Okkervil River – On Tour With Zykos (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Intro] Em A x2 [Verse 1]
        D            A
He gets close, but I choke

          F#m             Bm
Take your shit, take your clothes

        A         G
And get out of my home

              A
I want you to love me

                Em
Or I want you long gone

                          A
You say your real name is John
[Verse 2]
            D
Hey, thanks John

         A            F#m
Go sing songs, go rock on

          Bm      A         G
Roll your crew on down the road

                      A
To the next sold out show

                      Em
Think you can get up above me?

                    A
Well, I want you to know
[Verse 3]
         G                 A
You're a figure of fun to everyone

           F#m        Bm    A          G
'Neath the lone star, neon blue broken sign

                    A
They wish they were you

                     Em
Like I wish you were mine

                     A
What a dumb thing to do
[Verse 4]
         G        A
How come I shout "Goodbye"

          F#m               Bm  A
When god knows I just want to

G                   D
Make this white lie big enough

   A                 Em
To climb inside with you
[Instrumental] A Em A [Verse 5]
        D              A
Another day, lost and gone

         F#m            Bm           A         G
Clipping pages from the news for the senator's son

                                  A
Well, he just strolls through the lobby

                Em
And glad-hands everyone

                         A
Another day, tossed and done
[Verse 6]
     D              A
I go home, take off clothes

        F#m           Bm    A  G
Smoke a bowl, watch a whole TV movie

                      A
I was supposed to be writing

                   Em
The most beautiful poems

               A
And completely revealing

                     Em
Divine mysteries up close

                      A
I can't say that I'm feeling

                 Em
All that much at all

            A
At 27 years old
[Verse 7]
    G                             A
I'm discussed with desire by the guys who conspire

       F#m Bm      A      G
At the only decent bar in town

                 A
And they drink MGD's

                       Em
And they wish they had me

                 A
Like I wish I had fire

                  Em
What a sad way to be

                    A
What a girl who got tired
[Verse 8]
      G          A            F#m        Bm  A
So, I wonder who you got your hooks in tonight

        G           D                  A
Was she happy to be hooked and on your arm?
Did she feel alive?
                Em A x4
Her head all light
[Outro] G A