A Girl in Port Okkervil River The Stage Names (2007) Capo 2nd Fret Chorus: A Let fall your G D soft and swaying skirt; let fall your A Em shoes; let fall your shirt. I'm not the G D lady-killing sort. Enough to A G D hurt a girl in port. Verse: A Marie's gone G D blonde, and lost a stone. She lay on her A Em lawn, spun and alone. And when the G D morning sun, it rose upon A Em Marie, and her lacy clothes. It lit her G D up, and she walked around the winding A Em streets of Camden town. She don't know G D who she wants to be, but if I A G D knew, I’d tell Marie. Chorus And Cindy tells me she's had fun, Sitting back stage,someone's plus one. Up in her room,the records spin a needle in the grooves that she's worn thin. Well, she lifts her sleeve and she sees a name. And she's got a smile on her face And she's got a story you can't see Well, that's just between that name and Cindy. Interlude: A Asus4 A And before Holly made her way Over the sea and far away, She's telling me inside her car driving us back from the Crystal Corner bar. I lost her there; I fell from hell Cut some fresh pieces from myself Then for a second something in me Said leave today, it's time, Holly. Interlude Oh, I'm a weak and lonely sort, Though I'm not sailing just for sport. I've come to feel out on the sea These urgent lives press against me. I'm just aghast; I'm not a part My tender head with my easy heart. These several years out on the sea Made me empty, cold, and clear pour yourself into me. Chorus
