Okkervil River - Mary on a wave

^GCoal-black virgin spinning Above an open ocean I ^Em7hear, I feel, I need, ^Bm/DI know ^GSeven sailors swimming, shipwrecked Seven smudgy mirrors ^Em7 You gotta let 'em ^Bm/Dgo

Well I c^Am7hecked out the royal place ^C Saw the babies all bathed in c^Ghampagne ^Gmaj7 So ^Am7many miles of dirt I ^Ctraveled Just to park here in y^Gour shade ^Gmaj7

^Cmaj7Borne away on a ^Em7wave of love ^{C C/B C/A C/G Am7}Borne away on a ^Cwave

^GWell they picked poor Robin clean In the shadow ravine ^Em7I seen the bones, I seen his^Bm/D teeth ^GWell, it's scrawled upon the streets Our enemy's victory's complete And they'll be^Em7 coming to collect within the n^Bm/Dext few hundred weeks

I get a ^Am7little soft shiver in my ^Cshoulder Cause I think there's someone w^Gatching ^Gmaj7 I get a l^Am7ittle soft whistle in my e^Cars now But I guess it's just time pass^Ging ^Gmaj7

^Cmaj7Borne away on a ^Em7wave of love ^{C C/B C/A C/G Am7}Borne away on a ^Cwave

^GBlessed blue-black virgin shifting In the ocean's rhythm ^Em7Partly living tissue, ^Bm/Dpartly always hidden ^GGive me strength & vision Watch over the earth It's listing, ^Em7lady, like it's almost broken A^Bm/Dre my eyes now closed or opened?

Our ^Am7parents are fading out, fading out, f^Cading out Into the fuzzy fu^Gzz ^Gmaj7 "I^Am7 can't", I gasp, I gasp and ^Cpant I can't get enough air into my l^Gungs ^Gmaj7 I see the b^Am7ald head of a vu^Clture Come cresting up the sta^Girs ^{Gmaj7 C}Time holds me, greenis^Am7h-brown And dying, in a studio ^Gsomewhere ^Gmaj7

^Cmaj7Borne away on a ^Em7wave of love ^{C C/B C/A C/G Am7}Borne away on a ^Cwave