Okkervil River – White Shadow Waltz (Guitar)

G
Abandoned by all her admirers

Bm
Wild white shadow waltz

       C
Stands alone on a stair down the hall

         Am                     D
Just one slip from a trip and a fall.

     G
In a cold morning holding her lighter

Bm
One white shadow waltz

C
Stirs, sputters and stalls

Am                 D                              Bm
Wakes, wavers, and walks right through her prison walls.

Bm                               Bm F#
She says the doorbell is ringing

F#                F# A
Go see who it is

A
Our little island's sinking into

Em
Mist.

  G
A day came, a night went, it lightened

   Bm
An animal broke his way out

C
Moped through a scattering crowd

    Am                         D
And crawled back to his circus shell.

    G
And circling the zoo's screaming clients

Bm
Was white shadow waltz

C
Deaf to their torn breaths and calls

     Am                     D                     G
Wait take a look closer hey he's hardly moving at all.

Bm                                Bm F#
She says there's someone knocking

F#                F# A
Go see who it is

A
Our world is shaking I guess

Em
Our little world is breaking in the

G
Presence of all our despisers

      Bm
We'll falter and crawl into our bed

    C
The world is a black shadow bled

    Am                      D
And what is this tune in my head?

              G
She says it's just the white wind when it whimpers

         Bm
And it's just the black rain when it squalls

          C
It's just white meat whistling a waltz

          Am                  D                       G
It's just nine hands wiping a white shadow off of the walls.