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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