I tip and tithe
   Em
And I see the sights with a well-trained eye
       Am
But I calmly cry
        Em    D
Because I'm too much mine without him

Verse 7:
   G            Bm
And I lie, reclined where the room is quiet
     Em
And it's quiet at night

The soft silk is fine
    Am
And the waves are white
    Em    D
But the wind has died without him

Verse 8:
    G
And I scream my smiles
    Bm         Em
And I want my wires and I need my stripes
               Am
And I read the lines until I lid my eyes
    Em     D
And I'm losing time without him

Verse 9:

And she says
    G
And I ignite inside
   Bm
And I flash with fire
   Em
And I limp from life

And I'm blazing blind
     Am
And I'm surging live
   Em       D
And give up my mind

When with him

Verse 10:
     C      D
And then every dream inside
     G         Bm     Em
Turns to flames, fades to grey and is dying
    Am     Em
And the smoke rises into
  D               G
A white, blank, bare, broke-open sky

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