Chord/Tab song: So Come Back, I Am Waiting

Okkervil River - "Some Come Back, I Am waiting"
From: Black Sheep Boy
Tabbed by: Dave
E-mail: [email protected]

Should all be good. Feel free to e-mail with questions or comments.

CHORDS USED IN THIS SONG:

Am: x02210
C: x32010
F: x03211 (See note)
G: 320003
Dm: xx0231
Dsus: xx0233
A: x02220
D: xx0232

NOTE: For all of the F chords, he only plays the full chord (133211) when he says "In
eyes" for the second time. I've
marked it with a . All the other F chords are played like this: x03211.

INTRO:
It's basically just chords, but I included all the picked notes too

[Am] [C] [F]

e|------0---------------1-----0-------0----|
B|-----1---------1------1---------1--------|
G|----2----------0---0--2-------2----------|
D|---2------2-0--2---0--3---3-------3------|
A|--0-------0----3---3---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

[C] [G] [Dm] [Dsus]

e|--------0--------------1-----3-----3---3-------|
B|--------1-----0---0-0--3-----3-----3---3-------|
G|-----0----0---0---0-0--2---2-2-------2---2-----|
D|--0--2----2-0-0---0-0--0---0-0-------0---0-----|
A|--3--3----3-2-2--------------------------------|
E|--------------3--------------------------------|

FIRST VERSE:

A [Am]black sheep [C]boy re[F]volves[C] over [G]canyons and [Dm]waterfalls[Dsus].[Dm]
[Am] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[Dm]A black sheep[Dsus] boy dissolves in syringe or in shower stall.

FIRST CHORUS:

[Dm]He says
?there?s [C]plenty of time to [G]make you [Dm]mine to[F]night,
there?s [C]plenty of time to [G]make you [Dm]mine.?

He says
?there?s [C]plenty of ways to [G]know you?re not [Dm]dying,
all [F]right.
Hell, there?s [C]plenty of light still [G]left in your [Dm]eyes.?
F
In your eyes.

FIRST PRE-VERSE:

[Am] [C] [F] [C] [G] [Dm]
SECOND VERSE:

A [Am]black sheep [C]boy grows [F]horns,[C]
breathing [G]smoke through his [Dm]microphone.
[Am] [C] [F] [C]
The airwave[Dm]s stretch and they groan, bleeding, birthing his black diapason.

SECOND CHORUS:

He says
?there?s [C]plenty of things to [G]wear when you [Dm]come to [F]me,
every [C]color of [G]sleeve to be [Dm]rolled.
There are millions [C]of rolling [G]eyes that still [Dm]cling to [F]me.
Every [C]language of [G]king is con[Dm]cerned.

BRIDGE:

So why[Am]
did you bawl[Dm]
from the [G]spell of some [D]old holy [A]song
that some [G]liar laughed [D]as he com[A]posed,
some [G]liar I [D]loved to con[A]trol'

SECOND PRE-VERSE:
I included both the chords and the faint guitar in the background

[Am] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[Dsus]

e|-------------1--1---1----|--0-----------1---1---1-3----3-3--|
B|-------------1--1---1----|----3-1-0-----3---3---3-3----3-3--|
G|-------------2----2---2--|----------2-0-2-----2---2----2-2--|
D|---------0-2-3----3---3--|--------------0-----0--------0-0--|
A|--0--2-3-----------------|----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------------------|

[Am] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[Dsus]

e|-------------1--1---1----|--0---------------1---1-3--|
B|-------------1--1---1----|----3-1-0---------3---3-3--|
G|-------------2----2---2--|----------2-0-2-----2---2--|
D|---------0-2-3----3---3--|--------------------0---0--|
A|--0--2-3-----------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|

THIRD VERSE:
For the first 4 lines there's no guitar, but the bass copies the notes the guitar would
playing

A [Am]black sheep [C]boy dis[F]solves[Am]
in hot [C]cream, in [F]sweet moans,[Am]
in each [C]dead bed and [F]empty home,[Am]
in each [C]seething bact[F]erium.[Am]

Killing [C]softly and [F]serial,
he lifts his [C]head, handsome,[G] horned, magi[Dm]sterial.
He's the [C]smell of the [G]moonlight wis[Dm]teria.
He?s the [C]thrill of the [G]abeced[Dm]arian.
(See the [C]muddy hoof[G]prints where he [Dm]carried yo

THIRD CHORUS:

And there?s [C]plenty of ways to [G]claim his [Dm]crimes to[F]night,
and there?s [C]plenty of things to [G]do on his [Dm]dime.
And there?s [C]plenty of ways to [G]wear his [Dm]hide ton[F]ight.

You?ve got [C]your[G]s and I?ve got [Dm]mine.
You?ve got [C]your[G]s and I?ve got [Dm]mine.

OUTRO:

So why[Dm]
did you flee?[Am]
Don?t you [G]know you can?t [D]leave his con[A]trol
only [G]call all his [D]wild works your [A]own?
So come [G]back and we?ll [D]take them all [A]on.
So come [G]back to your [D]life on the [A]lam.
So come [G]back to your [D]old black sheep [A]man.

He says
?I am [G]waiting on [D]hoof and on [A]hand.
I am [G]waiting, all [D]hated and [A]damned.
I am [G]waiting, I [D]snort and I [A]stamp.
I am [G]waiting, you [D]know that I [A]am,[D]
calmly [G]waiting to [D]make you my [A]lamb?