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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro] C [Verse]
As I Fswan dive Eminto the Cestuary, the Fbirds do not Emflinch at my Cfall
 They Fperch in the Emrafters, Cbefore, during, Gafter: they Dmdo not notice Fme at Call
 F Em C 
 As I float down into the estuary, wind Fcases my Embody in Ccool 
 F Em C G I smell petrol fumes, see the smoke rise in plumes: the Dmearth is one Fbig fireCball
 the Dmearth is one Fbig fireCball

[Chorus] F Dm 
 Anecdote, lie Am G
 My own alibi
F
I've beenDm tellingC jokesG F
PiledDm notes high Am G
 My own alibi F Dm C 
 I've been selling rope

[Verse] F Em C
 As I break the film of the estuary,
the sFeaweed subEmmerges my fCorm F Em C G
 No passing cars stop, not a single jaw drops, as my Dmwallet and Fkeys sink Cbefore
 A Dmsplash all I Fleft in the Cworld

[Chorus]
F
AneDmcdote, lie Am G
 My own alibi F
I've beenDm tellingC jokesG FPiled noteDms high AmMy own Galibi F Dm C 
 I've been selling rope

[Verse]
Once Fheld a magEmpie in the Cpalm of my Ghand and the Fblood in our Emveins flowed fasCter, as I'd Gplanned
 Got a Fheart full of Emlove and a Chead full of Gmore but a Dmfist full of Fthreads from the Cseams 
 Dm F C And I saw a smile in that beak

[Chorus] F Dm 
 Anecdote, lie Am G
 My own alibi F Dm C G
 I've been telling jokes
FPiled Dmnotes high Am G
 My own alibi F Dm C G 
 I've been selling rope

F Dm Am G
 Oh I was a bird right then, one day I will be again

FI've been telliDmng jokes while selling rope Cto you G F Dm Am G
 Oh I was a bird right then, one day I will be again
 FI've been telliDmng jokes while selling rope Cto you
(I haven't really tried to capture the song exactly for this instrumental, just some basics) [Instrumental] C Am C F Dm C [Chorus]
FOh I was a Dmbird right then,Am one day I will bGe again 
F Dm C G I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you FOh I was a Dmbird right then,Am one day I will bGe again
 FI've been telliDmng jokes while selling rope Cto you G
ThFere's no tickeDmr-tape, no pearly gate
 No Amcarnival and Gno parade 
 F Dm C G Just one, one for sorrow TheFre's no tickeDmr-tape, no pearly gate
 No Amcarnival and Gno parade 
 F Dm C Just one, one for sorrow