Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician. He was born in Lake Bluff, Illinois and resides in the Chicago area. Bird is a singer, a violinist and, since 2004, a guitarist. He is also an accomplished whistler.  His early work, which echoed gypsy jazz and traditional folk, has led into his current sound, which mixes rock with more broad compositions. His years of solo song-craft have now enabled him to produce a sound that is uniquely his own.  

Andrew Bird (né le 11 juillet 1973) est un chanteur et musicien américain. Né dans l

Andrew Bird (* 11. Juli 1973 in Chicago) ist ein amerikanischer Musiker, Songwriter und Multi-Instrumentalist. Er lebt in seiner Geburtsstadt Chicago und auf einer Farm nahe Elizabeth im Nordwesten von Illinois. Er spielt Violine, Gitarre, Mandoline und Glockenspiel und ist ein versierter Kunstpfeifer. Waren seine frühen Alben noch stark vom Swing und Jazz  der 30er Jahre geprägt, gilt Bird spätestens seit seinem Werk 

Andrew Bird es un cantautor de indie rock y neoswing nacido el 11 de julio de 1973 en Illinois, Estados Unidos. Alcanzó algún reconocimiento a mediados de los noventa como violista auxiliar de los Squirrel Nut Zippers, una agrupación de jazz que reinterpretaba el sonido clásico del swing de la década del 30. En 1996 lanzó su álbum debut titulado Music of hair que mezclaba estilos como el blues, el jazz y el folk.

Am         C 
Half empty, half full 
G          D 
Cup runneth over 
Am             C 
Horns of plenty, coffers full 
G            D       Am 
We're starting over 


Am C G D x2 

Am         C 
Half empty, half full 
G        D      
Cup runneth over 
Am            G 
Horns of plenty, coffers full 
           E       D 
We're starting over 

F                G 
I write you a story 
   Dm    Am 
But it loses its thread 
F      G 
And all of my witnesses 
Dm          Am 
Keep turning up, turning up dead 

F   G         
I paint you a picture 
Dm   Am 
Of Pulaski at night 
F 
Come back to Chicago 
    G         E       A 
City of, city of light 

             Dm           
Come back to Chicago 

Am Em G F#m D Am G F#m A Am 

     G         F#m  C  Am  
Oohhhhh were starting over 
G       Bm       C  
oohhhhh starting over 

Am D G C 
Am D G E 

  Am          D 
I paint you a picture 
G             C      A  Am 
But it never looks right 
                    D 
Cause I fill in the shadows 
     G                            E 
And block out the, I block out the light 

Am              D 
I send you a postcard 
G                   C      
It says, "Pulaski at night" 
Am              D 
Greetings from Chicago 
     G            E 
City of, city of light 
A              D 
Come back to Chicago 
G            E       A 
City of, city of light 
       D 
Come back to Chicago 


Am G F#m D x2 

      G        F#m    C   Am 
Oohhhhh were starting over 
      G      C      F 
Oohhhhh starting over

Pulaski At Night

I Want to See Pulaski at Night

Intro: Am F (x2) G

C
  When our mouths are filled 
     F
with uninvited tongues of others
C
  And the strays are pining 
F
for their unrequited mothers
C                             G
  Milk that sours is promptly spat
                      Am              F
Light will fill our eyes like cats

C					   F
  And they shall enter from the back
                                       C
With spears and scepters and squirming sacks
                                 G
Scribs and tangles between their ears
                             Am
Faceless scrumbled charcoal smears
      F        (C)
...oh dear...

