White Shadow Waltz chords by Okkervil River

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
G
Abandoned by all her admirers
Bm
Wild white shadow waltz
    C
Stands alone on a stair down the hall
     Am           D
Just one slip from a trip and a fall.

Verse:
   G
In a cold morning holding her lighter
Bm
One white shadow waltz
C

Stirs, sputters and stalls
Am         D               Bm
Wakes, wavers, and walks right through her prison walls.

Bridge:
Bm                Bm F#
She says the doorbell is ringing
F#        F# A
Go see who it is
A
Our little island's sinking into
Em
Mist.

Verse:
 G
A day came, a night went, it lightened
  Bm
An animal broke his way out
C
Moped through a scattering crowd
  Am             D
And crawled back to his circus shell.

Verse:
  G
And circling the zoo's screaming clients
Bm
Was white shadow waltz
C
Deaf to their torn breaths and calls
   Am           D           G
Wait take a look closer hey he's hardly moving at all.

Bridge:
Bm                Bm F#
She says there's someone knocking
F#        F# A
Go see who it is
A
Our world is shaking I guess
Em
Our little world is breaking in the

Verse:
G
Presence of all our despisers
   Bm
We'll falter and crawl into our bed
  C
The world is a black shadow bled
  Am           D
And what is this tune in my head?

Outro:
       G
She says it's just the white wind when it whimpers
     Bm
And it's just the black rain when it squalls
     C
It's just white meat whistling a waltz
     Am         D            G
It's just nine hands wiping a white shadow off of the walls.