Chords for Joanna Newsom - Occident (with lyrics)
Tempo:
114.55 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
G
Am
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
F
C
G
Am
A
F
C
G
[Am] Mercy [Em] me, [F] the night is [C] long.
[A] Take [F] my [Eb] hand [Bb] to write you [F] this song.
[Dm] [D] Lord, is [G] it harder [Eb] to [C] carry on.
[G] For to know [F] when you are done.
[Am] Oh my, [Em] .
I [F] felt as [C] though .
[A] [F] I'm [Eb] inside [Bb] a beautiful [F] [Dm] .
[D] memory.
[G] Replaying with [Eb] the [C] sound [G] turned down [F] low.
[Am] .
[F] Long life, [G] show [C] your face.
[Em] Slow [Am] .
heart, [Bb] curb [F] your taste.
[A] [Am] Smoke [F] me out of my [G] .
hiding [C] place.
[Em] Long [Am] life, [Bb] state [F] your [A] case.
[Am] What in [Em] the world are we [F] waiting [C] for.
[A] .
[Am] [F] Building [Eb] our wings [Bb] to these lonely [F] shores.
[E] [Dm] [D] Where the wind [G] flutters [Eb] in .
[C] Baiting the kin [G] like a [F] .
matador.
So [Am] my [E] power you [F] placed upon.
[C] .
[B] [Am] [A] What [F] lies [Eb] .
[Bb] beyond [F] our [E] plans.
[Dm] Waving [D] [G] my [Eb] handkerchief.
[C] Running along [G] to the [F] end of the sand.
[Am] .
Long [F] life, [G] .
speak [C] your name.
[Em] So .
[A] tired [Bb] of the [F] guessing game.
[A] But something is [F] moving .
[G] just out of [C] frame.
[Em].
Slow [A] heart, [Bb] .
brace [F] and aim.
[A] [Am] Reaching [Em] .
slowly [F] across the [C] sea.
[G] .
[Am] One [F] lash [Eb] .
like [Bb] the stinger [F] of a bee.
[E] To [Dm] [D] take you [G] away a [Eb] .
[C] swarming flea.
[G] Is gonna [F] take you from me.
[Am] The universe [E] is [F] getting [C] loose.
[Bm] [A] [F] Smoothing, .
[Eb] spread from [Bb] some learning [F].
disuse.
[Dm] [D] Rushing [G] unhinged towards [Eb] [C] diminishing light .
[G] Like a [F] headless caboose .
[Am] I'll wait [F] for you .
[G] alongside the [C] ocean.
[Em] .
And [A] make do [Bb] with my no [F] skin.
[A] But [Am] then long [F] life, will [G] you let [C] me in.
[E] And then slow [A] [Am] heart, [Bb] are you gonna know [F] him.
[A] .
[Am] Long [F] life, [G] speak your [C] name.
[E] I'll wait [A] while I [Bb] decry [F] the weight.
[A] And when I [F] die, [G] may I [C] relate.
[Em] Slow [A] .
heart, [Bb] [F] congregate.
[Am] [Em] [F] .
[C] [B] [Am] .
[F] [C] [Eb] [Bb] .
[F] [E] [Dm] [D] [G] .
[Eb] [C] [G] .
[F] .
[A] To leave your [Em] home [F] and your [C] family.
[A] For [Am] some [F] [Eb] distortion [Bb] of [F] property.
[E] Well [Dm] [D] darling, I [G] can't go [Eb] but you [C] may stay [G] here [F] with me .
[A] .
.
[N] .
[A] Take [F] my [Eb] hand [Bb] to write you [F] this song.
[Dm] [D] Lord, is [G] it harder [Eb] to [C] carry on.
[G] For to know [F] when you are done.
[Am] Oh my, [Em] .
I [F] felt as [C] though .
[A] [F] I'm [Eb] inside [Bb] a beautiful [F] [Dm] .
[D] memory.
[G] Replaying with [Eb] the [C] sound [G] turned down [F] low.
[Am] .
[F] Long life, [G] show [C] your face.
[Em] Slow [Am] .
heart, [Bb] curb [F] your taste.
[A] [Am] Smoke [F] me out of my [G] .
hiding [C] place.
[Em] Long [Am] life, [Bb] state [F] your [A] case.
[Am] What in [Em] the world are we [F] waiting [C] for.
[A] .
[Am] [F] Building [Eb] our wings [Bb] to these lonely [F] shores.
[E] [Dm] [D] Where the wind [G] flutters [Eb] in .
[C] Baiting the kin [G] like a [F] .
matador.
So [Am] my [E] power you [F] placed upon.
[C] .
[B] [Am] [A] What [F] lies [Eb] .
[Bb] beyond [F] our [E] plans.
[Dm] Waving [D] [G] my [Eb] handkerchief.
[C] Running along [G] to the [F] end of the sand.
[Am] .
Long [F] life, [G] .
speak [C] your name.
[Em] So .
[A] tired [Bb] of the [F] guessing game.
[A] But something is [F] moving .
[G] just out of [C] frame.
[Em].
Slow [A] heart, [Bb] .
brace [F] and aim.
[A] [Am] Reaching [Em] .
slowly [F] across the [C] sea.
[G] .
[Am] One [F] lash [Eb] .
like [Bb] the stinger [F] of a bee.
[E] To [Dm] [D] take you [G] away a [Eb] .
[C] swarming flea.
[G] Is gonna [F] take you from me.
[Am] The universe [E] is [F] getting [C] loose.
[Bm] [A] [F] Smoothing, .
[Eb] spread from [Bb] some learning [F].
disuse.
[Dm] [D] Rushing [G] unhinged towards [Eb] [C] diminishing light .
[G] Like a [F] headless caboose .
[Am] I'll wait [F] for you .
[G] alongside the [C] ocean.
[Em] .
And [A] make do [Bb] with my no [F] skin.
[A] But [Am] then long [F] life, will [G] you let [C] me in.
[E] And then slow [A] [Am] heart, [Bb] are you gonna know [F] him.
[A] .
[Am] Long [F] life, [G] speak your [C] name.
[E] I'll wait [A] while I [Bb] decry [F] the weight.
[A] And when I [F] die, [G] may I [C] relate.
[Em] Slow [A] .
heart, [Bb] [F] congregate.
[Am] [Em] [F] .
[C] [B] [Am] .
[F] [C] [Eb] [Bb] .
[F] [E] [Dm] [D] [G] .
[Eb] [C] [G] .
[F] .
[A] To leave your [Em] home [F] and your [C] family.
[A] For [Am] some [F] [Eb] distortion [Bb] of [F] property.
[E] Well [Dm] [D] darling, I [G] can't go [Eb] but you [C] may stay [G] here [F] with me .
[A] .
.
[N] .
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