Great song by Okkervil River from their first album: Don't Fall in Love with Everyone See Okkervil River Song Intro A - F#m - E -

D^Aown by Okkervil R^F#miver slow ^Esilent thick and bl^Dack, I sta^Ared into the wa^F#mter, and the ^Ewater it stared b^Dack. The n^Aight it fell from ta^Dngles of the br^F#manches on the s^Dhore as it h^Aad on Okker^F#mvil River be^Dfore. ^A

D^Aown by Okkervil Ri^F#mver, ciga^Erettes and rusty t^Dires, we m^Aade ourselves an a^F#mltar, we l^Eit our nightly fir^Des. And the s^Amoke lay thick and s^Dmothered all the sku^F#mnk cabbage and v^Dines where G^Aods were born and G^F#mods lay down t^Do die.^A

W^Eith your hand inside my pocket, you whi^Dspered in my ear^A; We^E have come from ugliness to fi^Dnd some refuge h^Aere. With this b^Dracken for a bl^Aanket, where these^D limbs stick out like b^F#mones, we have fou^And a place where^E we can be al^Done. ^A

A^End I tried to tell you, as I ki^Dssed your hard dry li^Aps, a^Ell the things I dreamed about. I touch^Ded your bone white hi^Aps. Far awa^Dy our parents slept i^An while we ^Dwatched our fire b^F#murn. They dreamed of not^Ahing and got n^Eothing in re^Dturn. ^A

A^And the water slipped on sl^F#mowly past our ^Ebodies in the wee^Dds, pulling p^Alastic wrap and r^F#mazors on its cu^Errent through the ^Dreeds. T^Ahen I woke up one cold morn^Ding, felt an ^F#mabsence at my b^Dack, and I s^Aearched and stared but o^F#mnly the river stared^D back. A F#m D (end D) and I searched and stared but only the river stared back.

Between, "And the water slipped on slowly," to "On it's current through the reeds," use one strum per chord, it'll sound like the recording. On the last line also if you like. The chords are set to the words, listen to the song a couple times and it should be easy. Simple as 4 chords, hope this is decent.

Okkervil River - Okkervil river song