Andrew Bird – Fiery Crash (Ukulele)

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Fiery Crash from Armchair Acrophya. Intro: A (repeated strumming) to E (let ring) With this little pattern on lead (on G sting) 7-9-10-9

C
turnstiles on mezzanine

jet ways and dramamine fiends and x-ray machines

                         F
you were hurling through space

g-forces twisting your face

               C
breeding superstition

              G
a fatal premonition

                       F
you know you got to envision

            C
the fiery crash

G                           F
oh, close your eyes and you wake up

                C
face stuck to a vinyl settee

G                            F
oh, the line was starting to break up

                 C              
just as you were starting to say

(pause then riff) something apropos, i don't know. riff (on G string) - 6-4-6-4-2-6-4-2 Interlude: Verse chords

C
beige tiles and magazines

lou dobbs and the cnn team turn on every monitor screen

                       F
you were caught in the crossfire

where every human face has you reaching for your mace so it's

           C
kind of an imposition

a fatal premonition

   G                              F
to save our lives you've got to envision

   G                                 F
to save all our lives you've got to envision

   G                                      F
and to save all our lives you've got to envision

          C
the fiery crash

     F          C
it's just a formality

     F          C
why must i explain?

     F          C
just a nod to mortality

E (let ring) before you get on

                    C
before you get on a plane.

G                           F
oh, close your eyes and you wake up

                C
face stuck to a vinyl settee

G                            F
oh, the line was starting to break up

                        C
what was that you were going to say?