Andrew Bird – Armchairs (Guitar)
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This is how I play this fantastic song. Some tweaks and re-shaping for a smooth rendition.
(Formatted for a 2 page hard copy)Enjoy. Comments and corrections?
Intro: e|----------------------------------| B|------1------1------0------0------| G|-----0------0------0------0-------| D|----2------2------2------2--------| A|-3------0------2------0-------3---| E|----------------------------------| Riff: e|----------------------------|---------------------|-------------| B|----------------------------|---------------------|-------------| G|----------------------------|---------------------|-------------| D|----------------------------|---------------------|--------2----| A|-------0-0---2-2------------|---2/3--2--0-----2---|----0-2---3--| E|-3-3---------------0-0---3--|-3-----------3-------|--3----------| C G I dreamed you were a cosmonaut ---- of the space between our chairs C G And I was a cartographer ---- of the tangles in your hair Fmaj7 I sighed a song that silence brings - It's the one that everybody C knows, everybody knows -- the song that silence sings G And this is how it goes
Intro -> then riff over lyrics:
C G These looms that weave apocrypha ---- they're hanging from a strand C G The dark and empty rooms were full ---- of incandescent hands Fmaj7 awkward pause(paws) - a fatal flaw - Time, it's a crooked bow C Time is a crooked bow C G In time you need to learn, to love - The ebb just like the flow D7 B7 Em Grab hold of your bootstraps, and pull like hell E Am D until gravity feels sorry for you, and lets you go G C C/B As if you lack the proper chemicals to know, oh Am Bm Fmaj7 the way it felt the last time you let yourself - fall this low Fmaj7 C Time, Oh time - it's a crooked bow C/G F C/G Time's a crooked bow - Time, it's a crooked bow F G Fifty-five and three-eighths years later F G F G At the bottom of a gigantic crater - An armchair calls to you F G Yeah, this armchair calls to you C Cmaj7 It says, someday, we'll get back at them all G With epoxy and a pair of pliers C Cmaj7 As ancient sea slugs begin to crawl G through the ragweed and barbed wire C G F You didn't write - You didn't call --- It didn't cross your mind G C G at all - and through the waves --- waves of A.M. squall F G Fmaj7 You couldn't feel a thing at all - Fifty-five and three-eighths Fmaj7 tall - Fifty-five and three-eighths tall …time --- time
Fmaj7 = XX3210
B7 = X2120X
Cmaj7 = X32000
Walk up - G to C Walk down - C to G A|----0--2--3-| |-3--2--0----| E|-3----------| |----------3-|