A Stone — Okkervil River
Chords and lyrics for A Stone by Okkervil River (key of A).
Verse 1
A Stone by Okkervil River
Note: These are just chords representative of what is going on in the song,
this is not exact tablature.
Hot[A] breath, rough skin
warm laughs,[D] and smiling,
the lovliest[F#m] words
whispered and[E] meant
you [D]like all these things.
But though you like [E]all these things
you love a [A]stone.
You love a [D]stone,
because [E]it's smooth and [Bm]it's cold.
And you'd love [F#m]most
to be [E]told
that it's all [D]your own.
You love white[A] veins,
you love hard [E]grey,
the heaviest [Bm]weight,
the [D]clumsiest shape,
the [F#m]earthiest smell,
the [E]hollowest tone
you [D]love a stone.
[A] [E] [Bm] [D]
And I'm found too [A]fast,
called too fond of flames,
and then I'm phoning my [D]friends,
and then I'm shouldering the blame,
while you're picking [F#m]pebbles
out of the [E]drain,
miles [D]ago.
You're out singing [A]songs,
and I'm down shouting names
at the flickerless [D]screen,
going fucking insane.
Am I [F#m]losing my cool,
overstating my [E]case?
Well, baby what [D]can I say?
You know I [E]never claimed
that I was a [A]stone.
And you love a [D]stone.
You love white [F#m]veins,
you love hard [E]grey,
the heaviest [Bm]weight,
the clumsiest [D]shape,
the earthiest [F#m]smell,
the hollowest [E]tone
you love [D]a stone.
Bridge: A E Bm D (x2) A
You love a [D]stone,
because it's [E]dark
and it's [Bm]old
and if it could [F#m]start
being [E]alive
you'd stop living[D] alone.
(quieter)
And I think I [A]believe
that if stones could [E]dream
they'd dream of being [Bm]laid
side-by-side [D]piece-by-piece
and turned into a [F#m]castle
for some towering [E]queen
they're unable to [D]know.
And when that queen's [A]daughter
came of [E]age,
I think she'd be [Bm]lovely
and stubborn and [D]brave,
and suitors would [F#m]journey
from kingdoms[E] away
just to make [D]themselves known.
And I think that I [A]know
the bitter [E]dismay
of a lover who [Bm]brought
fresh brouquets every [D]day
when she turned him [F#m]away
to remember some [E]knave
who [D]once gave just one rose, [A]one day, years ago.
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