Okkervil River – A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene (Ukulele)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Tabbed by: A. Maheu
/ / = 1 measure
/ Ebm /... / = 2 measures of Ebm
*Intro*
/Ebm / ... / ... / ...
*Verse 1*
/Ebm / ... /Db / ... I'm a band in a show about a man holding hands with his wife /Ebm / ... / ... on a therapist's couch, with his face to the ground (after fucking around /Db / ... countless nights) /B / ... /Db / ... and, in this one episode, close-up cameras are showing him crying, /Abm /B /Db his red head and his red eyes.
*Verse 2*
/Ebm / ... /Db / ... I'm a band in a show about a boy being buried alive, /Ebm / ... / ... from his head to his toes, by a criminal (but with a sensitive soul!) with /Db / ... a set of raccoon eyes, /B / ... and there's this scene in the show when a hustler knows /Db / ... he's gonna die. /Abm /B /Db The ground opens and he climbs inside.
*Chorus*
/Gb /Db /Abm And as he speaks his last line, a thought falls from his mind and I pick it /B /Db / ... up right through the TV: /Abm / ... /B /... /Db Oh oh Is there a hand to take hold of the scene?
*Post-Chorus*
/Gb / ... /Abm / ... /Db / ... /B / ...
*Verse 3*
/Ebm / ... /Db / ... I'm a man in a dream and there, dancing in front of my eyes, /Ebm / ... / ... is a queen - formed out of flaws, with her eyes all gone odd and a rod /Db / ... bolted into her spine. /B / ... / ... She rises up like a yawn. She grips my heart like a claw. She splits apart /Db / ... like a jaw, like an eye. /Abm /B /Db And she asks me with a sigh,
*Chorus*
/Gb /Db /Abm When we're so far from right, when we're losing the fight, when we're /B /Db / ... letting the light weaken its beam - /Abm / ... /B /... /Db Oh oh Is there a hand to take hold of the scene?
*Post-Chorus*
/Gb / ... /Abm / ... /Db / ... /B / ...
/Gb / ... /Abm / ... / I want a smile like a glistening shard. I want a kiss that's as sharp as a Db / ... /B / ... knife. The day expires, and the /Gb / ... /Abm / ... /Db / ... dry, cracked, trembling lips God saw fit to put this kiss inside, I /B /Gb lift them up to you. /Abm /Db I'd like to bear witness to a
*Verse 4*
/Ebm / ... /Db / ... light that is fine and is filling the cryingest eyes, /Ebm / ... grace in each face that is making the wastedest, / ... /Db / ... brokenest ones fairly fly, /B / ... /Db /... love that is innocent of that old cynical, covetous, cancerous vibe, /Abm /B /Db and a beauty that annihilates all
*Chorus*
/Gb /Db /Abm life like it's lived in these nights, holding your hatred tight like a sign /B that you're right or you're strong. /Gb /Db /Abm When your doors are shut tight, I will dream you tonight, and my dream will /B just sweep you along. /Gb /Db /Abm When all fires are fanned, when we're shucking our plans, when we're too /B /Db / ... weak to stand on our two feet /Abm / ... /B /... /Db Oh oh Is there a hand to take hold of the scene?
/B / ... / ... / ... / ... / ... /
Ends on a B