Okkervil River - Red Standard Tuning Tabbed by Chris Shelton Chords: C - X32010 C9- x32030 G - 320033 F - 133211 Am- X02210 Chords in parentheses are over really long drawn out vowels, so instead of writing "baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar" and trying to space out the chords over them, I just clumped them together in parentheses. The rhythm shouldn't be hard to figure out for these sections because it usually follows the same pattern as similar parts of the song. Intro: C G F C G C G F C G FG

R^Ced is my f^Gavorite c^Folor Red like your ^Ammother's eyes ^Cafter awh^Gile

Of cr^Cying about h^Gow you don't l^Fove her She says, &^Amquot;I know I don't deserve

S^Cupervised sight of her G (F G Am FG) But each day becomes a blur without my daughter"

F^Call is my f^Gavorite s^Feason Like falling to r^Ameasoning why you cr^Cashed from on h^Gigh

She says, &qu^Cot;Why is^G my life ^Fso uneven ^AmAnd what have I done right

B^Cut given you your life G (FG) Am F G If after I let you on into that bar room... into that bar room?"

Interlude: C C C9 C C G F C G C G F C G C G F C C G F C C G F C G FG

&q^Cuot;Yes&quo^Gt; is my ^Ffavorite answer I took a d^Amancer home, she f^Celt so al^Gone

We st^Cayed up all n^Gight in the k^Fitchen Doing my d^Amishes, on and ^Con until the d^Gawn

She said, &^Cquot;I know that ^Git's easy^Am to have me B^Fut I have seen some things

Th^Gat I cannot even t^Cell to my f^Gamily p^Amictures And I'm full of f^Fictions and fucking add^Gictions

And I miss my m^Cother"

Second Interlude*: C C9 C C9 C C9 C C9 C C9 C C9 *The rhythm here is difficult to explain from the chords alone; basically he switches between C and C9 for twelve measures. You can hear it especially well from the left speaker.

She'll never kn^Cow I could n^Gever forg^Fet her If I could write her a l^Ametter, I'd try w^Cith every l^Gine

To say, &qu^Cot;She stil^Gl remembers yo^Fur touch And I kn^Amow that it's not m^Guch

I kn^Cow that ^Git's not m^Fuch I kn^Amow that it's not m^Guch

But you still haven't l^Cost her (C G F C G G G G) You still haven't lost her

(C G F C G G G G) You still haven't lost her (C G F C C G F C C G F C) You still haven't lost her

Not y^Get"