Okkervil River

She was once ^D mine
That smile that ^G shines ^G/F# from the glossy maga ^D zine that stuck inside the Sunday ^G Ti ^G/F# mes
D G G/F# (and so on...)
She was so sweet on Christmas Eve
With the snow set deep, when we went walking through the pines
I had just been ^Em fired and her first offer had ^G arrived
And the new year would see her ^D/F# flying far away from me
A A?(002223) D G G/F#
Though I didn't know it at the time
With outstretched ^D hands
Now she ^G commands ^G/F#
A famous ^D figure for every ^A picture
And she ^D stands up strong and she ^G demands ^G/F#
And they ^D deliver
Yeah, she's a ^A fixture
And it's a ^Em mixture of dumb jealousy and ^G fear that I might feel, should she ^D/F# appear
Just like it hasn't been three ^A years
And there's a ^Em distance to her voice over the ^G phone and that's because she stands D/F#
alone
A A?
While I'm still sitting here
Girl, you see me ^Em here on another quiet ^Bm night
I will wait until an ^D/F# other indistinguishable ^A day arrives
I'll de ^Em cide where the light's even and ^Bm bright
Where my life's sweet as it's ^D/F# slightly, disappointedly, just ^A gliding softly ^Em by
And you won't wait ^Bm for me in some secluded ^D/F# stand of trees some Christmas Eve some
^A god was kind enough to set a ^Em side
Although I'd ^Bm love you to, I'm proud of you
God ^D/F# knows I'm feeling really stupid ^A now
For having ever said good ^D bye ^{G G/F#}
During the ^D fight
I said, "Yeah ^G right" ^G/F#
When you ^D insisted that I visit, that you'd ^G write ^G/F#
Now, I know you're working ^D hard so I never hear from you, and that's ^G fine ^G/F#
You look the ^D same on TV as when you were ^G mine ^G/F#
I ^Em walk in from the kitchen and I ^Bm finger the re ^A mote control
I ^Em watch you from the distance, you go ^Bm walking through the ^A terminal
I ^Em remember ever instance, when you ^D/F# stung me
Oh, you're so ^A lovely
Oh, you're so ^Em smart
G A D G G/F# x2
So, go turn their heads, go knock them dead, go break their hearts
Go break their ^D hearts ^{G G/F#}
Baby, break their hearts
And I know you will