Through the coppice and the chaparral
The thickets thick with mold
The bracken and the brier
                    Am    F   Am   F
Catchweed into the fold

(whistle solo)
C F C F C G Am F

C
  When our mouths are filled 
     F
with uninvited tongues of others
C
  And the strays are pining 
F
for their unrequited mothers
C                             G
  Milk that sours is promptly spat
                             Am  
Light will fill our eyes like ...cats
F                           Am
   Light will fill our eyes like cats
F      Am      F    Am    F    G    C
   Cataracts

Cataracts

# Verse

    C                          G
xxx xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
       F                                             Fm           C
xxxx xxxxxxx xx xxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxx xx xxxxxxx

Spare Ohs

Armchair Apocrypha

Cm  Fm   G7

Cm
Why? Why'd you do that?
Fm
You shouldn't have done that
         G7
If I told you once, I told you three times
            Cm
You'll get your punishment when you
Show me your crimes
Cm 
It's not a spell or a curse you put on me
  Fm                                     G7
Or the way you smile so tenderly
But how I wish it was your temper you were throwing
Cm
Damn you for being so easygoing

Chorus
Fm                                         Cm
I thought that time would tell
Fm                                                                G7
My sins would provoke you to raise some hell

Cm
Not a chance
Fm
Whatever happened to fiery romance
     G7
Oh how I wish it was those dishes you were throwing
Cm 
Damn you for being so easygoing
Cm    Fm         G7  x2
Cm
Why, why?d you do that 
Fm
Why?d I do what?
G7                                                Cm
Nothing, forget it?why?d you do nothing???..

Repeat Chorus

Cm                                 Fm
No, don't give me that line
                                                            G7
Don't try to tell me inaction is not a crime
Can't you see what kind of seeds you're sowing?
Cm                                                Cm6
Damn you for being so easygoing

Why?

The Swimming Hour

Eb  Cm (x3)  Eb  Bb

then, with whistling
Fm  Bb (x3) Fm Bb Ab Eb (listen to the song for the timing on the last part)

Verse:
	Fm			  Bb
In the salsify mains of what was thought but unsaid

	Eb			     Ab
All the calcified arhythmitists were doing the math

    Fm				Bb
And it would take a calculated blow to the head

    Eb					C
To light the eyes of all the harmless sociopaths

   Fm                              Bb
Oh arm and arm we are the harmless sociopaths

   Eb                                 Ab
Oh arm and arm with all the harmless sociopaths

  Fm                      Bb
Calcium mines are buried deep in your chest

        Eb                      C
Oh the calcium mines you buried deep in your chest


Chorus:
Fm    Bb                 Fm     Bb
  Ooh   we're deep in a mine
Fm    Bb            Fm        Bb     (Bb)
  Ooh    a calcium mine, oh no


Bridge:
             Eb                     Cm
so let's get out of here, past the atmosphere

             Eb                              Cm
squint your eyes and no one dies or goes to jail

          Eb                    Cm
past the silver bridge, oh the silver bridge

          Eb                        Bb      (Bb)
wearing nothing but a onesie and a veil


     Chorus (same chords as previous):
Ooh oh deep in a mine, oh no
Ooh oh a calcium mine, oh no

     Mini verse (see first verse for chords):
Arm and arm we are the harmless sociopaths (2x)
In the calcium mines buried deep in your chest (2x)

     Chrous:
Oooh oh deep in a mine, oh no
Oooh oh calcium mines, oh no


     Bridge (same chords as previous):
so let's get out of here
past the atmosphere
squint your eyes and no one dies or goes to jail
past the silver bridge, oh the silver bridge
wearing nothing but a onesie and a veil

 Repeating Eb Cm, whistling
Oh no ..  oh no ... oh no ... oh no

Oh No

A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-0--3-3-0--3----5-5-0--5-5-0--5----5-5-0--5-5-0--5---|
C|-----------------0------------------0------------------0-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|

  Em
I see a sea anemone
    G
The enemy
          Cmaj7
See a sea anemone

And that'll be the end of me.
          Em                               G                   Cmaj7
While the vicious fish was caught unawares in the tenderest of tendrils

Underneath her tender gills


Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Perfectly adapted to the music halls
Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Anomalous appendages

Anonanimal


G
Hold on just a second
      D
Don't tell me this one you know
  Cmaj7
I know this one I know this song     
                                    
