Maine Island Lovers chords by Okkervil River

Finger picking pattern for intro and verse:


   A             E           Bm7/A           D
e|-0-------0-----0-------0-----2-------2-----2-------3-2-0-|
b|-2---2-------2-0---0-------0-3---3-------3-3---3---------|
G|-2-----2-------1-----1-------4-----4-------2-----2-------|
D|-2-------------2-------------4-------------0-------------|
A|-0-------------2-------------0-------------X-------------|
E|-X-------------0-------------X-------------X-------------|


Intro:
(finger pick)

A E Bm7/A D x2

Verse 1:
(continue finger picking)


   A              E                 Bm7/A                D
To cheat on Maine islands — days of laughter, nights of sighing


   A            E                   Bm7/A           D
To love without ceasing — flowering orchards, salty sea-things


   A           E               Bm7/A           D
To say without shyness “unreal city, you have killed me”



Chorus:
(strum)


          F#5          E5              Bm7/A          D
When you walked out on her love was it easy?


       F#5             E5            Bm7/A          D
When I left him while sleeping was I dreaming?



Verse 2:
(finger pick)


   A                 E              Bm7/A      D
We take each night's journey to the hotel in a hurry


         A            E          Bm7/A                D
Where we love without worry on a bed that's five days dirty


       A            E            Bm7/A           D
And we read without irony from a book my husband bought for me



Chorus:
(strum)


       F#5          E5             Bm7/A          D
When I fell on the concrete it was lovely


                  F#5              E5        Bm7/A          D
Because you could see what's been running so hot in me


           F#5          E5                Bm7/A       D
But when I fell on the concrete, you went white as a sheet


                F#5             E5               Bm7/A                D
And wished that nothing in this world would ever hurt me. Well, keep wishing



Verse 3:
(finger pick or lightly strum)


               A          E               Bm7/A             D
Because when I look in my future, I don't see you and don't wish to


     A                  E             Bm7/A              D
Idle talk made when I'm lying by your side on some Maine island


          A            E               Bm7/A          D
It's too funny to me, honey, so let's drop it




       F#5             E5                 Bm7/A          D
If you really want to love me, well, then do it


       F#5             E5                 Bm7/A         D
If you really want to love me, well, then do it