Black Sheep Boy 4 chords by Okkervil River

Verse 1:
C
Bleeding black sheep boy
Am
Mirror in pieces
Em               (riff)
Turn the receiver
G
Trace the police station
C
Line to my number
    Am
And number my reasons
    Em           (riff)
For this paranoia
    G
For these accusations

Pre-chorus:
     Dm
Each night the numbers
C
Paired off like lovers
  Am
Collided together
   C
So I can't remember
   Em               (riff)
My name or my nation
G
Baying black sheep boy


Chorus:
   Em              Am
Go back beyond the pasture
    Em                G
You cracked out of my head
    Em               Am
Get in your battered Mustang
             C                 Em (riff) G
And the back seat will be your bed

Verse 2:
C
Burning black sheep boy
Am
Dark denim phantom
Em
Face full of flames
(riff)       G
Ears full of cheers that have fanned them
    C                               Am
I'd slice off the horns that sprung right from those temples
      Em
I was chased from my bedroom
(riff) G
I was chased from my candles

Pre-chorus:
   Dm
By fear of the numbers
C
Paired off like lovers
  Am
Collided together
   C
So I can't remember
   Em               (riff)
My face or my station
G
Pacing black sheep boy


Chorus:
    Em                        Am
The floor just won't support you
    Em                  G
You hovered through the room
    Em               Am
Get in your battered Mustang
        C                     Em (riff) G
And the backseat will be your tomb

Instrumental:
C Am Em (riff) G x2

Verse 3:
      C
And I rode into Baltimore
       Am
And I found a hotel room
        Em                (riff)
Where I tried to escape you
        G
But the phone line wouldn't go through
    C
And inside the mirror
       Am
Well I saw you stamping, staring out
        Em
I'd recognize your eyes
(riff)       G
You fell for any of the lines that come flying out

Pre-chorus:
Dm                          C
Nothing I've heard from you sounds sane or safe
              Am
Words falling down from the ceiling
          C
Where the mirror is stealing
    Em                 (riff) G
The light to reveal us both tonight and we're both kneeling in the

Chorus:
Em                 Am
Black pool of your shadow
       Em                 G
You've cracked out of my head
   Em              Am
Go back beyond the pasture
           C
Where I'll smash your mirror
            Em (riff) G
Till you're dead
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