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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[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
D Em G Gm
All the latest toughs, you've got to shrug them off or shut them off
D Em G Gm
With ten-thousand-time-told truths, you've still got to ask for proof, ask for proof,
A G D Em G A
because if you're dying to be led they'll lead you up the hill in chains to their popular refrains
Bm Em G
Until your slaughter's been arranged, my little lamb, and it's much too late to talk
A D
the knife out of their hands
[Verse 2]
D Em G Gm
Well, I woke up on a foggy morning. Hiding from the sun, he was hiding from the sun
D Em G Gm
But it came out and it shot its rays down. Burning everyone, it was burning everyone
A G D Em G
But they were dying, anyway, to turn to ash, to feel their feelings flash and finally fade away
Gm
In a fabulous and fiery display
[Instrumental]
Em G D A x2
[Verse 3]
Em G
Look, though, I don't know what notes you want to hear played
D A Em G
I can't think what lines you'd like me to sing or say, and I'm not sure what subjects you want mentioned
D A Em G
So pause and add your own intentions. Let's pause and add our own, let's pause and add our own
D A
let's pause and add our own intentions, right now
Em G D A x2
Em Gm
You were hiding from the sun
[Verse 4]
D Em G
All the latest toughs, well, we have seen that stuff
Gm D Em G
And we have seen enough blood in dying coughs, which means that we have lost
Gm A G D Em G
We have lost, and if you're crying to be tossed they'll toss you down the oubliette with all the old things
A Bm E G A
that You let yourself forget because you'd like to love a star who'd throw you down below the ground
D
he thinks you are
[Outro]
Em G Gm D
A
[Verse 1]
D Em G Gm
All the latest toughs, you've got to shrug them off or shut them off
D Em G Gm
With ten-thousand-time-told truths, you've still got to ask for proof, ask for proof,
A G D Em G A
because if you're dying to be led they'll lead you up the hill in chains to their popular refrains
Bm Em G
Until your slaughter's been arranged, my little lamb, and it's much too late to talk
A D
the knife out of their hands
[Verse 2]
D Em G Gm
Well, I woke up on a foggy morning. Hiding from the sun, he was hiding from the sun
D Em G Gm
But it came out and it shot its rays down. Burning everyone, it was burning everyone
A G D Em G
But they were dying, anyway, to turn to ash, to feel their feelings flash and finally fade away
Gm
In a fabulous and fiery display
[Instrumental]
Em G D A x2
[Verse 3]
Em G
Look, though, I don't know what notes you want to hear played
D A Em G
I can't think what lines you'd like me to sing or say, and I'm not sure what subjects you want mentioned
D A Em G
So pause and add your own intentions. Let's pause and add our own, let's pause and add our own
D A
let's pause and add our own intentions, right now
Em G D A x2
Em Gm
You were hiding from the sun
[Verse 4]
D Em G
All the latest toughs, well, we have seen that stuff
Gm D Em G
And we have seen enough blood in dying coughs, which means that we have lost
Gm A G D Em G
We have lost, and if you're crying to be tossed they'll toss you down the oubliette with all the old things
A Bm E G A
that You let yourself forget because you'd like to love a star who'd throw you down below the ground
D
he thinks you are
[Outro]
Em G Gm D
Old Man Luedecke
Old Man Markley
Oldelaf
Oldelaf Et Monsi (...)
Oldporch
Olivia Newton Jo (...)
Olivia O'br (...)
Olivia Olson
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Ruby