Neko Case – Fever (Ukulele)

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Chords

Capo at 4th fret (all chords relative to capo) For the G* chord, play it with the "e" string open. INTRO: (something like this)

e--9^-----------------|
B--9^--9^--7^--9^-----|
G------8^--6^--8^-----| x2
D---------------------|
A---------------------|
E---------------------|

e--9-----------------9-----------|
B--9---9---7------9--9---9-9-7---|
G------8---6------8-----8-8--6---|
D--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|

IN AN OPEN FIELD AT DUSK TO FOOTFALLS I AWOKE MARCHING ANTS ACROSS MY TEMPLES, OH

F
THEIR FEET HAD NO INTENTION

THEY FOLLOWED SOME MAGNETIC DRUM

Dm                 Dsus2  Dm
PRISONERS OF THEIR DESTINATION

VERSE 1:

F
FROM THE SLATS OF THE FACTORY COME

WHERE ONCE THEY DID MAKE RAILS OLD DEATH'S PECULIAR SONGS

          F          Dm
HE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS LISTENING

VERSE 2:

F
SO HE CROWED OUT NICE AND LONG

                       Dm             F*
TO THE SPIDERS AND THE LUMBER AND THE DUST

       Dm                G           Dm
OF HIS CONQUESTS AND HIS HUNGER, HIS LUST

VERSE 3:

F
I HEARD HIS FEET REJOICE

I HEARD HIM TAP HIS CANE

   Dm
AS IF HE HAD HIS OWN REVIEW

                G
ON STAGE AT THE ATHENAEUM

VERSE 4:

  Dm                       F*
I CAUGHT HIS WORDS WITH MY OPEN MOUTH

  Dm                    F*
I GAGGED AND CHOKED AND SPIT THEM OUT

  Dm                  F*
I HEARD HIM TURN AS HE DID HEAR

   F              Dm
MY TINY HEARTBEAT IN HIS EAR

Dm
I WAS ALREADY RUNNING

I HEARD HIM COMING VERSE 5:

Dm                     F*
SHRAPNEL SPITTING FROM HIS WHEELS

Dm                     F*
HIS SCYTHING ARMS RAKE FOR MY HEELS

Dm                     F*
I DOVE AND ROLLED AND HID MY FACE

      Dm               Dm
AND I SAID THESE MAGIC WORDS:

CHORUS:

Dm                    F                  Dm
"MY DOVE IS HOME, HER BREAST IS WARM, MY DOVE IS HOME"

F
I SAID THESE MAGIC WORDS AND

     Dm
FELL DOWN, DOWN, THE ANTHILL

Dm
FOR DAYS

Dm                    F                  Dm
"MY DOVE IS HOME, HER BREAST IS WARM, MY DOVE IS HOME"

Dm                    F                  Dm
"MY DOVE IS HOME, HER BREAST IS WARM, MY DOVE IS HOME"