{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1061342,"song":"Song About A Star","artist":"Okkervil River","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11235104-song-about-a-star-chords-by-okkervil-river/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1061342?type=chord","rating":4.71361,"votes":5,"content":"**CAPO 2**\r\n\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe cut your strings so that he could float[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n- lit by lights, lifted by alcohol[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n- over acres of loving coast,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfar away from your lonely ghost.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow he’s cool and all,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfloating anchorless. Ports of call:[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhere it’s fabulous, after all[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof this watching himself just crawl.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThink you see him?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe’s not there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat’s just light[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthat’s not yet dead.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWait two hours[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand watch what’ll be there instead.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas he small and cold,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlike a ring you call up from home,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nheld so tightly his limbs went numb,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nworn away between your finger and thumb?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, now he’s bought and sold.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCry his call number down the phone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhe can’t hear you – he’s on his float,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwaving down to the folks at home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThink you see him?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe’s not there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat’s just light[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthat’s not yet dead.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWait two hours[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand watch what’ll be there instead.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    As the cameras love all of his faces,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthey hide all the traces of you in his heart.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    Stand in line to hold forth on his grace,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbut you won’t even get a head-start,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGet a head start[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs his close-up comes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncascading down from above,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe eyes of a nation in love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nare looking on all of their hopes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nheld up.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the words that some[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nscreenwriter counted and chose,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand then set in their sequence and froze,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nunfreeze on his tongue as he speaks[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfor all of us[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut one.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd honey, he’s gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd baby, he’s everyone’s.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the dark sky tonight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncast your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\non the dim light[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat he will become.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou’re like everyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho thinks they see him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe’s not there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat’s just light[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthat’s not yet dead.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWait two hours[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand watch what’ll be there instead.[/tab]","plain_text":"**CAPO 2**\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG   D   Am   C   D\n\nG   D   Am   C   D","chords":["G","D","Am","C","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}