Andrew Bird – Tea And Thorazine (Guitar Tab)

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Tabbed by: andrea Okay so this is a little bit harder than intermediate, especially if you want to play the little solo thing in the middle, but I'm sure you can soldier through if you have enough of a handle on bar chords and know a little fingerpicking. Have fun and good luck!
    Bbm        F7        Ebm       Bbm6      Gb7      F7*
e|---6---| |---x---| |---6---| |---x---| |---9---| |---8---|
B|---6---| |---6---| |---7---| |---6---| |---11--| |---10--|
G|---6---| |---8---| |---8---| |---6---| |---9---| |---8---|
D|---8---| |---7---| |---8---| |---5---| |---11--| |---10--|
A|---8---| |---8---| |---6---| |---x---| |---9---| |---8---|
E|---6---| |---x---| |---x---| |---6---| |---x---| |---x---|
INTRO (listen to the song to get the rhythm, this rhythm will be used throughout the song)
   Bbm                      F7          Bbm        Ebm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----6-----6-----6----------6-----6-----6-----6-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
G|-----6-----6-----6----------8-----8-----6-----6-----8-----8-----8-----8----|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------8-----8-----------8----------------------6-----6-----6-----6-------|
E|--6-----------------8----------8-----6-----6-------------------------------|

   Bbm                      Ebm                     Bbm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----7-----7-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6---|
G|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----8-----8-----8-----8-----6-----6-----6-----6---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------6-----6-----6-----6------------------------------|
E|--6-----6-----6-----6-----------------------------6-----6-----6-----6------|

  F7
e|------------------------------|
B|-----6-----6-----6-----6---6--|
G|-----8-----8-----8-----8---8--|
D|--------------7------------7--|
A|--8-----8-----------8------8--|
E|------------------------------|
(Continue that rhythm, but you can leave the bass line simple - just hit the bass note of the chord) Bbm F7 Bbm Well, I can tell by the way you take your infusion Ebm Bbm You've spent some time in a mental institution Bbm Ebm What a dream Ebm Bbm Life would seem Bbm F7 Bbm Gb7 F7* If only... They let you keep your etch-a-sketch Bbm Oh, you laugh like a banshee F7 Gesticulate your delerium Bbm They treat you like a corpse Ebm Bbm Keep you full of candy lithium Bbm Ebm F7 Bbm Gb7 F7 What a dream life would seem if only you could see the world from inside and etch-a-sketch Bbm F7 Bbm I can tell by the way you reach your conclusions Bbm Ebm Bbm You're the director of a mental institution Bbm Ebm What a dream Ebm Bbm Life would seem Bbm F7 If only... Bbm6 F7 Bbm6 Ebm Bbm Gb7 F7 It hadn't been for Dr. B SOLO (the rhythm can be hard to get, just listen to the song)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------6-------------------6---------------------------------------6--------|
G|---------6-----6-------------6-----6----------------8----------------8-----8-----|
D|-------8----------8--------8----------8----------8-----8-----------8----------7--|
A|--8--8----------------6--6---------------------8----------8---9--9---------------|
E|------------------------------------------9--9-----------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------6----------------------9--------------------6-------------------6--------|
G|---------6-----6----------------8-----8--------------6-----6-------------8-----8-----|
D|-------8----------8----------10----------10--------8----------8--------7----------7--|
A|--8--8----------------11--11------------------8--8----------------8--8---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(now play the first bar of that, while singing the next bit, yeah it's a little difficult...) Animate yourself An alternate reality Consummate a self-pleasing artificiality F7 You can have yourself a tea (now strum the chords) Bbm F7 Bbm I... can... tell by the way you take your infusion Bbm Ebm Bbm You've spent some time in a mental institution Bbm Ebm What a dream life would seem Bbm If only... F7 Bbm6 You could see the world from inside an etch-a-sketch Good job you made it through!