Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy 4 chords

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[Verse 1]

C

Bleeding black sheep boy

Am

Mirror in pieces

Em               (riff)

Turn the receiver

G

Trace the police station

C

Line to my number

    Am

And number my reasons

    Em           (riff)

For this paranoia

    G

For these accusations

 

 

[Pre-chorus]

     Dm

Each night the numbers

C

Paired off like lovers

  Am

Collided together

   C

So I can't remember

   Em               (riff)

My name or my nation

G

Baying black sheep boy

 

 

[Chorus]

   Em              Am

Go back beyond the pasture

    Em                G

You cracked out of my head

    Em               Am

Get in your battered Mustang

             C                 Em (riff) G

And the back seat will be your bed

 

[Verse 2]

C

Burning black sheep boy

Am

Dark denim phantom

Em

Face full of flames

(riff)       G

Ears full of cheers that have fanned them

    C                               Am

I'd slice off the horns that sprung right from those temples

      Em

I was chased from my bedroom

(riff) G

I was chased from my candles

 

[Pre-chorus]

   Dm

By fear of the numbers

C

Paired off like lovers

  Am

Collided together

   C

So I can't remember

   Em               (riff)

My face or my station

G

Pacing black sheep boy

 

 

[Chorus]

    Em                        Am

The floor just won't support you

    Em                  G

You hovered through the room

    Em               Am

Get in your battered Mustang

        C                     Em (riff) G

And the backseat will be your tomb

 

[Instrumental]

C Am Em (riff) G x2

 

[Verse 3]

      C

And I rode into Baltimore

       Am

And I found a hotel room

        Em                (riff)

Where I tried to escape you

        G

But the phone line wouldn't go through

    C

And inside the mirror

       Am

Well I saw you stamping, staring out

        Em

I'd recognize your eyes

(riff)       G

You fell for any of the lines that come flying out

 

[Pre-chorus]

Dm                          C

Nothing I've heard from you sounds sane or safe

              Am

Words falling down from the ceiling

          C

Where the mirror is stealing

    Em                 (riff) G

The light to reveal us both tonight and we're both kneeling in the

 

[Chorus]

Em                 Am

Black pool of your shadow

       Em                 G

You've cracked out of my head

   Em              Am

Go back beyond the pasture

           C

Where I'll smash your mirror

            Em (riff) G

Till you're dead

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