I know this one I love this song

G
Hold on just a second
      D
Don't tell me this one you know
  Cmaj7
I know this one I know this song

I know this one I love this song

I know this one


Em G Cmaj7 (x2)


Em
Underneath the stalactites
    G           Cmaj7  
The troglobites lost their sight

Uh oh


Em                      G
The seemingly innocuous plecostomus
       Cmaj7
though posthumus

They talk to us

They talk too much


Em
See a sea anemone
    G
The enemy
          Cmaj7
See a sea anemone

That'll be the end of me
Em                   
Vicious fish was caught unawares
G                Cmaj7
In the tend'rest tendrils

Underneath her tender gills and


Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Perfectly adapted to a music hall

Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Anomalous appendages

Anonanimal

Anonanimal

Noble Beast

# intro, or you can play this instead of each D chord
A|----------------------------------------|
E|---2-3-2----2-3-2----2-3-2----2-3-2-----|
C|-2--------2--------2--------2-----------|
G|----------------------------------------|

 D
Being alone it can be quite romantic
 D
Like Jacques Cousteau underneath the sea Atlantic
     G
A fantastic voyage to parts unknown
 D
Going to depths where the sun's never shone
         G                        D
And I fascinate myself when I'm alone

 D
So I go a little overboard but hang on to the hull

While I'm airbrushing fantasy art on a life
         G
That's really kind of dull
 G    D
Oh, I'm in a lull

 D
I'm all for moderation but sometimes it seems

Moderation itself can be a kind of extreme
       G
So I joined the congregation

I joined the softball team
   D
I went in for my confirmation

Where incense looks like steam
G
I start conjugating proverbs
                        D
Where once there were nouns
  D                                                G
This whole damn rhyme scheme's starting to get me down

 G            D
Oh, I'm in a lull
 G        D
I'm in a lull

  D 
Being alone it can be quite romantic

Like Jacques Cousteau underneath the atlantic
     G      
A fantastic voyage to parts unknown
  D
Going to depths where the sun's never shone
          G                       D
And I fascinate myself when I'm alone

      D
I'm rambling on rather self consciously

While I'm stirring these condiments into my tea
              G
And I think I'm so lame
                            D
I bet I think this song's about me
 G        D        G
Don't I don't I don't I?
 G        D
I'm in a lull [x4]

Lull

# L - tied note

     Em
A |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------|
E |-----3--------3-------------|-----3--------3--------3----|
C |--4--------4--------4--4L---|--4--------4--------4-------|
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|

     G                                        B7
  |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------|
  |-----3--------3-------------|-----3--------------2-------|
  |--2--------2--------2--2L---|--2--------2-----------3----|
  |----------------------------|--------------2-------------|

     Em
  |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------|
  |-----3--------3-------------|-----3--------3--------3----|
  |--4--------4--------4--4L---|--4--------4--------4-------|
  |----------------------------|----------------------------|

     G                            F
  |--------2--------2----------|----------------------------|
  |-----3--------3--------3----|--------1--------1----------|
  |--2--------2--------2-------|-----0--------0--------0----|
  |----------------------------|--2--------2--------2-------|

     E
  |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------||
  |-----4--------4--------4----|-----4--------4-------------||
  |--4--------4--------4-------|--4--------4--------4-------||
  |----------------------------|----------------------------||

Action/adventure

Weather Systems

F                         C      (x4)

F                         C
Take your apples from the earth
F                            C
And your fingerlings from the air
F                         D7    G
If you cried when you were born
                E
'Cause it ain't fair
      F                     G
You got nothing, nothing to wear

Dm                                 C
And there's a drink that we're all needing
G                          F
A need to weep but we have tried
Dm                               C
And though the clouds we keep on seeding
E                        F                       Am
Still the county remains dry, the county remains dry
F                  C          G                  
The county remains dry

