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Tuning: D A D G B E
---------------------------------------------------------------- Okkervil River R.I.P. - Okkervil River ---------------------------------------------------------------- From the Album "Away" (2016) Tabbed by: Philipp Left out a few minor variations to keep the tab easier to memorize. For the basic idea: The Song consists of two parts. Those are based around the Chords G – D – Am7 (Part A) and Cmaj7 – Bm7 – Am7 (Part B) and played a little something like this: Tuning: DADGBe Intro: e|-------3--------|------------------------|---------------------| B|-5----------7-3-|-------3-----3-------3--|----1----1---3-------| G|-5---5----------|-----0---5-4-2-h4-p2-0--|---0----0---2--------| D|-5-5------5-----|---4--------------------|--2----2---0---------| A|-3------3-------|-2----------------------|-0-------------------| D|----------------|------------------------|-----2----0---0------| Part A: (remember, the '+' means 'harmonic') x3 e|--------------------------|-5--------7--5----0----|-----0-------| B|-+12----------12----------|---------------8-------|-------8-----| G|-+12----12-------14-12----|-------7-------------7-|---5---7-----| D|-+12-12----12----------12-|----7------------------|-------------| A|--10----------------------|-5---------------------|-------------| D|--------------------------|-----------------------|-7-----------| Hey, my little baby pointing at the sky's amazing in the lake now x3 e|--------------------------|-5--------7--5----0----|-----0-------| B|-+12----------12----------|---------------8-------|-------8-----| G|-+12----12-------14-12----|-------7-------------7-|---5---7-----| D|-+12-12----12----------12-|----7------------------|-------------| A|--10----------------------|-5---------------------|-------------| D|--------------------------|-----------------------|-7-----------| All of this sensation and no space on earth to place it where it's safe now PART B: (Bar 2 is sometimes switched up with the INTRO-version hammer/pull) e|-------3--------|---------------------|---------0-----------| B|------------7-3-|-------3-----3-------|----1----3---1-------| G|-----5----------|-----0---5-4-2-0-----|---0----0---0--------| D|---5------5-----|---4-----------------|--2----2---2---------| A|-3------3-------|-2-------------------|-0---0----0----0-----| D|----------------|---------------------|---------------------| You've got a big day coming, big day coming now repeat the above parts according to the lyrics (see below) until: INTERLUDE e|----------------|---------------------|-----3-----3-----3-------| B|(3)-------------|---------------------|---1-1---1-1---1-1-1h3p1-| G|-4---4-2-p0-----|-2---2-2/4-2-p0------|---0-----0-----0---0-----| D|------------0---|-0-0--(0)-------2-p0-|--2-----2-----2----------| A|-5--------------|---------------------|-0-----0-----0-----------| D|-5-5------------|-0-------------------|-------------------------| start strummin on last chord e|----------------|---------------------|--------------------| B|(3)-------------|---------------------|--3----3----3---3---| G|-4---4-2-p0-----|-4---2-2h4p2 p0------|--0-0--0-0--0-0-0---| D|------------0---|-0-0------------2-p0-|--------------------| A|-5--------------|---------------------|-3----3----3----3---| D|-5-5------------|-0-------------------|--------------------| After the interlude start strumming the parts PART B strumming: Cmaj7 Bm7add6? Am7 (throw in some variations with your pinkie) e|-0--|----0-----|--0----3-0------0------------------------| B|-5--|----3-----|--1--------3-p1---3-p1-------------------| G|-4--|----0-----|--0--------------------------------------| D|-5--|----4-----|--2--------------------------------------| A|-3--|----2-----|--0--------------------------------------| D|----|----------|-----------------------------------------| Then give me one last kiss… Part A strumming: G D Am7 (again, add variations with your pinkie) e|-3-|--2-|-3-0------0------0--------------------------------------| B|-3-|--3-|-1---3-p1---3-p1---3-p1---------------------------------| G|-0-|--2-|-0------------------------------------------------------| D|-0-|--0-|-2------------------------------------------------------| A|-5-|--0-|-0------------------------------------------------------| D|-5-|--0-|--------------------------------------------------------| And it's just like when John Howe told me... SOLO: To fake the Solo play something like this (strum more strings but focus on the e and b strings for the melody: e|-7-7-\5-\3---|-5-5/7-5-p3-----|-3-p0-0--------------------------| B|-0---------3-|-3---------5-p3-|-1------3-p1---------------------| G|-0-----------|-x--------------|-0-------------------------------| D|-0-----------|-0--------------|-2-------------------------------| A|-x-----------|-0--------------|-0-------------------------------| D|-5-----------|-0--------------|---------------------------------| LAST VERSE: x2 e|----------------------------|-----------------------------| B|-+12------------------------|------15--13-----------------| G|-+12-----+12-------------12-|--16-------------------------| D|-+12-+12-----+12---+5----12-|--17--16--14-----------------| A|-------------------+5-------|--15--14--12-----------------| D|-------------------+5----14-|-----------------------------| e|---------------------(3)----------------------------------| B|-+12---------(5)-(3)--1-----------------------------------| G|-+12----------4---0---0-----------------------------------| D|-+12--+5--12--5---4---2-----------------------------------| A|------+5------3---2---0-----------------------------------| D|------+5--14----------------------------------------------| LYRICS and STRUCTURE: -INTRO PART A: Hey, my little baby Pointing at the sky's amazing In the lake now All of this sensation And no space on earth to place it Where it's safe now PART B: You've got a big day coming A big day coming now PART A: Gather, crowd, around me In the gutter where you found me Help me stand now My body, it is aching And my poor old heart is breaking And I'm so freaked out PART B: We've got a big chance coming A big chance coming now PART A: All the little Sadies And the literary ladies Wish me well now A slab upon a plane that Through the air is silver swaying Into sundown I hightail my cool haircut Through the turnstiles of the airport On the run now Flip a couple hundred pages I was turning thirty-eight I was a horrible sight PART B: You've got a bad day coming A sad day coming 'round I'll wear a white suit and black sunglasses To the last mass now Okay -INTERLUDE PART B (strum): Then give me one last kiss In your pink silk dress, I guess Said, "I have lost all will to" With my face pressed against your breast And I have pilfered the king's pills From the palace medicine chest I cried a quart of crocodile tears Onto Allison Anne's pink champagne glass I was escorted from the premises For being a mess PART A (strum): And it's just like when John Howe told me How the Force MDs died Lou Gehrig's disease laid T.C.D. low Mercury had a heart attack back in '95 PART B (strum): And where DJ Doctor Rock went Nobody knows PART A (strum): I see my grandfather, T. Holmes "Bud" Moore laid up in his hospital clothes But I think about Judee Sill dying in some trailer park Out of cocaine and codeine all alone PART B (strum): It was a big waste Brother, such a big waste Yeah, I know They had some great songs Must have been a great time So long ago But I didn't open up my mouth Just to piss and moan No way -SOLO LAST VERSE (basically parts A and B but less busy) PART A: All the air is glitter And I went and hit the Skating rink alone now I'll watch the kids all skim across the ice They look so nice It was so cold out PART B: And then I coughed into my cupped hands Across the rink so I could hear the band PART A: Two guitars, a drummer A chick singer with a Kurzweil On a keyboard stand PART B: And I said, "Play that cover" I said, "Play that cover song again" ************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | + harmonic | x Mute note ************************