Okkervil River – Maine Island Lovers chords

Finger picking pattern for intro and verse:

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[Intro] 
(finger pick)

A E Bm7/A D x2


[Verse 1] 
(continue finger picking)

   A              E                 Bm7/A                DTo cheat on Maine islands — days of laughter, nights of sighing

   A            E                   Bm7/A           DTo love without ceasing — flowering orchards, salty sea-things

   A           E               Bm7/A           DTo say without shyness “unreal city, you have killed me”



[Chorus] 
(strum)

          F#5          E5              Bm7/A          DWhen you walked out on her love was it easy?

       F#5             E5            Bm7/A          DWhen I left him while sleeping was I dreaming?



[Verse 2] 
(finger pick)

   A                 E              Bm7/A      DWe take each night's journey to the hotel in a hurry

         A            E          Bm7/A                DWhere we love without worry on a bed that's five days dirty

       A            E            Bm7/A           DAnd we read without irony from a book my husband bought for me



[Chorus] 
(strum)

       F#5          E5             Bm7/A          DWhen I fell on the concrete it was lovely

                  F#5              E5        Bm7/A          DBecause you could see what's been running so hot in me

           F#5          E5                Bm7/A       DBut when I fell on the concrete, you went white as a sheet

                F#5             E5               Bm7/A                DAnd wished that nothing in this world would ever hurt me. Well, keep wishing



[Verse 3] 
(finger pick or lightly strum)

               A          E               Bm7/A             DBecause when I look in my future, I don't see you and don't wish to

     A                  E             Bm7/A              DIdle talk made when I'm lying by your side on some Maine island

          A            E               Bm7/A          DIt's too funny to me, honey, so let's drop it



       F#5             E5                 Bm7/A          DIf you really want to love me, well, then do it

       F#5             E5                 Bm7/A         DIf you really want to love me, well, then do it