Biography:
Okkervil River is an indie/folk rock band from Austin, Texas USA. Formed in 1998, the band takes its name from a short story by Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya. The band currently consists of Will Sheff (vocals, guitar), Will Graefe (guitar), Sarah K. Pedinotti (keyboards), Benjamin Lazar Davis (bass) and Cully Symington (drums).
The band self-released their first album, Stars Too Small to Use, which led them to the South by Southwest music festival.
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Other songs:
- A Favor (guitar Solo)
- A Stone
- Lost Coastlines
- Maine Island Lovers
- Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe
- Plus Ones
- Song Of Our So-called Friend
- Westfall
- A Girl In Port
- A Glow
- A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene
- A King And A Queen
- All The Time Everyday
- Another Radio Song
- Auntie Alice
- Black
- Black Nemo
- Black Sheep Boy
- Blanket And Crib
- Blue Tulip
- Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed On The Roof Of The Chelsea Hotel 1979
- Calling And Not Calling My Ex
- Comes Indiana Through The Smoke
- Dead Faces
- Do What You Gotta Do
- Dont Move Back To La
- Down Down The Deep River
- Famous Tracheotomies
- For Real
- For The Enemy
- From A Cutlass Cruiser
- Get Big
- Hanging From A Hit
- Happy Hearts
- It Ends With A Fall
- It Was My Season
- John Allyn Smith Sails
- Kansas City
- Lady Liberty
- Lay Of The Last Survivor
- Lido Pier Suicide Car
- Lines
- Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas
- Love To A Monster
- Mary On A Wave
- No Hidden Track
- No Key No Plan
- Oh Precious
- Okkervil River Rip
- Okkervil River Song
- On A Balcony
- On Tour With Zykos
- Pink Slips
- Piratess
- Pop Lie
- Presidents Dead
- Red
- Rider
- Seas Too Far To Reach
- She Would Look For Me
- Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
- Singer Songwriter
- So Come Back I Am Waiting
- Song About A Star
- Song Of Our So
- Starry Stairs
- The Industry
- The Latest Toughs
- The Next Four Months
- The Rise
- The Valley
- The War Criminal Rises And Speaks
- Title Track
- Unless Its Kicks
- Wake And Be Fine
- We Need A Myth
- Where The Spirit Left Us
- White
- White Shadow Waltz
- Yellow
- You Cant Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man
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Great song by Okkervil River from their first album: Don't Fall in Love with Everyone
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Okkervil River Song
Intro
A - F#m - E -
A F#m
Down by Okkervil River
E D
slow silent thick and black,
A F#m
I stared into the water,
E D
and the water it stared back.
A D
The night it fell from tangles
F#m D
of the branches on the shore
A F#m D A
as it had on Okkervil River before.
A F#m
Down by Okkervil River,
E D
cigarettes and rusty tires,
A F#m
we made ourselves an altar,
E D
we lit our nightly fires.
A D
And the smoke lay thick and smothered
F#m D
all the skunk cabbage and vines
A F#m D A
where Gods were born and Gods lay down to die.
E
With your hand inside my pocket,
D A
you whispered in my ear;
E
We have come from ugliness
D A
to find some refuge here.
D A
With this bracken for a blanket,
D F#m
where these limbs stick out like bones,
A E D A
we have found a place where we can be alone.
E
And I tried to tell you,
D A
as I kissed your hard dry lips,
E
all the things I dreamed about.
D A
I touched your bone white hips.
D A
Far away our parents slept in
D F#m
while we watched our fire burn.
A E D A
They dreamed of nothing and got nothing in return.
A F#m
And the water slipped on slowly
E D
past our bodies in the weeds,
A F#m
pulling plastic wrap and razors
E D
on its current through the reeds.
A D
Then I woke up one cold morning,
F#m D
felt an absence at my back,
A F#m D
and I searched and stared but only the river stared back.
A F#m D (end
D)
and I searched and stared but only the river stared back.
Between, "And the water slipped on slowly," to "On it's current through the reeds," use
one strum per chord, it'll sound like the recording. On the last line also if you like.
The chords are set to the words, listen to the song a couple times and it should be
easy. Simple as 4 chords, hope this is decent.
See
Okkervil River Song
Intro
A - F#m - E -
A F#m
Down by Okkervil River
E D
slow silent thick and black,
A F#m
I stared into the water,
E D
and the water it stared back.
A D
The night it fell from tangles
F#m D
of the branches on the shore
A F#m D A
as it had on Okkervil River before.
A F#m
Down by Okkervil River,
E D
cigarettes and rusty tires,
A F#m
we made ourselves an altar,
E D
we lit our nightly fires.
A D
And the smoke lay thick and smothered
F#m D
all the skunk cabbage and vines
A F#m D A
where Gods were born and Gods lay down to die.
E
With your hand inside my pocket,
D A
you whispered in my ear;
E
We have come from ugliness
D A
to find some refuge here.
D A
With this bracken for a blanket,
D F#m
where these limbs stick out like bones,
A E D A
we have found a place where we can be alone.
E
And I tried to tell you,
D A
as I kissed your hard dry lips,
E
all the things I dreamed about.
D A
I touched your bone white hips.
D A
Far away our parents slept in
D F#m
while we watched our fire burn.
A E D A
They dreamed of nothing and got nothing in return.
A F#m
And the water slipped on slowly
E D
past our bodies in the weeds,
A F#m
pulling plastic wrap and razors
E D
on its current through the reeds.
A D
Then I woke up one cold morning,
F#m D
felt an absence at my back,
A F#m D
and I searched and stared but only the river stared back.
A F#m D (end
D)
and I searched and stared but only the river stared back.
Between, "And the water slipped on slowly," to "On it's current through the reeds," use
one strum per chord, it'll sound like the recording. On the last line also if you like.
The chords are set to the words, listen to the song a couple times and it should be
easy. Simple as 4 chords, hope this is decent.
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