Title Track chords by Okkervil River

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
F# minorF#m E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
BB

He picks a couple notes between some of the chords, shown here:

E MajorE|---0---1---4------|---5--------0---1------|
BB|---0---3---5------|---5--------0---3------|
G+G|---1---3---6------|---6--6-----1---3------|
D MajorD|---2---3---6------|---7-----7--2---3------|
A augmentedA|---2---1---4------|---7--------2---1------|
E MajorE|---0---1---4------|---5--------0---1------|

E MajorE|---2--------0---4--------5---|---1------------|
E MajorE|---2--------0---4--------5---|---1------------|
BB|---2--2-----0---5--5-----5---|---3------------|
G+G|---2-----2--1---6-----6--6---|---3------------|
D MajorD|---4--------2---6--------7---|---3------------|
A augmentedA|---4--------2---4--------7---|---1------------|
E MajorE|---2--------0---4--------5---|---1------------|

verse 1:
E MajorE     BB      C# minorC#m
All of the stage names evaporate
        A augmentedA         E MajorE       BB
And it's just a blood-flushed and heart-rushing race
     F# minorF#m     E MajorE    C# minorC#m       A augmentedA
Either to kick off too soon or stick around too late
               BB
To be far too dear or too cut-rate


verse 2:
    F# minorF#m          BB
Hold my hand again like at the lake
     F# minorF#m          BB
Hold that mirror, babe, up to my face
     F# minorF#m        BB
Hear the whippoorwill? A minorAm I breathing still?

Repeat Intro:

E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
F# minorF#m E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
BB

verse 3:
 E MajorE     BB    C# minorC#m              A augmentedA     E MajorE       BB
A augmentedA Hollywood Babylon bike-a-thon for break-dancers all broken down in their beds
A augmentedA  E MajorE       BB     A augmentedA      E MajorE     BB
Now intravenously fed from a bag hanging over their heads
       F# minorF#m               BB
Can I put you down for some miles? What do you say?
        F# minorF#m                BB
Cause don't you know it's going to be a long, long way
       F# minorF#m            BB
But if you've got the cash, I'm ready to bust my ass

Repeat Intro:

E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
F# minorF#m E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
BB

verse 4:
  E MajorE        BB      C# minorC#m
So take this thin, broken-down circus clown reject
  A augmentedA      E MajorE     BB
And give her the name of a queen
    A augmentedA       E MajorE    BB
Don't I know her from the mezzanine?
         A augmentedA      E MajorE      BB
Well, she didn't look like no princess to me


verse 5:
       F# minorF#m     BB
But with the proper words bestowed
       F# minorF#m
And with her morning shoot
        BB
And her evening clothes
         F# minorF#m
Don't call her a prostitute
         BB
She ain't one of those
        F# minorF#m            BB
Just call her a proper little statue come unfroze

Repeat Intro:

E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
F# minorF#m E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
BB