# violin solo
F  C  (x3) F  D7  G  E  F  G 

Dm                             C
I see your coat, that it needs sewing
G                                      F
And these seeds will sow the corn silk bride
Dm                            C
But in your absence nothing's growing
E                            F                       Am
And still the county remains dry, the county remains dry
F                  C          G
The county remains dry

F                     C
Well still we keep on dreaming
F                  C
Of that fifty-year flood
F            C
Of oceans of plasma
F             C
And rivers of blood
F                         C
Take your apples from the earth
F                             C
And your fingerlings from the air
F                         D7   G
If you cried when you were born
                E
'Cause it ain't fair
      F                     G
You got nothing, nothing to wear

# outro
Dm  C  G  F  Dm  C  E  F  Am  F  Am  F  Am  F
F  C

Something Biblical

# Intro
C  G  D  C
C  G  D  Am

# Verse
            F   C           E   Am
Would it be easier, so much easier?
       D     G                  D            G
If you never knew us, would you ever fear anymore?
       D     G                  B7              C
If you never knew us, would you meet on a Fatal Shore,

on a Fatal Shore?

# Interlude
G  D  Am

A|-5-5-3-2-0--0---------------------------|
E|--------------3-2-0---------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--0------------------|
E|-----------------------3-2-0------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

# Chorus
Am                     G       D  Am
When are you comin' to shore
              G        D Am
to never fear anymore?
                      G                      D Am
You'll never know any doubt, know any doubt
                           G                       D Am
like we who breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
                      G                       D Am
We who breathe in and out, breath in and out.
                      G                       D Am
We who breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
                  G                        D Am
We breathe in and out, breathe in and out.

Oh no.

# Interlude [x2] Just Chords
G  D  Am

Verse 2
          F     C           E  Am
Are you a breather, mail receiver?
             D         G
If you could see right through us,
            D                        G
through our clothes, and through our pores.
             D                 G
If you could see right through us, you're
      B7              C
gonna run into your homes and lock your doors.

# Interlude
G  D  Am

A|-5-5-3-2-0--0---------------------------|
E|--------------3-2-0---------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--0------------------|
E|-----------------------3-2-0------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

# Whistling Bit
G  D  Am

# Chorus
Am                     G                   D               Am
When are you comin' to shore, comin' shore, comin' to shore
                 G                  D      Am
to never fear anymore, fear anymore, fear?
                      G                    D          Am
You'll never know any doubt, know any doubt, know any doubt
                           G    D Am
like we who breathe in and out.
                      G    D Am
We who breathe in and out.
                      G    D Am
We who breathe in and out.
                      G                       D Am
We who breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
                      G                   D                   Am
We who breathe in and out, breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
          G  D  Am
Off shore.
          G  D  Am
Off shore.

# Outro
G  D  Am

Fatal Shore

Break It Yourself / Hands of Glory

# upbeat notes
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-0-2------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

Intro 
G  D  A  Bm (x2)


G            D           A            Bm         G 
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game 
            D            A               Bm           G
Come to the front of the class and we'll measure your brain 
                 D                 E
We'll give you a complex and we'll give it a name 

# upbeat notes again

G            D           A            Bm         G
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game 
               D              A            Bm            G 
Can't have the cream when the crop and the cream are the same 
          D                    E
Liquid or gas no more than the glass will contain 


         G              D 
When you talk about the hand of glory 
  A                  Bm
A tale that's rather grim and gory 
      G            D                       E
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? 
         G                 D                   E
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed 


G  D  A  Bm (x2)
G  D  E


  G                   D              A
I think they're gonna make you start over 
          Bm            G
You don't want to start over 
         D                A
Put your backpack on your shoulder 
       Bm          G  
Be the good little soldier 
          D
Take your places now 
                 E          
'Cause we're all predisposed 


G         D         A         Bm         G 
          measuring cups      play a new game 
          D            A             Bm           G
          front of the class         measure your brain 
                 D                 E
      give you a complex and we'll give it a name

 
         G              D 
When you talk about the hand of glory 
  A                  Bm
A tale that's rather grim and gory 
      G            D                       E
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? 
         G                 D                   E
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed 


   G                 D
So put your backpack on your shoulder 
A                  Bm       
Be the good little soldier 
G                 D
It's no different when you're older 
           E
You're predisposed 
G                        Gm
That's all for questions now 
            D
The case is closed!

