Andrew Bird – Measuring Cups (Ukulele)

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As recorded by Andrew Bird on the album The Mysterious Production of Eggs Transcribed by Cameron Brydon ([email protected]) 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 Chords C - G - D - Am (X2) Verse 1
C             G         D              Am          C
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game 

             G            D              Am            C
Come to the front of the class and we'll measure your brain 

                  G                 A
We'll give you a complex and we'll give it a name 

C             G         D              Am         C
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game 

               G              D            Am              C
Can't have the cream when the crop and the cream are the same 

           G                    A
Liquid or gas no more than the glass will contain 
Chorus
       C                G 
When you talk about the hand of glory 

   D                  Am
A tale that's rather grim and gory 

      C               G                      A
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? 

          C                 G                   A
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed 
Intro Chords (X2) C - G - A Verse 2
  C                    G             D
I think they're gonna make you start over 

           Am           C
You don't want to start over 

         G                 D
Put your backpack on your shoulder 

        Am           C  
Be the good little soldier 

            G
Take your places now 

                   A          
'Cause we're all predisposed 

C      G         D      Am          C
       Measuring cups, play a new game 

G             D      Am            C
Front of the class, measure your brain 

             G                A    
Give you a complex and we'll give it a name 

         C               G
When you talk about the hand of glory 

   D                  Am
A tale that's rather grim and gory 

       C             G                      A
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? 

         C                  G                   A
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed 

C                 G                 D
Put your backpack on your shoulder 

            Am       
Be the good little soldier 

C                  G
It's no different when your older 

        A
You're predisposed 

C                        D#m
That's all for questions now 

               G
The case is closed!
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. -Friedrich Nietzsche