Oh Precious chords by Okkervil River

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
 E
I live in a building where nobody knows me,
                 D
I go to bed early, I sleep in my clothes.
  A
At night I hear screaming down in the street,
                     D A
I dream that I'm slipping, I reach for my fe-et.

Chorus:
B        A       E
Precious, we are falling down, catch us.
B        A       E
Precious, we are falling down, catch us.
  D  A      E
Oh no, down we go again.
  D  A      E
Oh no, down we go again.

Verse:
 E
I fill in the holes in my vision with dexedrine,
  E
the landscape spins sideways, the movies and magazines
D
whisper as they hide on soft silky surfaces
A                         E
surely my neighbors and friends have ther purposes here.

  E
The building is maddening, thirty floors high
                      D
they are building a needle that pierces the sky
    A
like a cold vaccination, like a smile through a polaroid,
A
surely my neighbors and friends want to be destroyed.

Chorus:
B        A       E
Precious, we are falling down, catch us.
B        A       E
Precious, we are falling down, catch us.
  D  A      E
Oh no, down we go again.
  D  A      E
Oh no, down we go again.
  D  A   E
Ohh ohhh Ohhhhh Ohhhhh
  D  A
Oh no, down we go, so

Verse:
E                           D
Lend me a leaf from the rill, lifting the dreams from you,
                         E
they sift through the meshes of the ancient afternoon.
E                          D
Leave me alone for awhile, leave me alone with your smile,
  D                A                B
and listen to the breaking, all the buildings we are making will be gone.

D A E
D A E


B        A       E
Precious, we are falling down, catch us. x3
B        A              E
Precious, we are falling down, falling down, catch us.