Okkervil River – Velocity Of Saul At The Time Of His Conversion (Guitar)

C                            F
Loosen the wire, your time has expired,

Am                              G
The only word left now is goodbye.

G                               F
In my new dream the light's shining on me,

      F                      F
Little needles of sodium unstitch the seams of the sky.

C                       F
Hold your head higher, the heavenly choir,

Am                         G
Is settling in for the night.

G                        F
And where I had friends, I am left with loose ends,

F                                F
Four hours of vision exchanged for four hours of

G
fright.  But enough of the

C
Fight.  Enough you and

F
I.  Enough of

Em
Prevail or walk in the

F
Light.  While the angels stand

C
By I get high as a

F
Kite.  I'm too tired to

Em
Smile, or know that I'm

F               F               G             G
Right.                          Am I right?

F
And all our best-laid

G
Plans, well, they

C            G              Am
Crumbled     in our       hands.

Am                                G         G
Our flags fell where they'd fanned.

F                         G
You held in your breath long

C            G              Am
After.      projections    of death,

Am                                                 G
You sat in the waiting rasping and gasped on dry land.

C                          F
But the audience is tired, we've had enough fire,

Am                              G
We're entering the age now of ice,

G                       F
And I, feeling older, pull off to the shoulder,

F                                 F                     G
And wonder, with my head in my hands, should I call my wife,

G
And say enough you and

C
I.  Enough of the

F
Fight.  Enough of

Em
'Prevail', or walk in the

F
light.  While the angels stand

C
By, I get high as a

F
Kite.  I'm too tired to

Em
Smile, or know that I'm

F
Right.  Enough you and

C
I.  Enough of the

F
Fight.  Enough of

Em
Prevail or walk in the

F
Light.  And when the spacecraft came

C
Down, I was left on the

F
Ground.  Will you keep me

Em
Around?  Will you help me

F                       F
Survive?          After my

G                       G
time.