Tuning: E A D G B E

Beautiful song off of Andrew Bird's latest album "Are you Serious". To my ear it sounds best played with barre chords with the C and Em frequently open. Amazingly, the track on the album was recorded in a single take by Blake Mills on guitar - play around with hammer on the A and E strings to emulate his wonderful playing style. [Intro]

^G(pluck the open low E string then Hammer on into a Barre G to sound like the recording) [Whistling Bit] Am G F G Dm Em Am G F G F C

[Verse]

^AmI keep hearing a ^Gvicious rumo^Fr ^GFrom the back rooms, to the^Dm alleys, to the avenue^Ems ^AmThat you lost your^G sense of humo^Fr ^GAnd the first place you^F look is the so^Cles of your shoes

And I^Am watch these i^Gce fields me^Flt into the sea Wa^Grming you're o^Dmceans to cen^Emturies Will your ^Amsaline wat^Gers bri^Fng you back to me? Oh the we^Gight is br^Finging me t^Co my knees

[Chorus]

^AmChemical swi^Ctches th^Grown in the d^Fark All it t^Gakes is a ^Dmspark to be^Cgin And ^Amcan you tell w^Chich is the ^Gone with a ^Fmark that ^Gbleeds through the ^Dmclothes to the^C skin

[Whistling Interlude] Am G F G Dm Em Am G F G F C [Verse]

^AmToo ^Glon^Fg I keep se^Garching the a^Dmlleys and ^Emavenues But it s^Ameems I'm d^Going it w^Frong For I've s^Geen neither h^Fide nor ha^Cir of you

[Humming/Singing Interlude] Am G F G Dm Em Am G F G F C [Bridge]

And it's a sh^Fort short w^Calk from pe^Gbbles to br^Ficks From sto^Gnes back to st^Ficks We're low^Gering the boiling point And as ti^Amme goes ^Cby, gets ha^Grder to ^Ffix It's a vol^Gatile m^Fix, like hyd^Grogen and ox^Cygen

[Chorus]

^AmChemical swi^Ctches th^Grown in the d^Fark All it t^Gakes is a ^Dmspark to be^Cgin

Andrew Bird - Chemical switches