Okkervil River – Piratess (Guitar)
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Chords
The same chord progression is used throughout the entire song. Also, these are the same
chords used in a much earlier Okkervil River song titled "Murderess."
[Verse 1]
Em C Bm Am Wh-oooo wrote those lines on the wall? G F#m Em D Let's retrace where they scrawled ancient characters. Em C Bm Am It's 2:00, and your sister's slip falls, G F#m Em D and the afternoon crawls across the room and tackles her.
[Chorus 1]
Em C Bm Am I don't think that you would sink that ship that's only passing through, G F#m Em D because I don't believe that you might be a murderess. Em C Bm Am But I saw inside each small, dark eye as it was turning blue, G F#m Em D all the strength inside to do just what the captain says and hang the rest.
[Verse 2]
Em C Bm Am Moved by the rhyme in the psalm, A G#m Em D we agreed that it was wrong, and to believe in it. Em C Bm Am Oooh!, swooned the wall all night long. G F#m Em D But a lie's a lie, no matter what guy's breath's in it.
[Chorus 2]
Em C Bm Am I don't know that I would go that far down some dark avenue, A G#m Em D with a whispering crew of shadows all protecting it. Em C Bm Am But I saw inside each small white lie, as it was turning true, A G#m Em D the ability to do all things expected of it.
[Verse 3]
Em C Bm Am Oh, murderess, in the wilderness, with your victims all around you. G F#m Em D As their combined love forms a pool your knife's reflected in, Em C now I'm ready, too, with my throat to you. Bm Am On this mountain. By this moon. G F#m Em D And what I want the most to do is prove that I'm not like them.