Okkervil River – White (Guitar)

    G                      C
We crashed through crazed glass 

                  Em                 C
In the white-hot burst of the fiery blast

    G                     C
We flared through choked air

                 Em                       C   D
In the deafening blare, in the scattering ash

G                             C
Summer’s here, and I’m gonna crack, crack, crack 

G                             C     G           
Summer’s here, and I’m gonna crack

   G                     C
We sort through shocked quartz 

              Em                           C
In a jewelry store, watch your sister and dad 

   G               C
Consort with kept courtesans

                Em                    C    D
While the whole world is in ruins, we laugh. 

G                             C
Summer’s here, and I’m gonna crack, crack, crack 

G                             C                 
Summer’s here, and I’m gonna crack

G                              Bm              C                 
Summer’s here, and I’m near a heart attack or flash 

         Bm             C             Bm           C
of real feeling, teeth gnashing, and blasting and reeling 

         G
through black.

                   G
‘Cause, kids: When I first saw your mom 

             Em
Well, I was right, and she was wrong 

                C                            D
About just the kind of man she was bringing back. 

     G
When I first met her dad

              Em
Well, I felt good, and he felt bad

                   C                               D
But, kids, you’ll find that over time you’re just trapped. 

G                                 C
Spring is gone, and you’re gonna gasp, gasp, gasp

G                                 C
Spring is gone, and you’re gonna gasp

G
Gasp

                   G
And, friends: When I first saw the groom 

               Em
Rise from the darkness of a tomb

         C                            D
I was unnerved, though overall I was wowed. 

     G
When I first saw the bride

           Em
The look inside her eyes just cried, 

             C                              D
“If someone has some cause to stop, say it now!” 

G                                      C
Fall is here, and the leaves all come down, down, down

G                                      C
Fall is here, and the leaves all come down, down, down

G                                     C
Winter’s here, and it’s too cold to drown, drown, drown

G                                     C
Winter’s here, and it’s too cold to drown, drown, drown

G                                     C
Winter’s here, and it’s too cold to drown, drown, drown

G                                     C
Winter’s here, and it’s too cold to drown, drown, drown

G                                     C
Winter’s here, and it’s too cold to drown, drown, drown

G                                     C
Winter’s here, and it’s too cold to drown, drown, drown

G                                     C
Winter’s here, and the snow’s on the ground 

G                                      
Winter’s here, and I’m nearly whited-out, 

C               Em              Am    C          D       G
Snowblind, it’s no business of mine, life don’t want me around.