Okkervil River – A Girl In Port (Guitar Intro Tab)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Intro] A [Chorus]
               G                D
Let fall your soft and swaying skirt

                A                   Em
Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt

              G            D
I'm not the lady killing sort

          A   G           D
Enough to hurt a girl in port
A Asus4 Asus2 A [Verse 1]
               G                D
Marie's gone blonde and lost a stone

                A               Em
She lay on her lawn, spun and alone

                G              D
And, when the morning sun it rose

      A                   Em
Upon Marie in her lacy clothes
[Verse 2]
           G                    D
It lit her up, and she walked around

               A               Em
The winding streets of Camden Town

                G               D
She don't know who she wants to be

           A        G     D
And if I knew, I'd tell Marie
[Chorus]
               G                D
Let fall your soft and swaying skirt

                A                   Em
Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt

              G            D
I'm not the lady killing sort

          A   G           D
Enough to hurt a girl in port
A Asus2 A Asus2 A [Verse 3]
            G                 D
And Cindy tells me she's had fun

              A                    Em
Sitting backstage, someone's plus one

           G                D
Up in her room the records spin

                 A                     Em
Needle in the grooves that she's worn thin
[Verse 4]
              G                    D
She lifts a sleeve and she sees a name

                  A           Em
And she's got a smile on her face

                  G              D
And she's got a story you can't see

                A           G         D
That's just between that name and Cindy
A Asus2 A Asus2 A [Verse 5]
             G             D
And before Holly made her way

          A            Em
Over the sea and far away

              G               D
She's telling me, inside her car

            A                            Em
Driving us back from the Crystal Corner bar
[Verse 6]
             G                   D
"I lost it there, I fell from health

                  A          Em
Cut some fresh pieces from myself"

                  G                  D
And then, for a second, something in me

               A           G     D
Said, "Leave today. It's time, Holly" It's time.
A Asus2 A Asus2 A [Verse 7]
             G                D
Well, I'm a weak and lonely sort

                 A                Em
Though I'm not sailing just for sport

              G                D
I've come to feel, out on the sea

                A                Em
These urgent lives press against me
[Verse 8]
             G                D
I'm just a guest. I'm not a part

                A                  Em
With my tender head, with my easy heart

                G                   D
These several years out on the sea

                           A              G        D
Made me empty, cold, and clear. Pour yourself into me
[Chorus]
               G                D
Let fall your soft and swaying skirt

                A                   Em
Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt

              G            D
I'm not the lady killing sort

          A   G           D        A
Enough to hurt a girl in port
[Outro] G D A Em G D A G D (x2)