Oh Precious chords by Okkervil River

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
 E MajorE
I live in a building where nobody knows me,
                 D MajorD
I go to bed early, I sleep in my clothes.
  A augmentedA
At night I hear screaming down in the street,
                     D MajorD A augmentedA
I dream that I'm slipping, I reach for my fe-et.

Chorus:
BB        A augmentedA       E MajorE
Precious, we are falling down, catch us.
BB        A augmentedA       E MajorE
Precious, we are falling down, catch us.
  D MajorD  A augmentedA      E MajorE
Oh no, down we go again.
  D MajorD  A augmentedA      E MajorE
Oh no, down we go again.

Verse:
 E MajorE
I fill in the holes in my vision with dexedrine,
  E MajorE
the landscape spins sideways, the movies and magazines
D MajorD
whisper as they hide on soft silky surfaces
A augmentedA                         E MajorE
surely my neighbors and friends have ther purposes here.

  E MajorE
The building is maddening, thirty floors high
                      D MajorD
they are building a needle that pierces the sky
    A augmentedA
like a cold vaccination, like a smile through a polaroid,
A augmentedA
surely my neighbors and friends want to be destroyed.

Chorus:
BB        A augmentedA       E MajorE
Precious, we are falling down, catch us.
BB        A augmentedA       E MajorE
Precious, we are falling down, catch us.
  D MajorD  A augmentedA      E MajorE
Oh no, down we go again.
  D MajorD  A augmentedA      E MajorE
Oh no, down we go again.
  D MajorD  A augmentedA   E MajorE
Ohh ohhh Ohhhhh Ohhhhh
  D MajorD  A augmentedA
Oh no, down we go, so

Verse:
E MajorE                           D MajorD
Lend me a leaf from the rill, lifting the dreams from you,
                         E MajorE
they sift through the meshes of the ancient afternoon.
E MajorE                          D MajorD
Leave me alone for awhile, leave me alone with your smile,
  D MajorD                A augmentedA                BB
and listen to the breaking, all the buildings we are making will be gone.

D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE


BB        A augmentedA       E MajorE
Precious, we are falling down, catch us. x3
BB        A augmentedA              E MajorE
Precious, we are falling down, falling down, catch us.