Chord Blanket And Crib by Okkervil River

capo on 2nd C Am C safe , safe , enjoy your time feeling so safe , Am Em and treasure that smile on your face , Am D G okay? because time will see that it’s replaced in a while . C Am C Am so go on , smile . and handshakes all around - that’s your style , and no one Em Am D would call it denial , for you’re not even sure what’s in store , though it’s G more . F C G Am than you’ll be able to take standing up straight . and it won’t be okay . F C G and you won’ be somebody who it’s just happening to , because it’s a trap D that you , and only you , C Am C have laid , laid with a towel up over your face , Am Em in your armchair , just lying in wait , Am D G waiting forces were gathering outside your door . C Am C they sharpened their knives , knives and smiled with no smiles in their eyes , Am Em Am D G a little bit larger in size and a little bit hungrier for that tiny prize . F C G Am and my mother once said "son , remember this , no matter what someone did : F C G Am that they once were just a kid at breast and in bib , in blanket and crib . F G C Am so just reach inside yourself and find the part that still needs help , F C G find that part in someone else and you’ll do good" , so D i thought that i would . F - C - F - C - F - C - G - Am x2 C Am C hey i love you , it goes without saying . Am Em i would give you the world on a tray , though Am they’re already tracing A D G line across your throat . C far too late in the game you’ll Am find that you have been C Am Em betrayed : propped up and pushed into your place . Am i could claim that it all would D G C F go great , but the reason i came is to say that it won’t . C F you should know that it won’t , C F you should know that it won’t , G D G C you should know that it won’t , and so , phillip , let go . moav