Andrew Bird – Sweetbreads (Guitar)
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Artist: Andrew Bird
Song: Sweetbreads
Original tab by: Keith Meicher ([email protected])
Lyric edits by E. H. Sparks
(Intro speech from the live recording on Fingerlings)
"Well, we've been doing this song all over the UK, and we haven't brought it to the
mainland yet, but it's very interesting. It deals with...It's called Sweetbreads...it deals with the
issues, the numerous issues, involved in consuming the vital organs of an animal.
And everywhere we go, we find out that 'sweetbreads' means a different thing. I guess
that's why they call it 'variety meats'...
But, anyway... It's a really *offal* song. Here we go:"
[Verse 1]
G When I was a little boy Em I threw away my action toys C D/F# And I became obsessed with operation G With hearts and minds and certain glands Em You learn to keep a steady hand C D/F# And thus began a morbid fascination
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[Chorus]
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G G7 I could taste what you were thinking Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G That's the taste of neurons blinking
[Verse 2]
G Do you wonder where the self resides? Em Is it in your head or between your sides? C D/F# And who's gonna decide its true location? G Cause it's a question for the centuries Em From communion to mad cow disease C D/F# But is it worthy of a song or life's vocation?
[Pre-Chorus]
Em And the sweetest sweetbread of them all Emb6 Within the kingdom of offal Em6 D/F# In the carnal thoughts of many foreign nations, Adim7 They call them
[Chorus]
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G G7 I could taste what you were thinking Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G That's the taste of neurons blinking
[Verse 3]
G Does the thought of biles red and black, Em The thought of tongues that taste you back, C D/F# Fill you with a nauseous elation? G Where a simple trip to the grocery store Em Could fill you with an abject horror C D/F# Can you taste the misery of those crustaceans?
[Pre-Chorus]
Em And the sweetest sweetbread of them all Emb6 Within the kingdom of offal Em6 D/F# Should've caused some silent machinations Adim7 They call them
[Chorus]
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G G7 I could taste what you were thinking Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G That's the taste of neurons blinking
[Outro]
D/F# G Oh, I could taste what you were thinking C D/F# G Oh, oh, oh, give me your thoughts about sweetbreads