Okkervil River

^E By the second verse, de ^B ar friends
^C#m My head will burst, my l ^A ife will end
^B So, I'd like to start this one off by saying
" ^E Live and love"
^E I was young and at h ^B ome in bed
And I w ^C#m as hanging on the words som ^A e poem said
And th ^B irty-one
I was i ^E mpressionable
I was ^F#m upsettable
I tried to m ^C#m ake my breathing s ^A top, my heart beat s ^B low
So, when my ^C#m mom and John came in, ^A I would be co ^B ld
(bridge)
Fro ^E m a bridge on Washington ^B Avenue, th ^C#m e year of ^A 1972
Broke my ^B bones and skull and it was ^E memorable
It was h ^E alf a second and I was h ^B alfway down
Do you ^C#m think I wanted to turn b ^A ack around and ^B teach a class
Where you ^E kiss the ass that I've ex ^F# posed to you
And at the ^C#m funeral, the ^A Universi ^B ty
Cried at thre ^C#m e poems the ^A y'd present in place of a ^B broken me
(bridge)
I was ^E breaking in a ^B case of suds
A ^C#m t the brass rail, a ^A fall-down drunk with his t ^B ongue torn out and his ^E balls removed
And I kn ^E ew that my last ^B lines were gone while ^C#m stupidly I l ^A ingered on,
other ^B wise men
know when it's ^E time to go
And so I ^F#m should, too
And so I ^C#m fly into the ^A brightest winter ^B sun
Of this ^C#m frozen town, I'm ^A stripped down to move ^B on
My friends, I'm ^F#m gone ^{A B}
Well, ^E I hear my father fall
And ^E I hear my mother call
And ^E I hear the others all whisper, "Come ^B home"
I'm sorry to ^E go
I loved you all ^A so
But ^E this is the worst trip ^B I've ever been o ^A n
So, ^E hoist up the John B. sail
(Hoist up the John B. sail)
Se ^E e how the main sail sets
(See how the main sail sets)
I ^E 've folded my heart in my head and I wanna go ^B home
With a book in my h ^E and
In the way I had p ^A lanned
Well, ^E this is the worst trip ^B I've ever been ^E on
^E Hoist up the John B. sail
(Hoist up the John B. sail)
^E See how the main sail sets
(See how the main sail sets)
^E I've folded my heart in my head and I wanna go ^B home
With a book in each ^E hand
(With a book in each hand)
In the way I had ^A planned
(In the way I had planned)
I ^E feel so broke up ^B
I wanna go ^E home