Okkervil River - The Valley

artist : okkervil river
song : the valley
album : i Am very far
tabbed by : don tago
email : recebedou@yahoo . com

standard tuning :

chords used :
eadgbe
A : 002220
B : 2244 – –
B2 : 0044 – –
D : 000232

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intro : [ B – B2 – B – B2 – B – B2 – D ]
[ B – B2 – B – B2 – B – B2 – A ] , repeat 1

x
verse 1 chords :
B B2 B B2 B B2 D
watch the sun switching in the sky , off and on , where
B B2 B B2 B B2 A
our friend stands bleeding on the late summer lawn , A
B B2 B B2 B B2 D
slicked back bloody black gunshot to the head . he has
B B2 B B2 B B2 A
fallen in the valley of the rock and roll dead .

verse 2 : use verse 1 chords
i hear a breeze that wheezes through the tips of the pines
ahere there’s laughter and screaming to the rafters in the
night . the moon rolls dreaming through the late spring
sky , where our friend lies bleeding through his jacket and
tie . a slit throat makes a note like a raw winter wind . we
were piled in the river with the rock and roll skinned , times ten

verse 3 : use verse 1 chords
like the water loves lapping at the skin of the shore , hear
our friend come tapping at the latches on the door . like A
foot slips , slapping on the laddEr’s last rung , we were
thrashing in the clatter of the rock and roll hung , thats one

verse 4 : use verse 1 chords
it’s just a loud crowd crush . it’s just a thrush , seen flying
through the late autumn dusk for the very last time . it’s
just a busted – up body in the dust of the last road out of the
city , when the city explodes . light grows , and the light
grows bright , and red – tinged . we were fallen on the
border with the rock and roll singed . times ten . times
ten . times ten . times ten . times ten . times ten . times
ten . times ten . times ten . times ten .