So Come Back I Am Waiting
Okkervil River
Continues after the ad
Key:
G: 320003 Dm: xx0231 Dsus: xx0233 A: x02220 D: xx0232 NOTE: For all of the F chords, he only plays the full chord (133211) when he says "In eyes" for the second time. I've marked it with a *. All the other F chords are played like this: x03211. INTRO: *It's basically just chords, but I included all the picked notes too*Am C F E|------0---------------1-----0--- B|-----1---------1------1--------- G|----2----------0---0--2-------2- D|---2------2-0--2---0--3---3----- A|--0-------0----3---3------------ E|-------------------------------- E|----0----| B|1--------| G|---------| D|--3------| A|---------| E|---------| C G Dm E|--------0--------------1-----3-- B|--------1-----0---0-0--3-----3-- G|-----0----0---0---0-0--2---2-2-- D|--0--2----2-0-0---0-0--0---0-0-- A|--3--3----3-2-2----------------- E|--------------3----------------- Dsus E|---3---3-------| B|---3---3-------| G|-----2---2-----| D|-----0---0-----| A|---------------| E|---------------|FIRST VERSE:Am C F C A black sheep boy revolves overG Dm Dsus Dm canyons and waterfalls.Am C F C GDm Dsus A black sheep boy dissolves in syringe or in shower stall. FIRST CHORUS:Dm He saysC G “there’s plenty of time to makeDm F you mine tonight,C G there’s plenty of time to make youDm mine.” He saysC G “there’s plenty of ways to knowDm you’re not dying,F all right.C Hell, there’s plenty of light stillG Dm left in your eyes.”F* In your eyes. FIRST PD- VERSE:Am C F C G Dm SECOND VERSE:Am C F C A black sheep boy grows horns,G breathing smoke through hisDm microphone.Continues after the adAm C FCDm The airwaves stretch and they groan, bleeding, birthing his black diapason. SECOND CHORUS: He saysC G “there’s plenty of things to wearDm F when you come to me,C G Dm every color of sleeve to be rolled.C G There are millions of rolling eyesDm F that still cling to me.C G Dm Every language of king is concerned. BRIDGE:Am So whyDm did you bawlG D A from the spell of some old holy songG D that some liar laughed as heA composed,G D A some liar I loved to control?” SECOND PD- VERSE: *I included both the chords and the faint guitar in the background*Am C F CGDsusE|-------------1--1---1----|--0--- B|-------------1--1---1----|----3- G|-------------2----2---2--|------ D|---------0-2-3----3---3--|------ A|--0--2-3-----------------|------ E|-------------------------|------ E|--------1---1---1-3----3-3--| B|1-0-----3---3---3-3----3-3--| G|----2-0-2-----2---2----2-2--| D|--------0-----0--------0-0--| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|Am C F CGDsusE|-------------1--1---1----|--0--- B|-------------1--1---1----|----3- G|-------------2----2---2--|------ D|---------0-2-3----3---3--|------ A|--0--2-3-----------------|------ E|-------------------------|------ E|------------1---1-3--| B|1-0---------3---3-3--| G|----2-0-2-----2---2--| D|--------------0---0--| A|---------------------| E|---------------------|THIRD VERSE: *For the first 4 lines there's no guitar, but the bass copies the notes the guitar would playing*Am C F Am A black sheep boy dissolvesC F Am in hot cream, in sweet moans,C F Am in each dead bed and empty home,C F Am in each seething bacterium.C F Killing softly and serial,C G he lifts his head, handsome,Dm horned, magisterial.C G He's the smell of the moonlightDm wisteria.C G Dm He’s the thrill of the abecedarian.C G (See the muddy hoofprints where heDm carried yo THIRD CHORUS:C G And there’s plenty of ways toDm F claim his crimes tonight,C G and there’s plenty of things to doDm on his dime.C G And there’s plenty of ways to wearDm F his hide tonight.C G Dm You’ve got yours and I’ve got mine.C G Dm You’ve got yours and I’ve got mine. OUTRO:Dm So whyAm did you flee?G D Don’t you know you can’t leave hisA controlG D only call all his wild works yourA own?G D So come back and we’ll take themA all on.G D So come back to your life on theA lam.G D So come back to your old blackA sheep man. He saysG D A “I am waiting on hoof and on hand.G D A I am waiting, all hated and damned.G D A I am waiting, I snort and I stamp.G D A D I am waiting, you know that I am,G D A calmly waiting to make you my lamb”