*----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------* *This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the* *song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* Released on March 20th 2007, "Imitosis" is one of the twelve tracks from Andrew Bird?s 3rd album "Armchair Apocrypha". The song consists of several looped staccato violin tracks and some guitar arrengements that make up an eclectic atmosphere where Andrew often improvises with his violin in live performances. Tabbed by Pelusteriano Contact at my UG profile Lyrics by Andrew Bird Music by Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh & Chris Morrisey Key of A minor =============================================================================== CHORDS (low to high) Am X02210 C/G 33201X Fmaj7 X3321X E 022100 Note: Play in "reggae style", first with a muted down-stroke, then play the chord using an up-stroke: |-X-Am-X-Am-X-C-X-C-|-X-Fmaj7-X-Fmaj7-X-E-X-E-| INTRO let ring ACFEaj7 || -----5-7-----7-8-|-----5-7--(5)h7p5--- || || -----------5-----|---6--------------6- || ||O---5-----5-------|-4------------------O|| ||O-7---------------|--------------------O|| || -----------------|-------------------- || || -----------------|-------------------- || VERSE I Am C/G Fmaj7 E He's keeping busy, yeah, he's bleeding stones Am C/G Fmaj7 E With his machinations and his palindromes Am C/G Fmaj7E It was anything but hear the voice Am C/G Emaj7 Anything but hear the voice Am C/G It was anything but hear the voice Fmaj7 E Am Emaj7 That says that we're all basically alone ACFEaj7 VERSE II Am C/G Fmaj7 E Poor Professor Pynchon had only good intentions Am C/G FmaE7 When he put his Bunsen burners all away Am C/G Fmaj7 And turning to a playground in a Petri dish E Am Where single cells would swing their fists C/G Fmaj7 E At anything that looks like easy prey Am C/G Fmaj7 E In this nature show that rages every day Am C/G Fmaj7 E (strum louder) It was then he heard his intuition say Am We were all basically alone CHORUS C/G Fmaj E And despite what all his studies had shown Am C/G Fmaj7 E That what's mistaken for closeness is just a case for mitosis Am C/G Fmaj7 E Am C/G FmajE And why---- do some show no mercy while others are painfully shy? Am C/G Fmaj7 E Tell me doctor can you quantify? Am C/G Fmaj7 E (strum louder) He just wants to know the reason, the reason why ACFEaj7 VERSE III Am C/G Why do they congregate in groups of four Fmaj7 E Am Scatter like a billion spores C/G Fmaj7 E And let the wind just carry them away? Am C/G Fmaj7 How can kids be so mean? E Am Our famous doctor tried to glean C/G Fmaj7 E As he went home at the end of the day Am C/G Fmaj7 E In this nature show that rages every day Am C/G Fmaj7 E (strum louder) It was then he heard his intuition say Am We were all basically alone CHORUS C/G Fmaj7 E Despite what all his studies had shown Am C/G Fmaj7 E That what's mistaken for closeness is just a case of mitosis Am C/G Fmaj7 E Sure fatal doses of malcontent through osmosis Am C/G Fmaj7 E Am C/G FmajE And why---- do some show no mercy while others are painfully shy? Am C/G Fmaj7 Well, tell me doctor, can you quantify? E (strum louder) The reason why Am C/G Fmaj7 E ... end on Am