We Need A Myth
Okkervil RiverVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
We need a myth
We need an amethyst bridge
We need a high hanging cliff
Jump, fall and lift
We can make it
But we need a myth
We need a path through the mist
Like in our beds, we were just kids
Like what was said by our parents
myth
'Cause what we're after is just this
myth
'Cause what we're after is just this
We need a myth
I feel my heart's like a fist
Words spilling out of the blessed lips
Of any prophet or goddess
I need a myth
Brought back to life by a kiss
Scrape away grey cement
Show me the world as it was again
As it was in a myth
A red ribbon to reconnect
The lady's head to her neck
And to forget that her throat was ever slit
'Cause what we're after is just this
It's a myth
'Cause what we're after is just this
And I'm sick of all these picture books that try
To steal some old reflections for their light
But desperate measures point to desperate times
And that's why
We need a myth
(Instrumental)
We're cut adrift
We need a mass uplift
The world is trembling and weeping
Just at the point of believing
In a myth
The sun that shines on my head
The moon that lights me to bed
Were two identical twins
Inside of a myth
I heard the voice of a friend
On Lethe's banks, wading in
And he said, "Before I forget...
We need a myth
As we lean in to kiss
To get two nails through the wrist
To get covered in blood
And to get covered in spit
And to forgive
And if all we're taught is a trick
Why would this feeling persist?
And with the truth closing in
I must insist
We need a myth
As the song progresses, they use barre chords further up the neck; for example, even
though the last set of chords has an F-minor in it, you'll want to do it at the 7th fret
instead of the 1st if you want to be as accurate as possible.
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Readable chord sheet for We Need A Myth by Okkervil River
[G]We need a myth We need an amethyst br[Bm]idge We need a high hanging c[Em]liff Jump, fall and lift We can m[C]ake it But we need a myth We need a path through the mist Like in our beds, we were just kids Like what was said by our parents [Abm] [A] myth 'Cause what we're after is j[C#]ust this [A] myth 'Cause what we're after is just this We need a m[A]yth I feel my heart's like a [C#m]fist Words spilling out of the blessed [F#m]lips Of any prophet or go[D]ddess I need a myth Brought back to life by a kiss Scrape away grey cement Show me the world as it was again As it was in a myth A red ribbon to reconnect The lady's head to her neck And to forget that her throat was ever slit 'Cause what we're after is j[Bb]ust this It's a m[Eb]yth 'Cause what we're after is just this And I'm [Abm]sick of all these pi[F#]cture books that t[E]ry To steal some old reflections for their light But desperate measures point to desperate times And that's [F#]why We need a myth [B](I[Ebm]nstr[Abm]umen[E]tal) We're cut ad[B]rift We need a mass u[Ebm]plift The world is trembling and we[Abm]eping Just at the point of bel[E]ieving In a myth The sun that shines on my head The moon that lights me to bed Were two identical twins Inside of a myth I heard the voice of a friend On Lethe's banks, wading in And he said, "Before I forget... We need a m[C#]yth As we lean in to [Fm]kiss To get two nails through the [Bbm]wrist To get covered in b[F#]lood And to get covered in spit And to for[C#]give And if all we're taught is a trick Why would this feeling persist? And with the truth closing in I must insist We need a myth As the song progresses, they use barre chords further up the neck; for example, even though the last set of chords has an F-minor in it, you'll want to do it at the 7th fret instead of the 1st if you want to be as accurate as possible.