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Calling And Not Calling My Ex Tab

by Okkervil River


  (little riff)   x2

              
She was once mine
                                                                        / 
That smile that shines from the glossy magazine that stuck inside the Sunday Times
           D                  G    G/F# (and so on...)
She was so sweet on Christmas Eve
With the snow set deep, when we went walking through the pines
                                            
I had just been fired and her first offer had arrived
                               
And the new year would see her flying far away from me
               ?(002223)           
Though I didn't know it at the time
                  
With outstretched hands
                 
Now she commands
                         
A famous figure for every picture
                                        
And she stands up strong and she demands
         
And they deliver
              
Yeah, she's a fixture
                                                                        
And it's a mixture of dumb jealousy and fear that I might feel, should she appear
                               
Just like it hasn't been three years
                                           
And there's a distance to her voice over the phone and that's because she stands D/F#
alone
                              ?
While I'm still sitting here
                                     
Girl, you see me here on another quiet night
                                        
I will wait until another indistinguishable day arrives
                                     
I'll decide where the light's even and bright
                                                                       
Where my life's sweet as it's slightly, disappointedly, just gliding softly by
                                         
And you won't wait for me in some secluded stand of trees some Christmas Eve some 
                           
god was kind enough to set aside
             
Although I'd love you to, I'm proud of you
                                
God knows I'm feeling really stupid now
                               
For having ever said goodbye
           
During the fight
                     
I said, "Yeah right"
                                                           
When you insisted that I visit, that you'd write
                                                                         
Now, I know you're working hard so I never hear from you, and that's fine
                                               
You look the same on TV as when you were mine
                                          
I walk in from the kitchen and I finger the remote control
                                                      
I watch you from the distance, you go walking through the terminal
                                      
I remember ever instance, when you stung me
              
Oh, you're so lovely
              
Oh, you're so smart
                                                                   /F# x2
So, go turn their heads, go knock them dead, go break their hearts
                      
Go break their hearts
Baby, break their hearts
And I know you will