Okkervil River – Yellow (Ukulele)

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You can only talk so much about things

         F
that are never, ever going to happen.

   C
My brother’s at home with his dog and his cat

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and his wife is at a friend’s.

        C
You can only go on so long about feelings

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that never, ever actually touch you.

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No matter how much she told him “I love you,”

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he found it would depend

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on the gifts that he bought her,

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or how badly she was hurt

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when the boss was cruel at work.

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But he’d just say “I love you,” and he’d reach out to her.

       C
He was feeling like shit when I came to visit

    F
and walked through the door of his tiny apartment.

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We went for a walk through the park by the market

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so we could get some air.

      C
And I told to him all things intended to help him,

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especially that, simply because it was ending,

     C
that that didn’t mean she was always pretending.

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Real happiness was there.

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I could see and I could tell:

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it was real love that they felt.

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And I’m sorry it didn’t end well,

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but some things just don’t - that’s life, and you shouldn’t blame yourself.

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And all of these things, well, I truly believe them.

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Our paths and our futures are hidden in mists

         C
that are stretching out over impossible distances,

F          G
 totally obscured.

      C
And I really do think that there’s probably more good

     F
than anger or selfishness, sickness, or sadness

      C
would ever completely allow us to have in this

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life, I think I’m sure.

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But that doesn’t mean it’s bad.

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We were walking towards our dad,

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while getting out of that school bus,

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and he just said “I love you,” and he reached out to us