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Fake Palindromes

Andrew Bird

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Song: Fake Palindromes
Album: The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Artist: Andrew Bird

this is definitely my favorite song on the whole album

I play it-
standard tuning
capo 2nd fret

Intro (Violin):
C Riff
[--0----------------0h1--0-----------]
[--1------1------3----------3--------]
[--0---------------------------------]   Repeat: 8x
[--2---------------------------------]         
[--3---------------------------------]
[------------------------------------]

Am Riff

[--0----------------0h1--0-----------]
[--1------1------3----------3--------]
[--2---------------------------------]  Repeat: 4x
[--2---------------------------------]         
[--0---------------------------------]
[------------------------------------]

G Riff

[------------------------------------]
[--3------0------3--3h5--3--1--------]
[--0---------------------------------]  Repeat: 3x
[--0---------------------------------]         
[------------------------------------]
[------------------------------------]

Transition Riff

[-----0--1--0------------------------]
[--3-----------3--1--0--1------------]
[------------------------------------] straight into verse
[------------------------------------]         
[------------------------------------]
[------------------------------------]

Verse:

C
my dewy-eyed disney bride, what has tried
                             Am
swapping your blood with formaldehyde?
G
monsters?
C
whiskey-plied voices cried fratricide!
                                Am
jesus don't you know that you could've died, you should've died
          G                                               C
with the monsters that talk, monsters that walk the earth

Chorus:

               Am                               C
and she's got red lipstick and a bright pair of shoes
               G                                Am
and she's got knee high socks, what to cover a bruise
              F                         C
she's got an old death kit she's been meaning to use
         G                          Am                     
she's got blood in her eyes, in her eyes for you
          F     G                  C
she's got blood.. in her eyes for you

(then part of the g riff comes in a bit before the actual riff)
B String [---3h5--3-1---]

G Riff x3
Transition Riff

Verse:

C                    
certain fads, stripes and plaids, singles ads
                                  Am
they run you hot and cold like a rheostat, i mean a thermostat
        G                                        C
so you bite on a towel, hope it won't hurt too bad
C
my dewy-eyed disney bride, what has tried
                             Am
swapping your blood with formaldehyde?
      G                                               C
what monsters that talk, monsters that walk the earth

Chorus:

             Am                           C
and she says i like long walks and sci-fi movies
    G                                  Am
if you're six foot tall and east coast bred
 F                       C
some lonely night we can get together
     G                  Am
and i'm gonna tie your wrists with leather
     F           G               C
and drill a tiny hole into your head 
           F           G
I'm gonna drill a tiny hole.. into your

C Riff x3

end on C

alright.. enjoy

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Fake Palindromes

Andrew Bird