Okkervil River – Savannah Smiles (Guitar)

Capo 4
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[Intro] D | D | D | D | G | D | Bm | C | Am | D | G | D | D | D | C | G | D | D | C | G | [Verse 1]
 D                  C   G
Midnight late last week

     D            C  G
My daughter's diary

         D                 C
Didn't know what it might be

     G      D    C  G
Till it was open
[Verse 2]
  D              C   G
I only read one page

      D           C  G
And then put it away

        D               C
Talk about your big mistakes

       G         D
Hey, Shan, nice going
[Chorus]
  G      D                   Bm
Photos show no tears, in her eyes

            C               Am
All those pretty years gone by

           D                  G             D
I just cannot believe, could do that to a child
[Post-Chorus]
   Bm  C  G   D
A chi--i--ild

   Bm  C  G
A chi--i--ild
[Instrumental] D | D | C | G | D | D | C | G | [Verse 3]
 D                 C   G
Shannon just flew down

  D                C   G
Four days back in town

      D                C
She sleeps and lies around

      G       D       C  G
And then she goes out
[Verse 4]
      D                 C   G
And then one day she's gone

  D                 C    G
What should I have done?

     D           C
Joe turns the TV on

     G        D         C  G
With all the lights out
[Chorus]
  G    D
Photos on the wall

         Bm              C
She's my baby, she's my baby doll

       Am                D
Is she someone I don't know at all?

        G            D
Is she someone I betrayed?

          G      D
It's a great day in the fall

        Bm               C
And the radio's singing down the hall

      Am              D                  G             D
And I rise to turn it off cause all I'm seeing is her face
[Post-Chorus]
    Bm  C  G    D
Age ei--i--ight

Bm  C  G
Ei--i--ight
[Outro] Bm | C | G | D | Bm | C | G |