Andrew Bird – Fake Palindromes (Ukulele)

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As recorded by Andrew Bird on the album The Mysterious Production of Eggs Transcribed by Cameron Brydon ([email protected]) Andrew Bird is an amazing singer/songwriter out of Chicago. He is a one-man orchestra, playing multiple instruments during each song, looping samples of each to build songs. He is amazing live, putting on his entire show with just one person, Kevin O'Donnel, who plays drums and keyboards simultaneously. Watch Andrew Bird live on www.fabchannel.com or on www.andrewbird.net, or go to http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php to download live audio. Standard Tuning Intro Guitar under violin riff C - Am - F Verse 1

C                
      my dewey-eyed Disney bride what has tried

                            Am
swapping your blood with formaldehyde?

F
Monsters?

C
Whiskey-plied voices cried fratricide

                                   Am  
Jesus don't you know that you coulda died, you shoulda died

         F
with the monsters what talk      E--2

D - B--3 monsters that walk the earth G--2 (transition chord b/t verse/chorus) D--0 A--4 E--x Chorus

          Am      
she's got red lipstick

                     C
and a brown pair of shoes

              F
and she's got knee high socks

                Dm
what to cover a bruise

             F
she's got an old death kit

           C
she's been meaning to use she's got

F                        Dm
blood in her eyes in her eyes for you

          F        F                       C
she's got blood       in her eyes for you

Verse 2 certain fads, stripes and plaids, singles ads

                            Am
run you hot and cold like a rheostat I mean a thermostat

       F
so you bite on a towel

                            C
hope it won't hurt too bad

Repeat 1st part of Verse 1 (my dewey eyed...) Chorus 2

         Am                           C
she says I like long walks and sci-fi movies

F                                   Dm
you're six foot tall and east coast bred

F                        C
some lonely night we can get together

F                      Dm
and I'm gonna tie your wrists with leather

    F            F              C
and drill a tiny hole into your head

              F            F                       C
oh, I'm gonna drill a tiny hooooooole... into your head

"Are you living or existing?"