Tables and Chairs As recorded by Andrew Bird on the album The Mysterious Production of Eggs Transcribed by Cameron Brydon (brydon5@hotmail.com) Andrew Bird is an amazing singer/songwriter out of Chicago. He is a one-man orchestra, multiple instruments during each song, looping samples of each to build songs. Watch Andrew Bird on www.fabchannel.com or on www.andrewbird.net "This song is about the Apocalypse and how great things are going to be." Standard Tuning Intro Figure 1 E--2---2---2---2---| B--3---3---3---3---| G--X---X---X---X---| D--4---4---5---0---| A------------------| E------------------| Fig. 1 twice If we can call them friends then we can call them on red telephones And the won't pretend that they're too busy or they're not alone Figure 2 E-------------------------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------------------------| G-------------------------------------------------------| D---2----0-------0--2----0--------0---2-----0-----------| A-----2-------2--------2-------2---------2---------2----|(hold, let ring) E----------3----------------3------------------3--------| Figure 2 And if we can call them friends we can call Holler at 'em down these hallowed halls Just don't let the human factor Fail to be a factor..at all Verse 1 Chords: D and Dsus4(' not sure if this is correct name) On the record and live he doesn't add the G on the 6th string, but if you are playing by it makes the sound much bigger and more powerful.

^Dsus4E--2 B--3 G--0 D--0 A--x E--3

Don't^D Don't you ^Dsus4worry About the ^Datmosphere Or ^Dsus4any sudden pressure change^D

D-Dsus4-D-Dsus4 Verse 2 Chords: D, D w/ A C# on A string, Bm,G

^D/C#E--2 B--3 G--2 D--0 A--4 E--x

And d^Did you ^D/C# Did you s^Bmee how ^G All our f^Driends were there ^D/C# And were dr^Bminking r^Goses from a can

D-D/C#-Bm-G

And ^Dhow ^D/C# How I w^Bmish I ^G I had t^Dalked to them ^D/C# And I wi^Bmshed they ^G Fit into the p^Dlan

Bridge Chords D, A#, A The A# can be barred or played like this: E--X B--3 G--3 D--3 A--X E---

^D And we were ^A#tired of being ^Ami---^Dld We were so t^A#ired of being ^Ami---l^Dd We w^A#ere so ^Atired

Verse 3 Chords: same as Verse 2

I know we're gonna ^Dmeet someday In the c^D/C#rumbled financial insti^Bmtutions of this land ^G There will be ^Dtables and chairs, pon^D/C#y rides and dancing ^Bmbears There'll even be a band ^G 'Cause listen ^Dafter The Fall, there'll be ^D/C#no more countries No ^Bmcurrencies at all ^G We're gonna l^Dive off our wits, thro^D/C#w away survival kits Trade ^Bmbutterfly knives for Adderall ^G And that's n^Dot all Who^D/C#a, there will be s^Bmnacks there will ^G There will be s^Dnacks there will ^D/C# Be ^Bm ^G There will be snacks

Repeat chords until next section (maybe 8x) Back to Bridge D-A#-A D-A#-A

^D And we were ^A#tired of being ^Ami---^Dld We were so t^A#ired of being ^Ami---l^Dd We w^A#eeeeeeeere so t^Aired

Outro

So d^Don't you,^D/C# don't you w^Bmorry G D (play notes individually, let ring) About the atmosphere

Andrew Bird - Tables and chairs