Measuring Cups

The Mysterious Production of Eggs

# bass line
A|---------------------------------2-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-----------3-3-3-3--2-2------|
C|----------0-0-0-0--------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|

# intro
A|-----2-3-2---------------------------|
E|-3-5-------5-3-3---------------------|
C|-----------------4-2-----------------|
G|-------------------------------------|


# VERSE

# bass line
There'll be three white horses, all in a line

# bass line     
There'll be three white horses in a line


# single strum

Em          C                G       Am       
Three white horses, when you go that way

         Em       C                     G    D
You will need somebody when you come to die


# strumming

Em      C                  G     D
Don't dismiss it like it's easy

        B7        Em
Tell me what's so easy

      C             G       D  B7
'Bout coming to say goodbye

Em           C               G       Am
You're gonna miss her in the evening

                    Em
You know I won't be needing

    C                     G   D  B7
Somebody when you come to die


# SOLO

Em   C   G   D  B7  (repeat x 4)


# VERSE
  
            Em          C           G    D  B7
There'll be three white horses in a line

            Em          C           G    D  B7
There'll be three white horses in a line

            Em          C           G           Am
There'll be three white horses when you go that way

         Em       C                     G    D
You will need somebody when you come to die

Em            C                 G        D
It's not desperation that we're breeding

            B7         Em
It's just a need we're feeding

  C               G   B7
Before we say goodbye

Em           C              G
You're gonna miss me in the evenings

Am                  Em
You know I won't be needing

    C                     G    D
Somebody when you come to die

        B7       Em
Yeah, I won't be needing

    C                     G
Somebody when you come to die

Three White Horses

Hands of Glory

# if you have a capo put it on the 4th fret, transpose this 
# 4 half-steps down and the song will be easier

# Intro
E Amaj7 F#7 B G# C#m Amaj7 E

E   Amaj7
The empty tank is US
F#7     B
Expired milk is US
G#              C#m
This is a test of trust
        Amaj7           E
Better meet me here at dawn


E       Amaj7
Hop the wooden fence
F#7             B
Run past the sleeping hens
G#              C#m
If you had any sense
        Amaj7          E
You'd meet me here at dawn


Amaj7       E      Amaj7           E
Find the memory erase it from your mind
G#         C       Amaj7      E
just give it up
Amaj7    E       Amaj7                    E
Our friends and family will all get left behind
G#              C#m     Amaj7     E
We'll give them up


E          Amaj7
I'm gone as light is shot
F#7             B
Whether you come or not
G#              C#m
I think you know you ought
        Amaj7       E
To meet me here at dawn

E Amaj7 F#7 B G# C#m Amaj7 E


Amaj7      E      Amaj7              E
Find the memory confront it like a crime
G#      C#m  Amaj7    E
Beat it up, Beat it up
Amaj7           E        Amaj7                     E
Our clothes and precious things will all get left behind
G#      C#m     Amaj7   E
Give them up, Give them up

E        Amaj7
Forget the painful past
F#7             B
Let go of all you grasp
G#             C#m
This is the last I'll ask
Amaj7              E
To meet me here at dawn 

E Amaj7 F#7 B G# C#m Amaj7 E

Meet Me Here At Dawn

Fingerlings 4

# Works better with low G

# VERSE

   Em    Gaug  G               A          B
A|-----2-----2-----2-----------------0----------2-----|
E|---3-----3-----3-----------------0---0------2---2---|
C|-4-----3-----2-----------------1------1---3-------3-|
g|--------------------0--2--4--2----------4-----------|

