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Banking On A Myth
Andrew Bird
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Banking on a Myth- Andrew Bird
This is a fun one especially If you have a loop pedal.. just lay down a beat and overdub
plucking in E minor for an interesting background layer for the main guitar riff Em to
parts
Riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--2�0h2----------------------------4---2--2-0h2-------------------------|
A|------------2�-2-0h2---------------2---------------2�0h2-------------------|
E|----------------------0�----0-2-3------------------------0---2�3~---2--0---|
Em
There's one guy I'd like to thank he signs the checks and leaves them blank
Bm
he's the one
Em
he says you don't have to walk a plank the game is rigged, go figure
Bm
slide show tanked
D
and your flagship sank
G B7
so we're taking all our myths to the bank
G B7
so just don't, Don�t forget who to thank
G B7
we're taking our myths to the
Em A
we�re drinking a fifth to the
G F Em B7
we're taking all our myths to the bank Oh no
Riff/solo
Em
If you could just do him this favor, although it might involve child labor
Bm
join his entourage give him a foot massage
Em
from Star Search to the Philharmonic he'll get you there with Hooked on Phonics
Bm
he's the one to know
D
doesn't matter if you blow � no no, no no
G
in fact it's just the thing
B7
he thinks we're needing
G
it's a lukewarm liquid diet
B7
they're force feeding
G B7
when the words we use have lost their bite
Em A G
now they hit you like an imaginary pillow fight
F
but it's all right
Em B7
cause you're inside and you're in tight
(Fingerpick this part)
Em B7
deals in commodities of the abstract sort
buys them in bulk but sells them short
talent, genius, love even signs of affection
he floods the market there's no price protection
G B7
and when his master plan is unfurled
C A G
There stands a handsome bid on the weather systems of the world