Tuning - Standard Key: C Truly underappreciated song. Sadly, I had to make a tab since there was none. There instrumental parts between verses, but I omitted that for practical purposes of playing song by yourself.

You can ^Conly talk so much about things that are ^Fnever, ever going to happen. My ^Cbrother’s at home with his dog and his cat and his ^Fwife is at a ^Gfriend’s. You can ^Conly go on so long about feelings that ^Fnever, ever actually touch you. No ^Cmatter how much she told him “I love you,” he ^Ffound it would ^Gdepend on the ^Dmgifts that he bought ^Gher, ^Gsus ^G or how ^Dmbadly she was ^Ghurt ^Gsus ^G when the ^Dmboss was cruel at ^Gwork.^Gsus ^G But he’d jus^Ft say “I love you,” and he’d reach^G out to her.

He was ^Cfeeling like shit when I came to visit and ^Fwalked through the door of his tiny apartment. We ^Cwent for a walk through the park by the market so ^Fwe could get some ^Gair. And I ^Ctold to him all things intended to help him, e^Fspecially that, simply because it was ending, that ^Cthat didn’t mean she was always pretending. R^Feal happiness was ^Gthere. I could ^Dmsee and I could ^Gtell: ^Gsus ^G it was ^Dmreal love that they ^Gfelt.^Gsus ^G And I’^Dmm sorry it didn’t ^Gend w^Gsusell, ^G but some ^Fthings just don’t - that’s life, and you shouldn’t ^Gblame yourself.

And ^Call of these things, well, I truly believe them. Our ^Fpaths and our futures are hidden in mists that are ^Cstretching out over impossible distances, ^F totally ob^Gscured. And I ^Creally do think that there’s probably more good than ^Fanger or selfishness, sickness, or sadness would ^Cever completely allow us to have in this ^Flife, I think I’^Gm sure. But that ^Dmdoesn’t mean it?^G??s ^Gsusbad. ^G We were ^Dmwalking towards our ^Gdad,^Gsus ^G while ^Dmgetting out of that school ^Gbus,^Gsus ^G and he just ^Fsaid “I love you,” and he reached out^G to us^C

Okkervil River - Yellow