Song: Fake Palindromes
Album: The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Artist: Andrew Bird
this is definitely my favorite song on the whole album
I play it-
standard tuning
capo 2nd fret
Intro (Violin):
C Riff
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Repeat: 8x
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Am Riff
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Repeat: 4x
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G Riff
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Repeat: 3x
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Transition Riff
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straight into verse
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Verse:
C
my dewy-eyed disney bride, what has tried
Am
swapping your blood with formaldehyde?
G
monsters?
C
whiskey-plied voices cried fratricide!
Am
jesus don't you know that you could've died, you should've died
GC
with the monsters that talk, monsters that walk the earth
Chorus:
AmC
and she's got red lipstick and a bright pair of shoes
GAm
and she's got knee high socks, what to cover a bruise
FC
she's got an old death kit she's been meaning to use
GAm
she's got blood in her eyes, in her eyes for you
FGC
she's got blood.. in her eyes for you
(then part of the g riff comes in a bit before the actual riff)
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B String
G Riff x3
Transition Riff
Verse:
C
certain fads, stripes and plaids, singles ads
Am
they run you hot and cold like a rheostat, i mean a thermostat
GC
so you bite on a towel, hope it won't hurt too bad
C
my dewy-eyed disney bride, what has tried
Am
swapping your blood with formaldehyde?
GC
what monsters that talk, monsters that walk the earth
Chorus:
AmC
and she says i like long walks and sci-fi movies
GAm
if you're six foot tall and east coast bred
FC
some lonely night we can get together
GAm
and i'm gonna tie your wrists with leather
FGC
and drill a tiny hole into your head
FG
I'm gonna drill a tiny hole.. into your
C Riff x3
end on C
alright.. enjoy