Andrew Bird – Masterswarm (Guitar)

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I'm not too sure about the Dm7 over "As he acts with more ..." I think he's actually tuned a half step down because it sounds like the bass note goes low for the Eb but I'm too lazy so it sounds good in standard too. Gsus2/A - 5x52xx Intro: Em
Em
Come what may.  Lay your eggs where it's warm

              G
Come here to swarm

Em
Come by sea.  Swarm like smoke in the dawn

             G    G/F#              G7          C
We were the young ---  We were the swarm.  radiolarians

           G#                   Gm/Bb               Gsus2/A
Midges and moths.  Cut from the cloth   We were the young
G (just the note) We were the swarm Break: Am G# Bm Am G# Bm
Am                                           G
Flailing fetal fleas       feeding from the arms of the master

Am                                     G
Burrow into me         This is sure to misspell disaster

           Am
Oh and the young in their larva state orchestrating plays

                    G
investments of translucent alabaster
Break: Dm C Em F
        C
So they took me to the hospital

            C/B
They put my body through a scan

          C/Bb
What they saw there would impress them all

     F
for inside me grows a man

    Fm
he speaks with perfect diction

      Eb
as he orders my eviction

      Adim7                          G
as he acts with more conviction than I, I ,I
Break: Am G# Bm Am G# Bm
Am
Oh burrow into me

                G
this is sure to misspell disaster

Am
Oh burrow into me

                 G
feeding from the arms of the master
Break: Dm C Em F C C/B C/Bb F Fm Eb Dm7 Gm
            Bb                 F
We were the young    We were the swarm

            B7            A
We were the young    Radiolarians

            C                   G
We were the young    We were the swarm

            C#7           B
We were the young    Radiolarians

            D                   A
We were the young    We were the swarm

            D#            C#7
We were the young    Radiolarians

C#7
Come what may, come what may, come