A Stone Uke tab by Okkervil River

5 Chords used in the song: G, Cadd9, Em, D, Am

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Year:  2015
Difficulty: 
3.5
(Intermediate)
Key: G, EmChords
Original key: +1.5 step(s) (original tuning)
Chord progression arranged for the Ukulele
G G
Hot breath, rough skin
Cadd9 Cadd9
warm laughs, and smiling,
Em Em
the lovliest words
D D
whispered and meant
Cadd9 Cadd9
you like all these things.


D D
But though you like all these things
G G
you love a stone.
Cadd9 Cadd9
You love a stone,
D D Am Am
because it's smooth and it's cold.
Em Em
And you'd love most
D D
to be told
Cadd9 Cadd9
that it's all your own.



G G
You love white veins,
D D
you love hard grey,
Am Am
the heaviest weight,
Cadd9 Cadd9
the clumsiest shape,
Em Em
the earthiest smell,
D D
the hollowest tone
Cadd9 Cadd9
you love a stone.



Bridge: G G D D Am Am Cadd9 Cadd9


G G
And I'm found too fast,
called too fond of flames,
Cadd9 Cadd9
and then I'm phoning my friends,
and then I'm shouldering the blame,
Em Em
while you're picking pebbles
D D
out of the drain,
Cadd9 Cadd9
miles ago.


G G
You're out singing songs,
and I'm down shouting names
Cadd9 Cadd9
at the flickerless screen,
going fucking insane.
Em Em
Am Am I losing my cool,
D D
overstating my case?
Cadd9 Cadd9
Well, baby what can I say?



D D
You know I never claimed
G G
that I was a stone.
Cadd9 Cadd9
And you love a stone.
G G
You love white veins,
D D
you love hard grey,
Am Am
the heaviest weight,
Cadd9 Cadd9
the clumsiest shape,
Em Em
the earthiest smell,
D D
the hollowest tone
Cadd9 Cadd9
you love a stone.



Bridge: G G D D Am Am Cadd9 Cadd9 (x2) G G



Cadd9 Cadd9
You love a stone,
D D
because it's dark
Am Am
and it's old
Em Em
and if it could start
D D
being alive
Cadd9 Cadd9
you'd stop living alone.

(quieter, don't strum as much)
G G
And I think I believe
D D
that if stones could dream
Am Am
they'd dream of being laid
Cadd9 Cadd9
side-by-side piece-by-piece
Em Em
and turned into a castle
D D
for some towering queen
Cadd9 Cadd9
they're unable to know.



G G
And when that queen's daughter
D D
came of age,
Am Am
I think she'd be lovely
Cadd9 Cadd9
and stubborn and brave,
Em Em
and suitors would journey
D D
from kingdoms away
Cadd9 Cadd9
just to make themselves known.



G G
And I think that I know
D D
the bitter dismay
Am Am
of a lover who brought
Cadd9 Cadd9
fresh brouquets every day
Em Em
when she turned him away
D D
to remember some knave
Cadd9 Cadd9
who once gave just one rose, one day, years ago.

The end:

G G D D Am Am Cadd9 Cadd9 X4

G G

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