A Stone chords by
Okkervil River
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Key: Bb major

Verse 1

Hot breath, rough skin

Warm laughs and smiling

The loveliest words whispered and meant

You like all these things

Verse 2
C C 
 
D D 
 
But, though you like all these things
G G 
 
You love a  stone
C C 
 
You love a stone
D D 
 
Because it's smooth
Am Am 
 
And it's cold

Verse 3

And you'd love most to be told

That it's all your own

Verse 4
G G 
 
You love white veins,
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
D D 
 
you love     hard grey
Em Em 
 
Am Am 
 
The heaviest weight,
C C 
 
the clumsiest shape
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
The earthiest smell, the hollowest tone
C C 
 
You love a  stone

Interlude 1

Verse 5
G G 
 
And I'm found too fast,
called too fond of flames
C C 
 
And then I'm phoning my friends
And then I'm shouldering the blame
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
While you're picking pebbles out of the drain,
miles ago
C C 
 
Am Am 
 

Verse 6
C C 
 
G G 
 
You're out singing songs,
and I'm down shouting names
C C 
 
At the flickerless screen,
going fucking insane
Em Em 
 
Am I losing my cool,
D D 
 
overstating my case?
C C 
 
Well, baby, what can I say?

Verse 7

You know I never claimed

that I was a stone

And you love a stone

Verse 8
G G 
 
You love white veins,
D D 
 
you love hard grey
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
The heaviest weight, the clumsiest shape
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
The earthiest smell, the hollowest tone
C C 
 
You love a stone

Interlude 2

Verse 9
C C 
 
D D 
 
You love a stone, because it's dark,
Am Am 
 
and it's old
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
And if it could start being alive,
you'd stop living alone
C C 
 

Verse 10
G G 
 
And I think I believe that,
D D 
 
if stones could dream
Am Am 
 
They'd dream of being laid side-by-side,
piece-by-piece
C C 
 
And And And And And turned into a
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
castle for some towering queen
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
They're un       able to know

Verse 11
G G 
 
And when that queen's
D D 
 
daughter came of age
Am Am 
 
But I think she'd be lovely and stub
C C 
 
born and brave
Em Em 
 
And suitors would journey
D D 
 
from kingdoms away
C C 
 
Just to make themselves known

Verse 12
G G 
 
And I think that I know the
D D 
 
bitter dismay
Am Am 
 
Of a lover who brought fresh
C C 
 
bouquets every day
Em Em 
 
When she turned him away
D D 
 
to remember some knave
C C 
 
Who once gave just one rose, one day,

Outro 1
years ago
G G 
 
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G

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