Okkervil River – Black (Ukulele)

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                     A    F#m   
I'm coming into your town. 

E                          A    
  Night is falling to the ground, 

F#m             E                       D              
but I can still see where you loved yourself

           A                       D 
before he tore it all down. April 12th, 

      A                           D                              
with nobody else around; you were outside the house 

              E          F#m  
(where's your mother?),

E                         A   F#m
  when he put you in the car, 

E                            A
  when he took you down the road. 

F#m                E                D
  And I can still see where it was open, 

      A                             D
the door he slammed closed. It was open, 

      A                             D           E
the door he slammed closed. It was open, long ago. 

      A             E                 F#m
But don't lose me now, don't lose me now. 

               D                   A
Though I know that I'm not useful anyhow, 

F#m                  E
  just let me stick around 

        A               E      
while I tell you, like before, 

            F#m             D                 A
you should say his name the way that he said yours. 

              F#m                   E
But you don't want to say his name anymore. Oh, Cynda Moore. 

F#m   E                       A
        Baby daughter on the road,

F#m   E                              A
   you're wrapped up warm in daddy's coat. 

F#m                E                   D
   And I can still see the cigarette's heat. 

          A                             D
I can't believe all that you're telling me, 

         A                                   D
what is cutting like the smoke through your teeth 

                       E
as you're telling me "forget it."

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      But if I could tear his throat, 

F#m  E                           A
   and spill his blood between my jaws, 

  F#m                       E
and erase his name out for good, 

                       D
don't you know that I would? 

                        A
Don't you realize that I wouldn't pause, 

        D             A
that I would cut him down with my claws 

      D                                 E
if I could have somehow never let that happen? 

        A                   E
Or I'd call, some black midnight,

            F#m                  D                  A 
fuck up his new life where they don't know what he did,

          F#m                    E 
tell his brand-new wife and his second kid.

          A               E 
Though I tell you, like before,

                 F#m                D                  A 
that you should wreck his life the way that he wrecked yours,

         F#m                     E 
you want no part of his life anymore.

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don't lose me now, let me help you out. 

               D                 A
Though I know that I can't help anyhow, 

F#m                   E
when I watch you I'm proud. 

        A               E
When I tell you twice before 

                 F#m                D                   A
that you should wreck his life the way that he wrecked yours, 

         F#m                 E
you want no part of his life anymore. 

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oh Cynda Mo     -     ore.

           D            A          E
And it'll never be the way it was before, 

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but I wish that you would let me through that door.