Okkervil River

^D No one wants to h ^G ear about your ^Em 97th t ^G ear,
so dry your e ^Em yes or let it g ^G o
uncried, my ^A dear. I am all o ^Em ut of love to m ^G outh into you ^A r ear, and not ab ^Em ove
G A Em Em* G* A*
letting a love song disappear before it's written.
And no ^D one wants a tu ^G ne about the ^Em 100th luft ^G balloon that was seen
^Em shooting from the wi ^G ndow of your r ^A oom, to be a s ^Em pot against the sk ^G y's
colossal ^A gloom and land, def ^Em lated, in some ne ^G ighbor state that's ^A strewn with
99 ^Em others. ^{Em G A
Em} 8 Chinese brot ^A hers; well, there's a r ^D eason why the l ^A ast is smiling wi ^Em de
and sitting h ^G igher than the ^A others,
swinging his ar ^Em ms. ^{G A
D} You would probabl ^G y die before yo ^Em u shot ^G up 9 miles high
Your eyes ^Em dilated as lig ^G ht played upon the ^A sight
O ^Em f TVC16 as it s ^G ings you good ^A night
R ^Em elaxed as hell ^G and locked up in c ^A ell 45
^Em I hope you're feeling bett ^Em er ^{G A
Em} 51st way to leave ^A your lover
A ^D dmittedly, it d ^A oesn't seem to be ^Em as gentle or as c ^G lean as all the ^A others
E ^Em ven a scars all in the after hours of some Greenpoint bar ^{G A
D} I told you, I can't listen, ^G baby, 'bout the ^Em 4th time you were a ^G lady
^Em and how your fo ^G rthrightness betray ^A ed a secret shyness
^Em Stripped away by days of ^G being hailed as "your ^A highness"
And what's new ^Em pussycat, as y ^G ou were once a lion ^A ness
^Em They cut your claws o ^Em ut ^{G A
D} Kitten, not e ^G veryone's keen ^Em on lighting candle 1 ^G 7,
the party's d ^Em one, the cake's ^G all gone, the plat ^A es are clean
The chauffeur's ^Em near and from t ^G he cheerless mezzan ^A ine
And in just one ^Em year, this stra ^G ight world could pa ^A y to see
^Em what they have been missin ^Em g ^{G A
Em} You were caught kissing 8 chinese bro ^A thers
Well, there's a r ^D eason why the l ^A ast is smiling wi ^Em de and sitting hig ^G her than the ot ^A hers
^Em Staking with char ^G m ^A
Em And he says, "Lets get lost, let them send out al ^A arms
^Em He says, "Let's get crossed out and come to ^A harm"
^Em "Lets make the world's stupidest stand and tru ^A ly mean it
^Em Lets hit the limit of loss over lover ^A 's arms
^Em No, lets exceed it"