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[Verse]
I Elive in a building where nobody knows me,
I go to bed early, I sleep in my Dclothes.
At Anight I hear screaming down in the street,
I dream that I'm slipping, I reach for my Dfe-Aet.
[Chorus]
BPrecious, we are Afalling down, Ecatch us.
BPrecious, we are Afalling down, Ecatch us.
Oh Dno, Adown we go aEgain.
Oh Dno, Adown we go aEgain.
[Verse]
I Efill in the holes in my vision with dexedrine,
the Elandscape spins sideways, the movies and magazines
Dwhisper as they hide on soft silky surfaces
Asurely my neighbors and friends have ther purposes Ehere.
The Ebuilding is maddening, thirty floors high
they are building a needle that pierces the Dsky
like a Acold vaccination, like a smile through a polaroid,
Asurely my neighbors and friends want to be destroyed.
[Chorus]
BPrecious, we are Afalling down, Ecatch us.
BPrecious, we are Afalling down, Ecatch us.
Oh Dno, Adown we go aEgain.
Oh Dno, Adown we go aEgain.
Ohh Dohhh AOhhhhh EOhhhhh
Oh Dno, Adown we go, so
[Verse]
ELend me a leaf from the rill, lifting the dreams from Dyou,
they sift through the meshes of the ancient afterEnoon.
ELeave me alone for awhile, leave me alone with your Dsmile,
and Dlisten to the breaking, all the Abuildings we are making will be Bgone.
D A E
D A E
BPrecious, we are Afalling down, Ecatch us. x3
BPrecious, we are Afalling down, falling down, Ecatch us.

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Oh Precious

by Okkervil River

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Verse]

I live in a building where nobody knows me,

I go to bed early, I sleep in my clothes.

At night I hear screaming down in the street,

D A

I dream that I'm slipping, I reach for my fe-et.

[Chorus]

B A E

Precious, we are falling down, catch us.

B A E

Precious, we are falling down, catch us.

D A E

Oh no, down we go again.

D A E

Oh no, down we go again.

[Verse]

I fill in the holes in my vision with dexedrine,

the landscape spins sideways, the movies and magazines

whisper as they hide on soft silky surfaces

A E

surely my neighbors and friends have ther purposes here.

The building is maddening, thirty floors high

they are building a needle that pierces the sky

like a cold vaccination, like a smile through a polaroid,

surely my neighbors and friends want to be destroyed.

[Chorus]

B A E

Precious, we are falling down, catch us.

B A E

Precious, we are falling down, catch us.

D A E

Oh no, down we go again.

D A E

Oh no, down we go again.

D A E

Ohh ohhh Ohhhhh Ohhhhh

D A

Oh no, down we go, so

[Verse]

E D

Lend me a leaf from the rill, lifting the dreams from you,

they sift through the meshes of the ancient afternoon.

E D

Leave me alone for awhile, leave me alone with your smile,

D A B

and listen to the breaking, all the buildings we are making will be gone.

D A E

B A E

Precious, we are falling down, catch us. x3

B A E

Precious, we are falling down, falling down, catch us.

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