Okkervil River – Hanging From A Hit (Guitar)

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[Intro] G Bm Em Am Em D x2 [Verse 1]
      G                  Bm
What this night wants is what it gets

          Em
Strung in silken knots

                   Am              Em
Lit by cigarettes flaring side by side

         D
With the streets all wet
[Verse 2]
                         G
As the only thing that's bright

            Bm                 Em
And I don't need to cross that bridge

                        Am      Em       D
I find I'm swinging or sailing over the pit tonight

                   G
I'm hanging from a hit tonight

    Bm             Em                       Am      Em  D
Was wild enough to order up and toss across my lips
[Verse 3]
C                    D     G
What's making all my tears

   Bm            Em      Am
Is taking all my fears away

                    D
But I don't need to cry

                G
Because now I'm clear
[Instrumental] Bm Em Am Em D [Verse 4]
  G                    Bm
A moth that's swerving through the sage

  Em
A creature crashing from a cage

  Am          Em         D
A shadow vaporized by a new sun ray
[Verse 5]
                     C
A day she spends the night

                    D
And I can hear her sighing

          G        Bm         Em
As she's almost asleep on one side

       Am            Em
I lie back on my pillow

     D                       G
And ask what her husband is like
[Instrumental] Bm Em Am Em D [Verse 6]
                 G
And she says, "I smile polite

      Bm
And I tip and tithe

      Em
And I see the sights with a well-trained eye

       Am
But I calmly cry

            Em           D
Because I'm too much mine without him
[Verse 7]
 G                   Bm         
And I lie, reclined where the room is quiet

    Em 
And it's quiet at night
The soft silk is fine
        Am
And the waves are white

        Em           D
But the wind has died without him
[Verse 8]
       G
And I scream my smiles

       Bm                 Em
And I want my wires and I need my stripes

                             Am
And I read the lines until I lid my eyes

        Em          D
And I'm losing time without him
[Verse 9] And she says
       G
And I ignite inside

      Bm
And I flash with fire

      Em
And I limp from life
And I'm blazing blind
         Am
And I'm surging live

     Em          D
And give up my mind
When with him [Verse 10]
         C             D
And then every dream inside

         G                 Bm         Em
Turns to flames, fades to grey and is dying

        Am          Em
And the smoke rises into

   D                             G
A white, blank, bare, broke-open sky
[Outro] Bm Em Am Em D