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Title Track by Okkervil River

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

E B C#m
A E B
F#m E C#m A
B

He picks a couple notes between some of the chords, shown here:

E|---0---1---4------|---5--------0---1------|
B|---0---3---5------|---5--------0---3------|
G|---1---3---6------|---6--6-----1---3------|
D|---2---3---6------|---7-----7--2---3------|
A|---2---1---4------|---7--------2---1------|
E|---0---1---4------|---5--------0---1------|

E|---2--------0---4--------5---|---1------------|
E|---2--------0---4--------5---|---1------------|
B|---2--2-----0---5--5-----5---|---3------------|
G|---2-----2--1---6-----6--6---|---3------------|
D|---4--------2---6--------7---|---3------------|
A|---4--------2---4--------7---|---1------------|
E|---2--------0---4--------5---|---1------------|

verse 1:
E          B            C#m
All of the stage names evaporate
                A                 E             B
And it's just a blood-flushed and heart-rushing race
          F#m          E       C#m              A
Either to kick off too soon or stick around too late
                              B
To be far too dear or too cut-rate


verse 2:
        F#m                    B
Hold my hand again like at the lake
          F#m                    B
Hold that mirror, babe, up to my face
         F#m                B
Hear the whippoorwill? Am I breathing still?

Repeat Intro:

E B C#m
A E B
F#m E C#m A
B

verse 3:
  E         B       C#m                           A          E             B
A Hollywood Babylon bike-a-thon for break-dancers all broken down in their beds
A   E             B          A           E          B
Now intravenously fed from a bag hanging over their heads
              F#m                              B
Can I put you down for some miles? What do you say?
                F#m                                B
Cause don't you know it's going to be a long, long way
              F#m                        B
But if you've got the cash, I'm ready to bust my ass

Repeat Intro:

E B C#m
A E B
F#m E C#m A
B

verse 4:
   E               B           C#m
So take this thin, broken-down circus clown reject
    A            E         B
And give her the name of a queen
        A             E        B
Don't I know her from the mezzanine?
                 A            E           B
Well, she didn't look like no princess to me


verse 5:
             F#m          B
But with the proper words bestowed
             F#m
And with her morning shoot
                B
And her evening clothes
                 F#m
Don't call her a prostitute
                 B
She ain't one of those
                F#m                       B
Just call her a proper little statue come unfroze

Repeat Intro:

E B C#m
A E B
F#m E C#m A
B