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by Okkervil River


Capo 4th fret 


Intro is just E chord, occasionally dropping the pinky on fret 3 of the B string.


                                  
Your great-grandfather was a great lawyer
                              
And his kid made a mint off the war
                               
Your father shot stills and then directed films
                          
That your mom did publicity for


                           
I saw your older sis on the year's best book list
                            
And your brother, he manages bands
                                         
And you're keen to down play, but you're quick to betray
                              
With one welt and that wave of your hand

              
              
You come from wealth

Yeah, you got wealth
                                      
What a bitch, they didn't give you much else



                                
I heard cuts by The Kinks on your speakers
                            
I saw Poe and Artaud on your shelves
                                         
While The Last Laugh's first scene on your flat panel screen
                                    
Lit Chanel that you've wrapped around yourself

                                       
You've got outsider art by an artist you arguably 
                       
kidnapped to pin on the wall
                          
Your designers have slyly directed the eye 
                                      
down pink lines here and your well lit pawn

           
You've got taste, you've got taste
                                    
What a waste that that's all that you have



                                         
Oh, you wrote your thesis on the gospel of Thomas
                                    
You shot some reversal film in Angkor Wat
                                                                     
And this book you once read said there's less people dead at this point 
                     
now than those who are not

                             
And this film we once saw was reviled for it's flaws
                                     
But it's flaws were what made us have fun
                                  
And the life some folks had might have made us feel bad
                               
Why feel bad? Man, it's nothing you've done

                 
It's all in your hand
It's all in your hand
                               
Like a gun, like a glove, like a grand



Solo over verse progression

                                
And this thing you once said disappeared from my head
                               
In the time that it took to be amazed
                                      
And this thing you once did might have dazzled the kids
                                         
But the kids once grown up are gonna walk away

                             
And your world is gonna change nothing
                             
And your world is gonna change nothing
                            
And our world is gonna change nothing
                            
And our world is gonna change nothing
                            
And our world is gonna change nothing