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Lost Coastlines

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 24Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Capo 2
[Intro]
e|-G----------------|
B|---0---0---------|
G|-2---2---0-------|
D|-----------0-----|
A|-----------------|
E|-------------3---|
[Verse]
GPacked and all eyes turned in, no one to see on the quay, No one waving for
Emme just the shoreline receding. CTicket in my hand and thinking Dwish I
didn't hand it in. Cause Gwho said sailing is fine? leaving behind all the
faces that I might reEmplace if I tried on that long ride, Clooking deep
inside but I don`t Dwant to look so deep inside yet.
GSit down, sit down on the prow to wave Embye, there might not be aCnother star, {pause}
further on the Gline. GLook out, look out at each town that gEmlides by, and
there's aCnother crowd, to drown in crying Geyes.
[Chorus]
And Gsee how that light you love now just won`t Emshine, there might just be aCnother star, that`s high
and far in some other GskyD.
[Verse]
We sing, "Gis that marionette real enough yet to step off of that set to
deEmcide what her hands might be doing. CRuining the play to in the enDsuing
melee escape". We Gpacked up all of our bags the ship's deck now sags from
the weight of our tracks as we Empace beneath flags black and battered
Crattling our swords in service Dof some faded, foreign lord.
We Gsail out on order from him but we Emfind the maps he
Csent to us don't mention lost coastGlines. Where Gnothing we've actually seen
has been mapped or outEmlined and we don't reCcognize the names upon these
Gsigns.
[Outro]
And every Gnight finds us rocking and rolling on waves wild and Emwide, well
                                              C     G         D                   G           Em...
we have lost our way, nobody`s gonna say it outright. Just go la la la la la la la la la...  (x2)
[Outro Riff]
            G            Em             C   G     D(repeat then)  G(end)
e|-------------|-----------|-------------|
B|-0-1-0-----0-|-1-0-----1-|-3-1-0---0---|
G|-------2-0---|-----2-0---|-------2---2-|
D|-------------|-----------|-------------|
A|-------------|-----------|-------------|
E|-------------|-----------|-------------|

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Lost Coastlines

by Okkervil River

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 2

[Intro]

e|-----------------|

B|---0---0---------|

G|-2---2---0-------|

D|-----------0-----|

A|-----------------|

E|-------------3---|

[Verse]

Packed and all eyes turned in, no one to see on the quay, No one waving for

Em C D

me just the shoreline receding. Ticket in my hand and thinking wish I

didn't hand it in. Cause who said sailing is fine? leaving behind all the

Em C

faces that I might replace if I tried on that long ride, looking deep

inside but I don`t want to look so deep inside yet.

G Em C

Sit down, sit down on the prow to wave bye, there might not be another star, {pause}

G G Em

further on the line. Look out, look out at each town that glides by, and

C G

there's another crowd, to drown in crying eyes.

[Chorus]

G Em C

And see how that light you love now just won`t shine, there might just be another star, that`s high

G D

and far in some other sky.

[Verse]

We sing, "is that marionette real enough yet to step off of that set to

Em C D

decide what her hands might be doing. Ruining the play to in the ensuing

melee escape". We packed up all of our bags the ship's deck now sags from

the weight of our tracks as we pace beneath flags black and battered

C D

rattling our swords in service of some faded, foreign lord.

G Em

We sail out on order from him but we find the maps he

C G G

sent to us don't mention lost coastlines. Where nothing we've actually seen

Em C

has been mapped or outlined and we don't recognize the names upon these

signs.

[Outro]

G Em

And every night finds us rocking and rolling on waves wild and wide, well

C G D G Em

...

we have lost our way, nobody`s gonna say it outright. Just go la la la la la la la la la... (x2)

[Outro Riff]

G Em C G D G

(repeat then) (end)

e|-------------|-----------|-------------|

B|-0-1-0-----0-|-1-0-----1-|-3-1-0---0---|

G|-------2-0---|-----2-0---|-------2---2-|

D|-------------|-----------|-------------|

A|-------------|-----------|-------------|

E|-------------|-----------|-------------|

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