Okkervil River - White Chords

    G                      C
We crashed through crazed glass 
                  Em                 C
In the white-hot burst of the fiery blast
    G                     C
We flared through choked air
                 Em                       C   D
In the deafening blare, in the scattering ash

G                             C
Summer's here, and I'm gonna crack, crack, crack 
G                             C     G           
Summer's here, and I'm gonna crack

   G                     C
We sort through shocked quartz 
              Em                           C
In a jewelry store, watch your sister and dad 
   G               C
Consort with kept courtesans
                Em                    C    D
While the whole world is in ruins, we laugh. 

G                             C
Summer's here, and I'm gonna crack, crack, crack 
G                             C                 
Summer's here, and I'm gonna crack
G                              Bm              C                 
Summer's here, and I'm near a heart attack or flash 
         Bm             C             Bm           C
of real feeling, teeth gnashing, and blasting and reeling 
         G
through black.

                   G
'Cause, kids: When I first saw your mom 
             Em
Well, I was right, and she was wrong 
                C                            D
About just the kind of man she was bringing back. 

     G
When I first met her dad
              Em
Well, I felt good, and he felt bad
                   C                               D
But, kids, you'll find that over time you're just trapped. 

G                                 C
Spring is gone, and you're gonna gasp, gasp, gasp
G                                 C
Spring is gone, and you're gonna gasp
G
Gasp

                   G
And, friends: When I first saw the groom 
               Em
Rise from the darkness of a tomb
         C                            D
I was unnerved, though overall I was wowed. 
     G
When I first saw the bride
           Em
The look inside her eyes just cried, 
             C                              D
'If someone has some cause to stop, say it now!' 

G                                      C
Fall is here, and the leaves all come down, down, down
G                                      C
Fall is here, and the leaves all come down, down, down
G                                     C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G                                     C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G                                     C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G                                     C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G                                     C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G                                     C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G                                     C
Winter's here, and the snow's on the ground 
G                                      
Winter's here, and I'm nearly whited-out, 
C               Em              Am    C          D       G
Snowblind, it's no business of mine, life don't want me around.

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