Andrew Bird – Way Out West (Guitar)

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Em* - Walk down (or you can just play the chord normally, I'm not your dad)
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B|-------------------------|
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A|--7--5--3--2--0----------|
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[Intro] (strum once)
Am        B        G            Em*
   Elder green is dead and gone

Am           B  G        Em*
   Lost his way going to town

      Am                B    G            Em*
And I don't know who he is, what he's done

        Am               B                G
But it sure sounds sweet rolling off the tongue

    Em*       Am               B                    Em
Yeah, and it sure sounds sweet rolling off the tongue
[Instrumental] Em Am Em Am Em Am B Em [Verse 1]
Em
Now if I was in an old hotel

    Am                 Em
That happened to be on fire

      Em
Well, maybe I'd jump or maybe I'd reconsider

               Am                        Em
Yeah, maybe I'd just climb a little higher

        G             Em
Like an oily rag in a dusty corner

        G                           B
Like a box of matches near an open flame

         Em                       Am
I'd jump 18 stories from a burning tower

    Em              B                  Em
Oh, sooner than I'd face this world of shame

           Am                B                 Em
Yeah, I'd skip this town and jump a westbound train

        Am          B          G        Em
And you take these fingerling's from my fingers

Am       B         G      Em
  Spoken with your breath

     Am            B        G             Em
With white washed eyes and flies that linger

Am                            B
  Seems rather forlorn and bereft

       Am         B               G           Em
I said where you going with that sack on your shoulder Willie

Am         B            G      Em
  As if I couldn't have guessed

                  Am             B            G         Em
And he says, he's gonna get the hell out of slag valley

                Am            B               Em
And he's gonna take a little stroll way out west

                 Am            B               Em
Yeah, he's gonna take a little stroll way out west
[Instrumental] Em Am Em Am Em Am B Em [Verse 2]
Em
Now if I was in an old hotel

    Am                 Em
That happened to be on fire

      Em
Well, maybe I'd jump or maybe I'd reconsider

 Am                        Em
Then I'd just climb little higher

        G             Em
Like an oily rag in a dusty corner

        G                           B
Like a box of matches near an open flame

         Em                       Am
I'd get so far away from that old matchbox hotel

    Em                  B               Am
I'd skip this town and jump a westbound train

            Em            B                Am
Oh man, anything to get away from this ol' shame

        Am          B         G         Em
And I'd take these fingerlings from my fingers

Am       B         G      Em
  Spoken with your breath

 Am           B        G              Em
White washed eyes and flies that linger

Am      B      G               Em
  Seems rather forlorn and bereft

            Am         B               G            Em
And I said, where you going with that sack on your shoulder, Willie

Am         B            G      Em
  As if I couldn't have guessed

              Am            B             G       Em
He says, I'm gonna get the hell out of slag valley

              Am              B              Em
And I'm gonna take a little stroll way out west

              Am              B              Em
Yeah, I wanna take a little stroll way out west
[Instrumental] Em Am Em Am Em Am B Em