White Chords
White by Okkervil River is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em, D, Bm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G C
We crashed through crazed glass
Em C
In the white-hot burst of the fiery blast
G C
We flared through choked air
Em C D
In the deafening blare, in the scattering ash
G C
Summer's here, and I'm gonna crack, crack, crack
G C G
Summer's here, and I'm gonna crack
G C
We sort through shocked quartz
Em C
In a jewelry store, watch your sister and dad
G C
Consort with kept courtesans
Em C D
While the whole world is in ruins, we laugh.
G C
Summer's here, and I'm gonna crack, crack, crack
G C
Summer's here, and I'm gonna crack
G Bm C
Summer's here, and I'm near a heart attack or flash
Bm C Bm C
of real feeling, teeth gnashing, and blasting and reeling
G
through black.
G
'Cause, kids: When I first saw your mom
Em
Well, I was right, and she was wrong
C D
About just the kind of man she was bringing back.
G
When I first met her dad
Em
Well, I felt good, and he felt bad
C D
But, kids, you'll find that over time you're just trapped.
G C
Spring is gone, and you're gonna gasp, gasp, gasp
G C
Spring is gone, and you're gonna gasp
G
Gasp
G
And, friends: When I first saw the groom
Em
Rise from the darkness of a tomb
C D
I was unnerved, though overall I was wowed.
G
When I first saw the bride
Em
The look inside her eyes just cried,
C D
'If someone has some cause to stop, say it now!'�
G C
Fall is here, and the leaves all come down, down, down
G C
Fall is here, and the leaves all come down, down, down
G C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G C
Winter's here, and it's too cold to drown, drown, drown
G C
Winter's here, and the snow's on the ground
G
Winter's here, and I'm nearly whited-out,
C Em Am C D G
Snowblind, it's no business of mine, life don't want me around.
END