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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[Intro]
C Am F G
[Verse 1]
C Em Am
I thought that it was us against the world
F
But now it's me against something so big and abstract
G
That I can't tell what it is
C Em Am
All while you're out there, grinding on some poor girl
F G
Who is backstage at the 6.8 rock fest
Em Am
I thought that you'd be on our side
Em Dm G
I tuned it out when I heard you shit-talking our friends
Em Am
Well, our world's in free fall and we're terrified
F G
And everyone's just out to grab what they can get
[Verse 2]
C Em Am
I thought I had a bunch of friends, I guess
F G
I just had people pissed at me for shit
C Em Am
And the cheaper that the music starts to get
F G
It's like they're trying to make us cheep along with it
Em Am
I watched you turn into your very opposite
Em Dm G
Into everything we were trying to reject
Em Am
And I figured you had had enough of it
F G
Watching the whole world turn while all you earned was respect
[Verse 3]
C Em Am
And look at us; just two dumb country hicks
F G
as we're trying to bum-rush that VIP
C Em Am
Up there, out where the beautiful people live
F G
But is that ever who we even wanted to be?
Em Am
Do you remember, baby, back in '96?
Em Dm G
When some record was enough to make you raise your fist?
Em Am
When some singer would make you sure that you exist?
F G
Well, I never thought I'd feel like that again
C
Just let go
Am
I had to let it go
F
I gotta gotta let it go
G
Gotta let it go
All right, man?
[Outro]
C Am F G
C Am F G
[Verse 1]
C Em Am
I thought that it was us against the world
F
But now it's me against something so big and abstract
G
That I can't tell what it is
C Em Am
All while you're out there, grinding on some poor girl
F G
Who is backstage at the 6.8 rock fest
Em Am
I thought that you'd be on our side
Em Dm G
I tuned it out when I heard you shit-talking our friends
Em Am
Well, our world's in free fall and we're terrified
F G
And everyone's just out to grab what they can get
[Verse 2]
C Em Am
I thought I had a bunch of friends, I guess
F G
I just had people pissed at me for shit
C Em Am
And the cheaper that the music starts to get
F G
It's like they're trying to make us cheep along with it
Em Am
I watched you turn into your very opposite
Em Dm G
Into everything we were trying to reject
Em Am
And I figured you had had enough of it
F G
Watching the whole world turn while all you earned was respect
[Verse 3]
C Em Am
And look at us; just two dumb country hicks
F G
as we're trying to bum-rush that VIP
C Em Am
Up there, out where the beautiful people live
F G
But is that ever who we even wanted to be?
Em Am
Do you remember, baby, back in '96?
Em Dm G
When some record was enough to make you raise your fist?
Em Am
When some singer would make you sure that you exist?
F G
Well, I never thought I'd feel like that again
C
Just let go
Am
I had to let it go
F
I gotta gotta let it go
G
Gotta let it go
All right, man?
[Outro]
C Am F G
Old Man Luedecke
Old Man Markley
Oldelaf
Oldelaf Et Monsi (...)
Oldporch