Andrew Bird – Chemical Switches (Guitar)
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Beautiful song off of Andrew Bird's latest album "Are you Serious". To my ear it sounds
best played with barre chords with the C and Em frequently open. Amazingly, the track on
the album was recorded in a single take by Blake Mills on guitar - play around with hammer
on the A and E strings to emulate his wonderful playing style.
[Intro]
G
(pluck the open low E string then Hammer on into a Barre G to sound like the recording)[Whistling Bit]
Am G F
G Dm Em
Am G F
G F C
[Verse]
Am G F I keep hearing a vicious rumor G Dm Em From the back rooms, to the alleys, to the avenues Am G F That you lost your sense of humor G F C And the first place you look is the soles of your shoes Am G F And I watch these ice fields melt into the sea G Dm Em Warming you're oceans to centuries Am G F Will your saline waters bring you back to me? G F C Oh the weight is bringing me to my knees
[Chorus]
Am C G F Chemical switches thrown in the dark G Dm C All it takes is a spark to begin Am C G F And can you tell which is the one with a mark G Dm C That bleeds through the clothes to the skin
[Whistling Interlude]
Am G F
G Dm Em
Am G F
G F C
[Verse]
Am G F G Dm Em Too long I keep searching the alleys and avenues Am G F But it seems I'm doing it wrong G F C For I've seen neither hide nor hair of you
[Humming/Singing Interlude]
Am G F
G Dm Em
Am G F
G F C
[Bridge]
F C G F And it's a short short walk from pebbles to bricks G F From stones back to sticks G We're lowering the boiling point Am C G F And as time goes by, gets harder to fix G F G C It's a volatile mix, like hydrogen and oxygen
[Chorus]
Am C G F Chemical switches thrown in the dark G Dm C All it takes is a spark to begin