Hoover Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Em][Am][Em][Am][Em][Am][Em]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Hoover
why you holding back the [Em]lake?
For [Am]the fancy tails that swim
the gentle [Em]arc?
For [Am]the fiddleheads that rim
the ragged [Em]bank?
Or [F]for the kid who pressed
shadows [C]against him?

[Verse 2]
[Am]Hoover was polished white
and broad [Em]shoulders
[Am]Built for the people [Em]he serves.[Am]
Three stories of solid [Em]progess and
[F]propped up by a kickstand of a [C]boy
[Am]Who threw shadows against the [Em]levee.
His [Am]horses glide the inside
[Em]of the box canyon.
And he could [Am]break them with
a [G]flicker of his fingers
[F]"Hey, appaloosa. You're a flick[C]er of birds. [F]Hey palomino. You're looking [C]like Abraham. [F]Hey,
dapple gray. You're breaking [G]up again[Em]st his belly."

[Verse 3]
[Am]Hoover why you holding back?[Em]
For the sil[Am]ver cats that drag
the murky deep?
[Em]Or f[E]or the k[Am]id who drew his thumb across your
[Em]lip to pull the water down[F] over [C]him?[Am]
Horses tangled in the [G]bridal veil.
[F]"Hey, appaloosa. You're a flick[C]er
[F]Hey, palomino. You're looking like [C]a
[F]Hey, dapple gray. You're breaking up[G]."[D]