A Stone Okkervil River
A Stone by Okkervil River
Standard Tuning
Capo on 1st fret
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this is not exact tablature.
Hot[A] breath, rough skin
warm laughs,[D] and smiling,
the lovliest[F#m] words
whispered and[E] meant
you lik[D]e all these things.
But though you like [E]all these things
you love a [A]stone.
You love a [D]stone,
because it'[E]s smooth and i[Bm]t's cold.
And you'd love [F#m]most
to be t[E]old
that it's all you[D]r own.
You love white[A] veins,
you love hard [E]grey,
the heaviest [Bm]weight,
the clumsiest shape,[D]
the earthiest smell,[F#m]
the hollowest tone[E]
you love a stone.[D]
Bridge: A E Bm D
And I'm found too [A]fast,
called too fond of flames,
and then I'm phoning my [D]friends,
and then I'm shouldering the blame,
while you're picking [F#m]pebbles
out of the [E]drain,
miles [D]ago.
You're out singing [A]songs,
and I'm down shouting names
at the flickerless [D]screen,
going f**king insane.
Am I losing my cool,[F#m]
overstating my [E]case?
Well, baby what [D]can I say?
You know I [E]never claimed
that I was a [A]stone.
And you love a [D]stone.
You love white [F#m]veins,
you love hard [E]grey,
the heaviest [Bm]weight,
the clumsiest [D]shape,
the earthiest [F#m]smell,
the hollowest [E]tone
you love [D]a stone.
Bridge: A E Bm D (x2) A
You love a [D]stone,
because it's [E]dark
and it's [Bm]old
and if it could [F#m]start
being [E]alive
you'd stop living[D] alone.
(quieter)
And I think I beli[A]eve
that if stones could [E]dream
they'd dream of being [Bm]laid
side-by-side piece-by-[D]piece
and turned into a [F#m]castle
for some towering [E]queen
they're unable to [D]know.
And when that queen's [A]daughter
came of [E]age,
I think she'd be [Bm]lovely
and stubborn and [D]brave,
and suitors would [F#m]journey
[E]
just to make themsel[D]ves known.
And I think that I [A]know
the bitter dism[E]ay
of a lover who b[Bm]rought
fresh brouquets every d[D]ay
when she turned him [F#m]away
to remember some [E]knave
who once gave just one rose, one day, ye[D]ars ago.[A]
End:
A E Bm D X4
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