Andrew Bird – Sovay (Guitar)

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As recorded by Andrew Bird (From the 2005 Album THE MYSTERIOUS PRODUCTION OF EGGS) [Intro] C G F C G F C F G F [Verse 1]

C                           G
I was getting ready to be a threat

              F
I was getting set for my accidental suicide

    C
The kind where no one dies

       G                   F
No one looks too surprised

                 C
Then you realize riding on the para-success

G                   Am
Of a heavy-handed metaphor

                                    C
And feeling like you've been here before

                           G
Because you've been here before

                       Am
And you've been here before

                    C
Then a word washed ashore

               G
A word washed ashore

            Dm            F  G
Then a word washed ashore

[Chorus]

Am E7  F#m E  Am E
Sovay, Sovay, Sovay

F             C  G Am  C G Am Dm  C G Am  C G Am Dm
All along the day

[Verse 2]

C                               G
I was getting ready to consider my next plan of attack

Am                         F                  C
I think I'm gonna sack the whole board of trustees

                       G
All those Don Quixotes and their B-17s

Am                   Dm
And I swear this time

          C
Yeah this time

G                           Am
They'll blow us back to the 70's

         C
And this time

G                           Am
They're playing Ride of the Valkyries

                     C
With no semblance of grace or ease

G                     Dm
And they're acting on vagaries

                   C
With their violent proclivities

                    G
And they're playing Ride

Dm
They're playing Ride

        C     G Dm                  G
Playing Ride, Ride of the Valkyries

[Chorus]

Am E7  F#m E  Am E
Sovay, Sovay, Sovay

F             C
All along the day

[Interlude] G Am C G Am Dm C G Am C G Am [Verse 3]

C                               G
I was getting ready to consider my next plan of attack

Am                         F                  C
I think I'm gonna sack the whole board of trustees

                       G
All those Don Quixotes and their B-17s

Am                   Dm
And I swear this time

          C
Yeah this time

G                           Am
They'll blow us back to the 70's

         C
And this time

G                           Am
They're playing Ride of the Valkyries

                     C
With no semblance of grace or ease

G                     Dm
And they're acting on vagaries

                   C
With their violent proclivities

                    G
And they're playing Ride

Dm
They're playing Ride

        C     G Dm                  G
Playing Ride, Ride of the Valkyries

[Out-Chorus]

Am E7  Am E7  Am E7
Sovay, Sovay, Sovay

Am E7 Am E7 Am
Sooooooooooovay