Tables and Chairs Andrew Bird
Tables and Chairs
As recorded by Andrew Bird on the album The Mysterious Production of Eggs
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.
"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.
[Dsus4]
[E--2]
[B--3]G--0
D--0
A--x
[E--3]
Don't[D]
Don't you [Dsus4]worry
About the [D]atmosphere
Or [Dsus4]any 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[D]id you[D/C#]
Did you s[Bm]ee how[G]
All our f[D]riends were there[D/C#]
And were dr[Bm]inking r[G]oses from a can
[D-D/C#-Bm-G]
And [D]how[D/C#]
How I w[Bm]ish I[G]
I had t[D]alked to them[D/C#]
And I wi[Bm]shed they[G]
Fit into the p[D]lan
Bridge
Chords D, Bb, 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 [Bb]tired of being [A]mi---[D]ld
We were so t[Bb]ired of being [A]mi---l[D]d
We w[Bb]ere so [A]tired
Verse 3
Chords: same as Verse 2
I know we're gonna [D]meet someday
In the c[D/C#]rumbled financial insti[Bm]tutions of this land[G]
There will be [D]tables and chairs, pon[D/C#]y rides and dancing [Bm]bears
There'll even be a band[G]
'Cause listen [D]after The Fall, there'll be [D/C#]no more countries
No [Bm]currencies at all[G]
We're gonna l[D]ive off our wits, thro[D/C#]w away survival kits
Trade [Bm]butterfly knives for Adderall[G]
And that's n[D]ot all
Who[D/C#]a, there will be s[Bm]nacks there will[G]
There will be s[D]nacks there will[D/C#]
Be [Bm] [G] There will be snacks
Repeat chords until next section (maybe 8x)
Back to Bridge
[D-Bb-A]
[D-Bb-A]
[D] And we were [Bb]tired of being [A]mi---[D]ld
We were so t[Bb]ired of being [A]mi---l[D]d
We w[Bb]eeeeeeeere so t[A]ired
Outro
So d[D]on't you,[D/C#] don't you w[Bm]orry
G D (play notes individually, let ring)
About the atmosphere
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