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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Pretty simple song. I'm pretty sure it was co-written with Daniel Johnston.
G D Em
Why must happy hearts break so hard
Am C D
leave you curled up in the back seat of a car,
Em C Am7
staring up at the windshield?
G D G
When will broken hearts learn how to heal?
G D Em
This boy I knew was five years older than me
Am C D
His daddy'd left him when he was three.
Em C Am7
After we went walking by a stream,
G C D
he held me down and made me feel as bad as he.
G D Em
Why must happy hearts break so hard,
Am C D
leave you standing in the darkness of the barn,
Em C Am7
staring at those rusty wheels?
G D G
When will broken hearts learn how to heal?
C G D Em
And everybody's searching for a place to put their love.
C G
See the people on the street?
D
They go home and what do you think they dream of?
C G D Em
U-n-C-o-n-D-i-t-i-o-n-A-l l-o-v-E.
G D
Why did you leave me?
G D Em
Mother, why do you sleep with him?
Am C D
He says he's smothering, then he comes back again,
E C Am7
in our house for the weekend.
G D G
Why must people's breaking hearts pretend?
G D Em
Why must happy hearts break so hard,
Am C D
leave you staring in the mirror at a bar?
Em C Am7
Leave you talking to yourself,
G D G
because you can't talk to anybody else
G D Em
Why must happy hearts break so hard
Am C D
leave you curled up in the back seat of a car,
Em C Am7
staring up at the windshield?
G D G
When will broken hearts learn how to heal?
G D Em
This boy I knew was five years older than me
Am C D
His daddy'd left him when he was three.
Em C Am7
After we went walking by a stream,
G C D
he held me down and made me feel as bad as he.
G D Em
Why must happy hearts break so hard,
Am C D
leave you standing in the darkness of the barn,
Em C Am7
staring at those rusty wheels?
G D G
When will broken hearts learn how to heal?
C G D Em
And everybody's searching for a place to put their love.
C G
See the people on the street?
D
They go home and what do you think they dream of?
C G D Em
U-n-C-o-n-D-i-t-i-o-n-A-l l-o-v-E.
G D
Why did you leave me?
G D Em
Mother, why do you sleep with him?
Am C D
He says he's smothering, then he comes back again,
E C Am7
in our house for the weekend.
G D G
Why must people's breaking hearts pretend?
G D Em
Why must happy hearts break so hard,
Am C D
leave you staring in the mirror at a bar?
Em C Am7
Leave you talking to yourself,
G D G
because you can't talk to anybody else
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