Okkervil River - A girl in port
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Capo: 2
A Girl in Port
Okkervil River
The Stage Names (2007)
Capo 2nd Fret
Chorus:
FLet fall your
Fsoft and swaying sCkirt; let fall your
Fshoes; let fall your sDmhirt. I'm not the
Flady-killing sCort. Enough to
Fhurt F a girl in porCt.
Verse:
FMarie's gone
Fblonde, and lost a sCtone. She lay on her
Flawn, spun and alDmone. And when the
Fmorning sun, it rCose upon
FMarie, and her lacy cDmlothes. It lit her
Fup, and she walked arCound the winding
Fstreets of Camden tDmown. She don't know
Fwho she wants to Cbe, but if I
Fknew, F I’d tell CMarie.
Chorus
And Cindy tells me she's had fun,
Sitting back stage,someone's plus one.
Up in her room,the records spin
a needle in the grooves that she's worn thin.
Well, she lifts her sleeve and she sees a name.
And she's got a smile on her face
And she's got a story you can't see
Well, that's just between that name and Cindy.
Interlude: F Gsus4 F
And before Holly made her way
Over the sea and far away,
She's telling me inside her car
driving us back from the Crystal Corner bar.
I lost her there; I fell from hell
Cut some fresh pieces from myself
Then for a second something in me
Said leave today, it's time, Holly.
Interlude
Oh, I'm a weak and lonely sort,
Though I'm not sailing just for sport.
I've come to feel out on the sea
These urgent lives press against me.
I'm just aghast; I'm not a part
My tender head with my easy heart.
These several years out on the sea
Made me empty, cold, and clear pour yourself into me.
Chorus