# CHORUS

   G    
A|-2------3--7----3--7----3--7------------------------|
E|-3----5-------4-------3--------2--------------------|
C|-2--------------------------------------------------|
g|-0--------------------------------------------------|
#                         x2

   Am          B
A|-------------------2--------------------------------|
E|-----0-----0-----2---2------------------------------|
C|---0-----0-----3-------2----------------------------|
g|-2-----2-----4--------------------------------------|
#                         x2

A|-----2-5-3--2-5-3--2-0------------------------------|
E|-----------------------3-2--------------------------|
C|---2------------------------------------------------|
g|-0--------------------------------------------------|

Gotholympians

Fingerlings

E
Am Dm
Am Dm
C  G
C  E 

Am                Dm                Am
Used to have just one foot out the door
Am        Dm            C 
Yeah, I always wanted more
C    G            C
I always was the one
C                  E
You thought would never marry
Am            Dm          Am
Used to be willfully obtuse
Am         Dm           C
(or is the word abstruse?)
C         G          C
Semantics like a noose
C                E
Get out your dictionaries

[Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here] 

Dm                     E 
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E                    Dm
This is all non-fiction
Dm                        E
Words you beat with a stick
E                         E7
These are my true convictions

[Chorus]

E7          Am        Dm       
So tell me, are you serious?
C         G
Are you serious?
C           G              C
Cause every night of your life
C        E
You'll fight for it
Am      Dm  
So mysterious
C        G
How imperious!
C           G
But are you serious
B                             E
When it really comes down to it?

[Solo - strum triplets of each chord}

Am Am C C x2 

Am Dm
Am Dm
C  G
C  E 
    
Am                Dm                     Am
I see that you're down there and I'm up here 
Am                Dm             C
Your boyfriend's gone to get a beer
C         G           C           E
Leaving us crystal clear lines of communications
Am             Dm                Am
Promise me you won't avert your eyes
Am            Dm                 C
I drop my third-person in disguise
C           G                 C
You know it's time to do or die
C                    E
No useless explanations

Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here] 

Dm                     E 
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E                    Dm
This is all non-fiction
Dm                        E
Words you beat with a stick
E                         E7
These are my true convictions

[Chorus]

E7          Am        Dm       
So tell me, are you serious?
C         G
Are you serious?
C           G              C
Cause every night of your life
C        E
You'll fight for it
Am      Dm  
So mysterious
C        G
How imperious!
C           G
But are you serious
B                             E
When it really comes down to it?

[Outro]

C Dm G C 
C Dm G C B E 
Am Dm
Am Dm
C  G
C  E  

[Fade Out]

Am        Dm       
Are you serious?
C         G
Are you serious?
C           G              C
Cause every night of your life
C        E
You'll fight for it

Are You Serious

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

B
Situation Number one
B
Its the one that's just begun
    E                 F#   E
But evidently its too late
B
Situation Number two
B
Its the only chance for you
     E                         F#   E
It's controlled by denizens of hate
B
Situation Number three
B
It's the one that no one sees
E                          F#   E
All too often dismissed as fate
B
Situation Number four
B
The one that left you wanting more
E                       F#   E
Tantalized you with its bait

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

Situations

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

No Bravery

Intro:  D A E A D
        D A E A D  E

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be


A little voice told me it?s all wrong
        D
Another voice told me it?s alright
  E
I used to think I was strong
    A
But lately I just lost the fight

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I got tired of bein? good
        D
Started missing that old feeling free
     E
Stop actin? like I thought I should
    A
And went on back to bein? me

  
I never meant to hurt no one
  D
I just had to have my way
           E
If there's such a thing as too much fun
A
This must be the price you pay

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D
 For a little while
E                 A                D
 You never see it comin? till it?s gone
E                     A           D
 It all happens for a reason even when it?s wrong
  E
Especially when it?s wrong


Solo: A D E A x2


Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be

I Want to See Pulaski at Night

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