Okkervil River – A Girl In Port (Guitar)

The Stage Names (2007) Chorus:

A                              
Let fall your 

G                 D
soft and swaying skirt; let fall your 

A                     Em
shoes; let fall your shirt. I'm not the

G             D
lady-killing sort. Enough to 

A    G              D
hurt   a girl in port.

Verse:

A
Marie's gone

G                   D
blonde, and lost a stone. She lay on her 

A                Em
lawn, spun and alone. And when the

G                D
morning sun, it rose upon 

A                    Em
Marie, and her lacy clothes. It lit her

G                    D 
up, and she walked around the winding

A                  Em
streets of Camden town. She don't know 

G                D
who she wants to be, but if I 

A     G            D
knew,   I'd tell Marie.

Chorus And Cindy tells me she's had fun, Sitting back stage,someone's plus one. Up in her room,the records spin a needle in the grooves that she's worn thin. Well, she lifts her sleeve and she sees a name. And she's got a smile on her face And she's got a story you can't see Well, that's just between that name and Cindy. Interlude: A Asus4 A And before Holly made her way Over the sea and far away, She's telling me inside her car driving us back from the Crystal Corner bar. I lost her there; I fell from hell Cut some fresh pieces from myself Then for a second something in me Said leave today, it's time, Holly. Interlude Oh, I'm a weak and lonely sort, Though I'm not sailing just for sport. I've come to feel out on the sea These urgent lives press against me. I'm just aghast; I'm not a part My tender head with my easy heart. These several years out on the sea Made me empty, cold, and clear pour yourself into me. Chorus