Okkervil River – Where The Spirit Left Us (Guitar)
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[Verse]
D A Through the wall in a soft spring rustle D A Street-side selling some summer hustle D A Across the Maple Street Bridge in a bristling fall D A Just whistling all's a balled up riddle D A Just a high snowball on a curve-and-fall D A Through a parking lot at Christmas Em I heard her whisper Bm I heard him call A Here's what the gist was:
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm Only wary in our lives A G Open-eyed and half-ashamed D A G A That is to sa y D F#m Afloat on a ferry Bm A G Freezing, tired, fully wired, a total waste A That's where the spirit left us
[Verse]
D A Underneath the house just like a flameout teen D A Who smells like sweat and gasoline
Kid, I stand with you
D A And when you get hard and your eyes get mean D Cause you're on the march A Well, I could almost kiss you Em Don't let them twist you Bm Here, have this song A You can take it with you
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm Stay lonely, open wide A G Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame D A G A Don't be disgra ced D F#m Bm Loose of limb, unlionized A G While all liars fade to gray A I know you feel detested
[Bridge]
Em Did a silence drop? Did your Walkman stop? Bm Did the air turn cold? Was the message just so close? A But did you choke it? G Oh, kid, I know A I know where this is going A Because we always blow it
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm Only wary in our lives A G Open-eyed and half-ashamed D A G A It's just that wa y D F#m Afloat down that river Bm A G Freezing, tired, fully wired, a total waste A That's where the spirit left us
[Outro]
D F#m Bm Only wary in our lives A G Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame D A G A Don't be disma yed D F#m Bm As this sobbing world goes screaming by A G I swear that if I had my way A You know I would have blessed it