Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy 4 (Guitar)

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Chords

Here's the little riff they play to transition from Em to G :
  Em    G
e-0-----3
B-0-----3
G-0-----0
D-2-----0
A-2-----2
E-0-0-2-3
The chords of each section are the same throughout the song. [Verse 1]
C
Bleeding black sheep boy

Am
Mirror in pieces

Em               (riff)
Turn the receiver

G
Trace the police station

C
Line to my number

    Am
And number my reasons

    Em           (riff)
For this paranoia

    G
For these accusations
[Pre-chorus]
     Dm
Each night the numbers

C
Paired off like lovers

  Am
Collided together

   C
So I can't remember

   Em               (riff)
My name or my nation

G
Baying black sheep boy
[Chorus]
   Em              Am
Go back beyond the pasture

    Em                G
You cracked out of my head

    Em               Am
Get in your battered Mustang

             C                 Em (riff) G
And the back seat will be your bed
[Verse 2]
C
Burning black sheep boy

Am
Dark denim phantom

Em
Face full of flames

(riff)       G
Ears full of cheers that have fanned them

    C                               Am
I'd slice off the horns that sprung right from those temples

      Em
I was chased from my bedroom

(riff) G
I was chased from my candles
[Pre-chorus]
   Dm
By fear of the numbers

C
Paired off like lovers

  Am
Collided together

   C
So I can't remember

   Em               (riff)
My face or my station

G
Pacing black sheep boy
[Chorus]
    Em                        Am
The floor just won't support you

    Em                  G
You hovered through the room

    Em               Am
Get in your battered Mustang

        C                     Em (riff) G
And the backseat will be your tomb
[Instrumental] C Am Em (riff) G x2 [Verse 3]
      C
And I rode into Baltimore

       Am
And I found a hotel room

        Em                (riff)
Where I tried to escape you

        G
But the phone line wouldn't go through

    C
And inside the mirror

       Am
Well I saw you stamping, staring out

        Em
I'd recognize your eyes

(riff)       G
You fell for any of the lines that come flying out
[Pre-chorus]
Dm                          C
Nothing I've heard from you sounds sane or safe

              Am
Words falling down from the ceiling

          C
Where the mirror is stealing

    Em                 (riff) G
The light to reveal us both tonight and we're both kneeling in the
[Chorus]
Em                 Am
Black pool of your shadow

       Em                 G
You've cracked out of my head

   Em              Am
Go back beyond the pasture

           C
Where I'll smash your mirror

            Em (riff) G
Till you're dead