Okkervil River

Comes Indiana Through The Smoke by Okkervil River

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The song primarily uses fingerpicking, and uses a capo on the 3rd fret 
Chorus has a walking riff which is listed on the bottom

Chords:
Cmaj7  x32000
G      320033
Am     x02210
Em     022000
C/G    332010
D      xx0232

(Here is the riff played during the chorus)
e|---------------------------0----------3-----2---0--------------------|
B|--1------------------------1----------3-------------3----------------|
G|--2------------------------0-----2----0-----------------2------------|
D|--2--------------0--2--4---2----------0------------------------------| (x2)
A|--0-----0--2--3------------3----------2------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3----------3------------------------------|

Intro:
Cmaj7  G
Verse 1: 
Cmaj7               Cmaj7
So does the ink dry out
                    G
So does the singing mouth get sung up
Cmaj7               Cmaj7                    G
So does the new headline no longer reach the town
Cmaj7            Cmaj7               G
So does the rosy fire of the horizon fade into dull grey
          Cmaj7                    Cmaj7                    G
While the trees out by the parking lot get greener with the rain

Pre-Chorus:
     Am                Em
On a dazzling field of blue
          Am           G
She comes sailing into view
     Am                C/G               D
All around her engines scream and guns unload

Chorus:
e|---------------------------0----------3-----2---0--------------------|
B|--1------------------------1----------3-------------3----------------|
G|--2------------------------0-----2----0-----------------2------------|
D|--2--------------0--2--4---2----------0------------------------------| (x2)
A|--0-----0--2--3------------3----------2------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3----------3------------------------------|

Am                        C/G  G
Comes Indiana through the smoke
Am                  C/G  G
Indiana through the smoke

Verse 2:
Cmaj7                    Cmaj7
But you were bigger than life
         G               G
You were giant, you were earth-size
    Cmaj7                       Cmaj7
And now you're mostly just your mind
         G                  G
And your dim eyes, and your fractured spine
           Cmaj7                Cmaj7
And you're sailing to the great unknown
                    G
But you've gotta go alone there
          Cmaj7                    Cmaj7
You can't even take your childhood bride
         G               G
But it's okay that she's crying

Pre-Chorus:
         Am   Em
With her OS2U fleet
     Am             G
Anti-aircraft battery
       Am          C/G  D
She is occupied by 1800 souls

Chorus 2:
e|---------------------------0----------3-----2---0--------------------|
B|--1------------------------1----------3-------------3----------------|
G|--2------------------------0-----2----0-----------------2------------|
D|--2--------------0--2--4---2----------0------------------------------| (x2)
A|--0-----0--2--3------------3----------2------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3----------3------------------------------|

Am                        C/G  G
Comes Indiana through the smoke
Am                  C/G  G
Indiana through the smoke

Verse 3:
         Cmaj7                        Cmaj7
And this great big buzzing death-hole swells
       G             G
At the corner of the carpet
Cmaj7               Cmaj7
Nurses going in and out
          G             G
Well they all just step around it
        Cmaj7                Cmaj7
And the room is moving in so close
        G               G
As some moment's coming nearer
         Cmaj7                 Cmaj7
And your story's coming out so slow
           G              G
But I come closer and can hear her

Pre-Chorus:
        Am               Em
And she steams out Casco Bay
        Am          G
Part of Task Force 58
        Am                   C/G               D
And the young men 'board her all are brave and bold

e|---------------------------0----------3-----2---0--------------------|
B|--1------------------------1----------3-------------3----------------|
G|--2------------------------0-----2----0-----------------2------------|
D|--2--------------0--2--4---2----------0------------------------------| (x2)
A|--0-----0--2--3------------3----------2------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3----------3------------------------------|

Chorus 3:
Am                        C/G  G
Comes Indiana through the smoke
Am                  C/G  G
Indiana through the smoke

Pre-Chorus:
          Am           Em
She won't sink or run aground
               Am                   G
She won't turn back, she won't back down
         Am                C/G         D
When you find your time to finally let go

Chorus 4:
e|---------------------------0----------3-----2---0--------------------|
B|--1------------------------1----------3-------------3----------------|
G|--2------------------------0-----2----0-----------------2------------|
D|--2--------------0--2--4---2----------0------------------------------| (x2)
A|--0-----0--2--3------------3----------2------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3----------3------------------------------|

Am                        C/G  G
Comes Indiana through the smoke
Am                  C/G  G
Indiana through the smoke

Outro:
Am  C/G  G

Comes Indiana Through The Smoke Chords Info

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Capo: 3
Chords: Cmaj7, G, Am, Em, C/G, D, B, A, E