Okkervil River R.I.P. chords by
Okkervil River
Okkervil River

N/A34 views
Key: G major
Intro 1
C
C

G
G

Bm
Bm

G
G

Am
Am

C
C

D
D

Verse 1
G
G

Hey,
my little baby
D
D

Pointing at the sky's amazing
G
G

Am
Am

In the lake now
G
G

All of this sensation
D
D

And no space on earth to place it
G
G

Am
Am

Where it's safe now
C
C

You've got a big day coming
G
G

Bm
Bm

G
G

A big day coming now
Am
Am

Verse 2
G
G

Gather, crowd, around me
D
D

In the gutter where you found me
G
G

Am
Am

Help me stand now
G
G

My body, it is aching
D
D

G
G

And my poor old heart is breaking
Am
Am

And I'm so freaked out
C
C

We've got a big chance coming
G
G

Bm
Bm

A big chance coming now
Am
Am

Verse 3
G
G

All the little Sadies
D
D

And the literary ladies
Am
Am

Wish me well now
G
G

A slab upon a plane that
D
D

Through the air is silver swaying
Am
Am

Into sun now
G
G

I hightail my cool haircut
D
D

Through the turnstiles of the airport
Am
Am

On the run now
G
G

Flip a couple hundred pages
D
D

I was turning thirty-eight
Am
Am

I I was a horrible sight
C
C

You've got a bad day coming
Bm
Bm

Am
Am

A sad day coming 'round
C
C

I'll wear a white suit and
Bm
Bm

black sunglasses
G
G

Am
Am

To the last mass now
Interlude 1
Okay
G
G

D
D

Am
Am

G
G

D
D

Am
Am

Verse 4
C
C

Then give me one last kiss
G
G

Am
Am

In your pink silk dress, I guess
C
C

Said, "I have lost all will to"
G
G

Am
Am

With my face pressed against your breast
C
C

And I have pilfered the king's pills
G
G

Am
Am

From the palace medicine chest
C
C

I cried a quart of crocodile tears
Bm
Bm

G
G

Onto Allison Anne's
Am
Am

pink champagne glass
C
C

G
G

I was escorted from the premises
Am
Am

For being a mess
Verse 5
G
G

And it's just like when John
D
D

Howe told me
Am
Am

How the Force MDs died
G
G

Lou Gehrig's disease laid
T.C.D. low
D
D

Mercury had a heart attack
Am
Am

back in '95
C
C

G
G

And where DJ Doctor Rock went
Am
Am

Nobody knows
G
G

I see my grandfather, T. Holmes
D
D

"Bud" Moore laid up
Am
Am

in his hospital clothes
G
G

But I think about Judee Sill
D
D

dying in some trailer park
Am
Am

Out of cocaine and codeine all alone
C
C

It was a big waste
G
G

Em
Em

Brother, such a big waste
G
G

Am
Am

Yeah, I know
C
C

They had some great songs
G
G

Must have been a great time
Am
Am

So long ago
C
C

G
G

But I didn't open up my mouth
Em
Em

G
G

Am
Am

Just to piss and moan
Interlude 2
No way
G
G

D
D

Am
Am

G
G

D
D

Am
Am

Verse 6
G
G

All the air is glitter
D
D

And I went and hit the
Am
Am

Skating rink alone now
G
G

D
D

I'll watch the kids all skim across the ice
They look so nice
Am
Am

It was so cold out
C
C

And then I coughed into
G
G

my cupped hands
Am
Am

Across the rink so I could hear the band
G
G

Two guitars, a drummer
D
D

A chick singer with a Kurzweil
Am
Am

On a keyboard stand
C
C

And I said, "Play that cover"
I said, "Play that cover song again"

How did you like the song?

You need to to leave a rating.
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC G Bm Am D...

More songs by Okkervil River

Discover chords for more songs to play

65 More
Okkervil River

Unless It's Kicks

Okkervil River

A Girl in Port

Okkervil River

It Ends With a Fall

Okkervil River

For Real

Okkervil River

A Stone

Okkervil River

Another Radio Song

Okkervil River

The Latest Toughs

Related songs

Discover chords for more songs to play

800K+ More
Okkervil River

Unless It's Kicks

Okkervil River

Don McLean

American Pie

Don McLean

4.9

The Cranberries

Zombie

The Cranberries

4.8

Okkervil River

It Ends With a Fall

Okkervil River

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sweet Home Alabama

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4.6

Oasis

Wonderwall

Oasis

4.8

The Animals

The House Of The Rising Sun

The Animals

4.9

Popular chords globally

Most played chords & tabs across all users

100 More

1

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

4.8

2

Creep

Radiohead

4.9

3

Yellow

Coldplay

4.8

4

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

4.8

5

Zombie

The Cranberries

4.8

6

Wonderwall

Oasis

4.8

7

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

4.8

Recently added

Recently added chords & tabs

22K+ More

Problems

Lil Peep

Mourir sur scène

Dalida

Even In Arcadia

Sleep Token

Hab 'ne Tante aus Marokko

Kinderlieder-Superstar

Cafuné

Micro TDH

Past Self

Sleep Token

YUKON

Justin Bieber