Okkervil River — So Come Back I Am Waiting Chords
Okkervil River — "Some Come Back, I Am waiting"
From: Black Sheep Boy
Tabbed by: Dave
E—mail: ironic_clown@hotmail.com
Should all be good. Feel free to e—mail with questions or comments.
CHORDS USED IN THIS SONG:
Am: x02210
C: x32010
F: x03211 (See note)
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———————0————|
B|—————1—————————1——————1—————————1————————|
G|————2——————————0———0——2———————2——————————|
D|———2——————2—0——2———0——3———3———————3——————|
A|——0———————0————3———3—————————————————————|
E|—————————————————————————————————————————|
C G Dm Dsus
e|————————0——————————————1—————3—————3———3———————|
B|————————1—————0———0—0——3—————3—————3———3———————|
G|—————0————0———0———0—0——2———2—2———————2———2—————|
D|——0——2————2—0—0———0—0——0———0—0———————0———0—————|
A|——3——3————3—2—2————————————————————————————————|
E|——————————————3————————————————————————————————|
FIRST VERSE:
Am C F C G Dm Dsus Dm
A black sheep boy revolves over canyons and waterfalls.
Am C F C G
Dm Dsus
A black sheep boy dissolves in syringe or in shower stall.
FIRST CHORUS:
Dm
He says
C G Dm F
"there's plenty of time to make you mine tonight,
C G Dm
there's plenty of time to make you mine."
He says
C G Dm
"there's plenty of ways to know you're not dying,
F
all right.
C G Dm
Hell, there's plenty of light still left in your eyes."
F*
In your eyes.
FIRST PRE—VERSE:
Am C F C G Dm
SECOND VERSE:
Am C F C
A black sheep boy grows horns,
G Dm
breathing smoke through his microphone.
Am C F C
Dm
The airwaves stretch and they groan, bleeding, birthing his black diapason.
SECOND CHORUS:
He says
C G Dm F
"there's plenty of things to wear when you come to me,
C G Dm
every color of sleeve to be rolled.
C G Dm F
There are millions of rolling eyes that still cling to me.
C G Dm
Every language of king is concerned.
BRIDGE:
Am
So why
Dm
did you bawl
G D A
from the spell of some old holy song
G D A
that some liar laughed as he composed,
G D A
some liar I loved to control?"
SECOND PRE—VERSE:
*I included both the chords and the faint guitar in the background*
Am C F C G
Dsus
e|—————————————1——1———1————|——0———————————1———1———1—3————3—3——|
B|—————————————1——1———1————|————3—1—0—————3———3———3—3————3—3——|
G|—————————————2————2———2——|——————————2—0—2—————2———2————2—2——|
D|—————————0—2—3————3———3——|——————————————0—————0————————0—0——|
A|——0——2—3—————————————————|——————————————————————————————————|
E|—————————————————————————|——————————————————————————————————|
Am C F C G
Dsus
e|—————————————1——1———1————|——0———————————————1———1—3——|
B|—————————————1——1———1————|————3—1—0—————————3———3—3——|
G|—————————————2————2———2——|——————————2—0—2—————2———2——|
D|—————————0—2—3————3———3——|————————————————————0———0——|
A|——0——2—3—————————————————|———————————————————————————|
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 dissolves
C 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 Dm
he lifts his head, handsome, horned, magisterial.
C G Dm
He's the smell of the moonlight wisteria.
C G Dm
He's the thrill of the abecedarian.
C G Dm
(See the muddy hoofprints where he carried yo
THIRD CHORUS:
C G Dm F
And there's plenty of ways to claim his crimes tonight,
C G Dm
and there's plenty of things to do on his dime.
C G Dm F
And there's plenty of ways to wear 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 why
Am
did you flee?
G D A
Don't you know you can't leave his control
G D A
only call all his wild works your own?
G D A
So come back and we'll take them all on.
G D A
So come back to your life on the lam.
G D A
So come back to your old black sheep man.
He says
G 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"