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.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Verse 1: AmG Someone said to me, "I'll come into your dream and speak it to you" I already knew Am I found her in an attic where, dramatically GAm She leaned in to me, and she whispered these lines: FGDmAmG "Wake and be fine-e-e. You've still got time to wake and be fine"
Verse 2: use verse 1 chords Embracers meet with more embracers on the street They say "Hold me, dear stranger. Grab on to me We're carrying our years around us, or they're chasing down us. We're all here at the same time. Can we wake and be fine? Have we still got time to wake and be fine??"
Verse 3 chords: AmG Villians on the creep and killers in the crowd are carving apart our childhood house AmG Lovers in their sheets, dreaming lovers sweetly turn in their sleep all under sunbeams AmG Everybody's crashing, running, calling out the coming of things they kind of can see AmGAm Someone said to me, "It's just a dream. Why don't you wake up and you'll see? It's fine."
Interlude: [Am - G] repeat a few times, then:
Verse 4 chords: AmG In those miles racing over endless fields of snow (you already heard, you already know) Am The rescue party finally lost their hearts, and then they shattered their bones G And then they died all alone Am The ships all float from beaches by themselves above the hot afternoons G (Goodbye, you balloons!) Am Adrift above indifferent clouds, our hearts are crashing loudly GAmFGDm On some rock where the gulls whine, "Wake and be fine-e-e AmG You've still got time to wake and be fine"
Outro: [Am - G] repeat a few times, then end on: Am