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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1074099,"song":"Starry Stairs","artist":"Okkervil River","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11237704-starry-stairs-chords-by-okkervil-river/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1074099?type=chord","rating":4.5273,"votes":12,"content":"\"Starry Stairs,\" from the album \"The Stand Ins\"\r\nby Okkervil River\r\n\r\nINTRO: \r\n[ch]E[/ch] / [ch]E[/ch] / [ch]G#m[/ch] / [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] / [ch]B[/ch] / [ch]A[/ch] / [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] / [ch]F#m[/ch] / [ch]C#m[/ch] / [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]B[/ch] / [ch]B[/ch] / [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] / [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nVERSE:\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey asked for more.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G#m[/ch]                    [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\n(What do you think this fan club is for?)[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nI slithered up each rose corridor.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI kept a warm, safe place at my core,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbefore I lost it.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey asked for blood.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G#m[/ch]                     [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhat do you think this woman's made of?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI stuck a small, thin pin in my thumb.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey dreamt a low, long line to be crossed--[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand I crossed it.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]                                   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI'm alive, but a different kind of alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthan the way I used to be.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                                      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI retire to a split white smile to be seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nin an old stag magazine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(VERSE)\r\nAnd this girl's eyes,\r\nwhen they were roughly wrenched open, I\r\ncould see a starry stair up your thigh.\r\nYou hid behind your hair (oh, but I\r\nsaw you were smiling),\r\n\r\n(CHORUS)\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]                                     [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nwhile all these guys, all these curious sets of eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsafe behind a TV screen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]                                   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI let them pry, pick apart and hang up to dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nalmost every piece of me.[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\n(If you don't love me, I'm sorry.)\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE:\r\n[SAME AS INTRO / VERSE]\r\n\r\n(VERSE)\r\nOh, what a trip.\r\nOh, what a shimmering silver ship.\r\nOh, what a hot half-life I half-lived.\r\nAnd the stripes and stars, how they stripped\r\noff of the siding\r\nwhen my life ripped\r\noff from the part that played as a kid\r\ninto the part that blazed through your lids\r\nto find a warm, safe place and to sit,\r\ncurled up, inside it.\r\n\r\n(CHORUS)\r\nSo here's \"goodbye,\" from the part that's staying behind\r\nto the part that has to leave,\r\nto the sublime lips that were never spoiled by a line,\r\nto the face inside the beam,\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab]               [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwho wasn't me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho wasn't me, oh no no,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe's not me,            oh  oh. [/tab]","plain_text":"\"Starry Stairs,\" from the album \"The Stand Ins\"\nby Okkervil River\n\nINTRO: \nE / E / G#m / G#m\nC#m / B / A / A\nF#m / F#m / C#m / C#m\nB / B / C#m B / A\n\nVERSE:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n(VERSE)\nAnd this girl's eyes,\nwhen they were roughly wrenched open, I\ncould see a starry stair up your thigh.\nYou hid behind your hair (oh, but I\nsaw you were smiling),\n\n(CHORUS)\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\n(If you don't love me, I'm sorry.)\n\nINTERLUDE:\n[SAME AS INTRO / VERSE]\n\n(VERSE)\nOh, what a trip.\nOh, what a shimmering silver ship.\nOh, what a hot half-life I half-lived.\nAnd the stripes and stars, how they stripped\noff of the siding\nwhen my life ripped\noff from the part that played as a kid\ninto the part that blazed through your lids\nto find a warm, safe place and to sit,\ncurled up, inside it.\n\n(CHORUS)\nSo here's \"goodbye,\" from the part that's staying behind\nto the part that has to leave,\nto the sublime lips that were never spoiled by a line,\nto the face inside the beam,\n\nOUTRO:","chords":["E","G#m","C#m","B","A","F#m","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}