Black — Okkervil River
Chords and lyrics for Black by Okkervil River (key of D).
Verse 1
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Intro: (use these chords during verses, you can hit the F#m & E an octave
lower for the chorus for a good sound)
[D] [A] [E]
[F#m]
Verse
I’m coming into your [A]town.[F#m]
[E] Night is falling to the [A]ground,
[F#m]but I can still [E]see where you loved [D]yourself
before he [A]tore it all down. April [D]12th,
with [A]nobody else around; you were [D]outside the house
(where’s your [E]mother?),[F#m]
[E] when he put you in the [A]car, [F#m]
[E] when he took you down the [A]road.
[F#m] And I can still [E]see where it was [D]open,
the [A]door he slammed closed. It was [D]open,
the [A]door he slammed closed. It was [D]open, long [E]ago.
Chorus
But [A]don’t lose me [E]now, don’t lose me [F#m]now.
Though I know [D]that I’m not useful [A]anyhow,
[F#m] just let me stick [E]around
while I [A]tell you, like [E]before,
you should [F#m]say his name the [D]way that he said [A]yours.
But you don't [F#m]want to say his name [E]anymore. Oh, Cynda Moore.
Intro
[F#m] [E] Baby daughter on the [A]road,
[F#m] [E]you’re wrapped up warm in daddy’s [A]coat.
[F#m] And I can still [E]see the cigarette’s [D]heat.
I can’t [A]believe all that you're telling [D]me,
what is [A]cutting like the smoke through your [D]teeth
as you’re telling me [E]“forget it.”
[F#m] [E] But if I could tear his [A]throat,
[F#m] [E]and spill his blood between my[A] jaws,
[F#m]and erase his name out for [E]good,
don’t you know that I [D]would?
Don't you realize that I[A] wouldn’t pause,
that I [D]would cut him [A]down with my claws
if I [D]could have somehow never let that [E]happen?
Or I’d [A]call, some black [E]midnight,
fuck up his [F#m]new life where they [D]don’t know what he [A]did,
tell his [F#m]brand-new wife and his [E]second kid.
Though I [A]tell you, like [E]before,
that you should [F#m]wreck his life the [D]way that he wrecked [A]yours,
you want [F#m]no part of his life [E]anymore.
Oh Cynda Moore,
Intro
[A]don’t lose me [E]now, let me help you[F#m] out.
Though I know [D]that I can’t help [A]anyhow,
[F#m]when I watch you I’m [E]proud.
When I [A]tell you twice [E]before
that you should [F#m]wreck his life the [D]way that he wrecked [A]yours,
you want [F#m]no part of his life [E]anymore.
oh Cynda [D]Mo [A] - [E] ore.
And it’ll [D]never be the [A]way it was [E]before,
but I [D]wish that you would [A]let me through that [E]door.
D A E (or Intro bit)
end on E
Take Care.
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