Hanging From A Hit chords by Okkervil River

Intro:
G Bm Em Am Em D x2

Verse 1:
      G                  Bm
What this night wants is what it gets
          Em
Strung in silken knots
                   Am              Em
Lit by cigarettes flaring side by side
         D
With the streets all wet

Verse 2:
                         G
As the only thing that's bright
            Bm                 Em
And I don't need to cross that bridge
                        Am      Em       D
I find I'm swinging or sailing over the pit tonight
                   G
I'm hanging from a hit tonight
    Bm                   Em                     Am  Em  D
Was wild enough to order up and toss across my lips

Verse 3:
C                    D     G
What's making all my tears
   Bm            Em      Am
Is taking all my fears away
       Em           D
But I don't need to cry
                G
Because now I'm clear

Instrumental:
Bm Em Am Em D

Verse 4:
  G                    Bm
A moth that's swerving through the sage
  Em
A creature crashing from a cage
  Am          Em         D
A shadow vaporized by a new sun ray

Verse 5:
                     C
A day she spends the night
                    D
And I can hear her sighing
          G        Bm         Em
As she's almost asleep on one side
       Am            Em
I lie back on my pillow
     D                       G
And ask what her husband is like

Instrumental:
Bm Em Am Em D

Verse 6:
                 G
And she says, "I smile polite
      Bm
And I tip and tithe
      Em
And I see the sights with a well-trained eye
             Am
But I calmly cry
                Em        D
Because I'm too much mine without him

Verse 7:
      G                       Bm
And I lie, reclined where the room is quiet
          Em
And it's quiet at night

The soft silk is fine
        Am
And the waves are white
        Em       D
But the wind has died without him

Verse 8:
       G
And I scream my smiles
       Bm                 Em
And I want my wires and I need my stripes
                             Am
And I read the lines until I lid my eyes
        Em          D
And I'm losing time without him

Verse 9:

And she says
       G
And I ignite inside
      Bm
And I flash with fire
      Em
And I limp from life

And I'm blazing blind
         Am
And I'm surging live
     Em             D
And give up my mind

When with him

Verse 10:
         C           D
And then every dream inside
         G                 Bm         Em
Turns to flames, fades to grey and is dying
        Am          Em
And the smoke rises into
   D                             G
A white, blank, bare, broke-open sky

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