Okkervil River Song
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Down by Okkervil River
slow silent thick and black,
I stared into the water,
and the water it stared back.
The night it fell from tangles
of the branches on the shore
as it had on Okkervil River before.
Down by Okkervil River,
cigarettes and rusty tires,
we made ourselves an altar,
we lit our nightly fires.
And the smoke lay thick and smothered
all the skunk cabbage and vines
where Gods were born and Gods lay down to die.
With your hand inside my pocket,
you whispered in my ear;
We have come from ugliness
to find some refuge here.
With this bracken for a blanket,
where these limbs stick out like bones,
we have found a place where we can be alone.
And I tried to tell you,
as I kissed your hard dry lips,
all the things I dreamed about.
I touched your bone white hips.
Far away our parents slept in
while we watched our fire burn.
They dreamed of nothing and got nothing in return.
And the water slipped on slowly
past our bodies in the weeds,
pulling plastic wrap and razors
on its current through the reeds.
Then I woke up one cold morning,
felt an absence at my back,
and I searched and stared but only the river stared back.
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and I searched and stared but only the river stared back.
Between, "And the water slipped on slowly," to "On it's current through the reeds," use
one strum per chord, it'll sound like the recording. On the last line also if you like.
The chords are set to the words, listen to the song a couple times and it should be
easy. Simple as 4 chords, hope this is decent.
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Readable chord sheet for Okkervil River Song by Okkervil River
[A] [F#m] [E]
D[A]own by Okkervil R[F#m]iver
slow [E]silent thick and bl[D]ack,
I sta[A]red into the wa[F#m]ter,
and the [E]water it stared b[D]ack.
The n[A]ight it fell from ta[D]ngles
of the br[F#m]anches on the s[D]hore
as it h[A]ad on Okker[F#m]vil River be[D]fore. [A]
D[A]own by Okkervil Ri[F#m]ver,
ciga[E]rettes and rusty t[D]ires,
we m[A]ade ourselves an a[F#m]ltar,
we l[E]it our nightly fir[D]es.
And the s[A]moke lay thick and s[D]mothered
all the sku[F#m]nk cabbage and v[D]ines
where G[A]ods were born and G[F#m]ods lay down t[D]o die.[A]
W[E]ith your hand inside my pocket,
you whi[D]spered in my ear[A];
We[E] have come from ugliness
to fi[D]nd some refuge h[A]ere.
With this b[D]racken for a bl[A]anket,
where these[D] limbs stick out like b[F#m]ones,
we have fou[A]nd a place where[E] we can be al[D]one. [A]
A[E]nd I tried to tell you,
as I ki[D]ssed your hard dry li[A]ps,
a[E]ll the things I dreamed about.
I touch[D]ed your bone white hi[A]ps.
Far awa[D]y our parents slept i[A]n
while we [D]watched our fire b[F#m]urn.
They dreamed of not[A]hing and got n[E]othing in re[D]turn. [A]
A[A]nd the water slipped on sl[F#m]owly
past our [E]bodies in the wee[D]ds,
pulling p[A]lastic wrap and r[F#m]azors
on its cu[E]rrent through the [D]reeds.
T[A]hen I woke up one cold morn[D]ing,
felt an [F#m]absence at my b[D]ack,
and I s[A]earched and stared but o[F#m]nly the river stared[D] back.
[A] [F#m] [D] (end
[D])
and I searched and stared but only the river stared back.
Between, "And the water slipped on slowly," to "On it's current through the reeds," use
one strum per chord, it'll sound like the recording. On the last line also if you like.
The chords are set to the words, listen to the song a couple times and it should be
easy. Simple as 4 chords, hope this is decent.