White Shadow Waltz chords by Okkervil River

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

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

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
G+G
Abandoned by all her admirers
B minorBm
Wild white shadow waltz
    C majorC
Stands alone on a stair down the hall
     A minorAm           D MajorD
Just one slip from a trip and a fall.

Verse:
   G+G
In a cold morning holding her lighter
B minorBm
One white shadow waltz
C majorC
Stirs, sputters and stalls
A minorAm         D MajorD               B minorBm
Wakes, wavers, and walks right through her prison walls.

Bridge:
B minorBm                B minorBm F#F#
She says the doorbell is ringing
F#F#        F#F# A augmentedA
Go see who it is
A augmentedA
Our little island's sinking into
E minorEm
Mist.

Verse:
 G+G
A augmentedA day came, a night went, it lightened
  B minorBm
An animal broke his way out
C majorC
Moped through a scattering crowd
  A minorAm             D MajorD
And crawled back to his circus shell.

Verse:
  G+G
And circling the zoo's screaming clients
B minorBm
Was white shadow waltz
C majorC
Deaf to their torn breaths and calls
   A minorAm           D MajorD           G+G
Wait take a look closer hey he's hardly moving at all.

Bridge:
B minorBm                B minorBm F#F#
She says there's someone knocking
F#F#        F#F# A augmentedA
Go see who it is
A augmentedA
Our world is shaking I guess
E minorEm
Our little world is breaking in the

Verse:
G+G
Presence of all our despisers
   B minorBm
We'll falter and crawl into our bed
  C majorC
The world is a black shadow bled
  A minorAm           D MajorD
And what is this tune in my head?

Outro:
       G+G
She says it's just the white wind when it whimpers
     B minorBm
And it's just the black rain when it squalls
     C majorC
It's just white meat whistling a waltz
     A minorAm         D MajorD            G+G
It's just nine hands wiping a white shadow off of the walls.