Biography:
The Postelles are part of an ideological bloodline that connects The Velvet Underground to the Ramones to Blondie and Television to the Walkmen, artists with unique and varied sensibilities, certainly, but who have in common an allegiance to the unabashedly unadorned rock song. In fact, it was during the late 90s, when New York had no unified sound to speak of and the members of The Postelles were just kids poring over their parents' record collections, that the seeds of the band's sound were sown.
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Intro: E
Verse
E G# Bm C# F#m B
If the sun forgets to shine, can you just deal with candlelight for two?
B E
Oh, I hope that will do.
E G# Bm C# F#m
So if your mockingbird don't sing, can you just love it for its wings?
B E
Please do. Oh, Stella, what could I do?
Chorus
A B E
So when you asked me on the phone, "Can I just help myself?"
E/D#
(I can't help myself.)
A B E
Stella, I lost my way.
So if you need to lay your head, then I can make room right beside my bed.
Do you mind the floor instead?
So as your mocking bird takes flight, the sun forgets to shine its light on you.
Oh, Stella, what could I do?
Transition: E E/D#
Bridge
C# E
And if you need me, you know I'll run, run, run.
(Stella, you're on your own. Stella, you're on your own.)
C#
When you know I'm leavin', baby, you'll know I'm gone, gone, go-gone, gone,
E
gone.
(Stella, you're on your own. Stella, you're on your own.)
C# A B
And in the evening, you're gonna think I'm home but know you're alone.
E (for two bars)
So when you ask me on the phone, "Can I just help myself?"
(I can't help myself.)
Stella, I lost my way.
(Stella, you're on your own. Stella, you're on your own.)
End on an E
Verse
E G# Bm C# F#m B
If the sun forgets to shine, can you just deal with candlelight for two?
B E
Oh, I hope that will do.
E G# Bm C# F#m
So if your mockingbird don't sing, can you just love it for its wings?
B E
Please do. Oh, Stella, what could I do?
Chorus
A B E
So when you asked me on the phone, "Can I just help myself?"
E/D#
(I can't help myself.)
A B E
Stella, I lost my way.
So if you need to lay your head, then I can make room right beside my bed.
Do you mind the floor instead?
So as your mocking bird takes flight, the sun forgets to shine its light on you.
Oh, Stella, what could I do?
Transition: E E/D#
Bridge
C# E
And if you need me, you know I'll run, run, run.
(Stella, you're on your own. Stella, you're on your own.)
C#
When you know I'm leavin', baby, you'll know I'm gone, gone, go-gone, gone,
E
gone.
(Stella, you're on your own. Stella, you're on your own.)
C# A B
And in the evening, you're gonna think I'm home but know you're alone.
E (for two bars)
So when you ask me on the phone, "Can I just help myself?"
(I can't help myself.)
Stella, I lost my way.
(Stella, you're on your own. Stella, you're on your own.)
End on an E
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