Chords for Joanna Newsom - Occident (with lyrics)

[Am] _ Mercy [Em] me, [F] the night is [C] long.
_ _ [A] _ Take [F] my _ [Eb] _ hand [Bb] to write you [F] this song.
_ [Dm] _ [D] Lord, is [G] it harder [Eb] to _ _ [C] carry on.
[G] For to know [F] when you are done.
_ [Am] Oh my, _ [Em] _ .
I [F] felt as [C] though _ _ .
[A] _ _ [F] I'm _ [Eb] inside _ [Bb] a _ beautiful [F] _ _ [Dm] _ .
[D] memory.
[G] Replaying with [Eb] the _ [C] sound [G] turned _ down [F] low.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ .
[F] Long life, [G] _ show [C] your _ face.
[Em] Slow _ [Am] _ .
heart, [Bb] _ _ curb [F] your taste.
[A] _ [Am] Smoke [F] me out of my [G] _ .
hiding [C] _ place.
_ [Em] _ Long [Am] _ life, [Bb] _ state [F] your [A] case.
[Am] What in [Em] the world are we [F] waiting [C] for.
_ _ [A] _ _ .
[Am] _ [F] Building _ [Eb] our wings [Bb] to these lonely [F] shores.
_ [E] _ [Dm] [D] Where the wind [G] _ flutters [Eb] in _ _ .
[C] Baiting the kin [G] like a [F] _ .
matador.
_ So _ [Am] my [E] power you [F] placed upon.
[C] _ _ .
[B] _ [Am] [A] What _ [F] _ lies [Eb] _ .
_ _ _ [Bb] beyond [F] our [E] plans.
[Dm] Waving [D] [G] my _ [Eb] handkerchief.
_ _ [C] Running along [G] to the [F] end of the sand.
_ _ _ [Am] _ .
Long _ [F] _ life, [G] _ .
speak [C] your name.
[Em] So _ _ .
[A] tired _ [Bb] of the [F] guessing game.
_ [A] But something is _ [F] moving _ .
[G] just out of [C] frame.
_ [Em].
Slow _ [A] _ heart, [Bb] _ _ .
brace [F] and aim.
[A] _ [Am] Reaching [Em] _ .
slowly [F] across the [C] sea.
[G] _ .
[Am] One _ [F] lash _ [Eb] _ _ .
like [Bb] the stinger [F] of a bee.
[E] To [Dm] [D] take you [G] away a [Eb] _ _ .
[C] swarming flea.
[G] Is gonna [F] take you from me.
_ _ [Am] The universe [E] _ is [F] getting _ [C] loose.
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [F] Smoothing, _ _ .
[Eb] spread from [Bb] some learning [F].
disuse.
_ [Dm] _ [D] Rushing [G] unhinged towards [Eb] _ _ [C] diminishing light _ .
[G] Like a [F] headless _ caboose _ .
_ [Am] I'll wait [F] for you _ .
[G] alongside the [C] ocean.
_ [Em] _ .
And [A] make do [Bb] with my no [F] skin.
_ _ [A] But [Am] then long [F] life, will [G] you let [C] me in.
[E] And then slow [A] [Am] heart, [Bb] are you gonna know [F] him.
_ [A] _ .
[Am] Long _ [F] life, _ [G] speak your [C] name.
[E] I'll wait [A] while I _ _ [Bb] decry [F] the weight.
[A] And when I [F] die, _ [G] may I [C] relate.
_ [Em] Slow _ [A] _ .
heart, _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] congregate.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ .
_ _ [C] _ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ .
[F] _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ .
_ [F] _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ .
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ .
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ .
[A] To leave your [Em] _ home [F] and your [C] family.
_ _ [A] For [Am] some [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ distortion [Bb] of _ [F] property.
[E] Well [Dm] [D] darling, I [G] can't go [Eb] but you [C] may stay [G] _ here [F] with me _ .
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ .