Capo: 5 Tuning: E A D G B E

[Verse 1]

^CPull down the shades, let's kill the ^Emmorning ^FLets kill the morning, ^Glet it die Well, your e^Amyes flash out a ^Dmwarning But they'll be a^Gnother morning after afternoon and t^Conight

[Verse 2]

F^Emuck long hours sick with si^Amnging S^Emick with singing the same s^Gongs In the b^Amars, they'll soon be dr^Dminking ^GLets cash my check and drink along

[Verse 3]

O^Cld times, hello, hey, I've ^Emmissed you O^Fld life, hey now, let me ^Gin Because you w^Amin on every ^Dmissue No^Gw, can I kiss you?

Don't you care how long it's been? [Verse 4]

I^Emt has been so many years, I lived my ^Amyearning ^EmBut in every bed, it led me ^Gthrough They only b^Amlew on what was b^Dmurning And it ^Ggrew, the fire grew

[Verse 5]

And now with ^Amnothing to ^Gconsume It's turned on ^Amme in my glass ^Groom Where I'll ^Amburn, you think I'm ^Dmfinished Think I'm not ^Gwinning

Well, go on, assume [Verse 6]

So, t^Cake me, I'm ^Gyours, ^Ammorning st^Farship Spa^Crkling st^Gars line your ^Amlights as they ^Flift off The lo^Amneliest str^Feet corner ^Amthis clown has ^Fyet leaned a^Ggainst

[Verse 7]

^CI'll let all these ^Gfine faces f^Amold into ^Fme The w^Carmth from the ^Gspace lights i^Amllumines the s^Fea As the l^Amaughingest m^Fouths wetly o^Ampen, but ^Fwe set them si^Gghing We'll take them ^Gflying

[Verse 8]

And^C we'll take this man, left almost ^Empassed out C^Fause we're pretty sure he needs a ^Ghand He says he can't ^Amstand And when we p^Dmick him up H^Ge asks us where this ship will land

[Verse 9]

But he ^Emknows we know it isn't ^Amcoming down ^EmHe knows we know we'll fly so ^Gfar Till finally ^Amstars hold him i^Dmn all around Till he forgets the ^Gground

Till he forgets the crawling way

Real people sometimes ^Amare

[Outro] G Am x6 La, la, la, la, la

Okkervil River - Bruce wayne campbell interviewed on the roof of the chelsea hotel 1979