{"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":1082906,"song":"Piratess","artist":"Okkervil River","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11239651-piratess-chords-by-okkervil-river/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1082906?type=chord","rating":4.4764,"votes":4,"content":"The same chord progression is used throughout the entire song.  Also, these are the same \r\nchords used in a much earlier Okkervil River song titled \"Murderess.\"\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWh-oooo wrote those lines on the wall?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet's retrace where they scrawled ancient characters.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's 2:00, and your sister's slip falls,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the afternoon crawls across the room and tackles her.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't think that you would sink that ship that's only passing through,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbecause I don't believe that you might be a murderess.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I saw inside each small, dark eye as it was turning blue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nall the strength inside to do just what the captain says and hang the rest.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMoved by the rhyme in the psalm,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe agreed that it was wrong, and to believe in it.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOooh!, swooned the wall all night long.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut a lie's a lie, no matter what guy's breath's in it.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't know that I would go that far down some dark avenue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith a whispering crew of shadows all protecting it.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I saw inside each small white lie, as it was turning true,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe ability to do all things expected of it.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, murderess, in the wilderness, with your victims all around you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs their combined love forms a pool your knife's reflected in,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nnow I'm ready, too, with my throat to you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn this mountain. By this moon.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd what I want the most to do is prove that I'm not like them.[/tab]","plain_text":"The same chord progression is used throughout the entire song.  Also, these are the same \nchords used in a much earlier Okkervil River song titled \"Murderess.\"\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["Em","C","Bm","Am","G","F#m","D","A","G#m"],"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]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}