A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left Chords by Andrew Bird

_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ Overprescribed, [G] _ under the mister, [C] _ _ we had [G] survived too
[A] _ Turn on the _ [D] historic channel, and ask our [G] esteemed panel _
Why are we [C] _ alive?
[G] And here's how [A] they reply
_ _ [D] Yeah, what [Dm] happens when two substances [G] collide? _
_ _ [D] Am I all that counts?
You [G]
really should've _ [Am] died _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _
_ Stretched [B] out [C] on a _ _ _ [Em] tarmac, _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
six miles [F] south of North _ _ Platte
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
He can't [B] stand [C] to look _ _
_ [Em] _ [C] back, [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ sixteen tons [F] of housemat _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ Goes [E] under the hood, [A] _ _ _ [Gb] under [D] the _ [G] hood
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [Am] _ _ _
It's a nervous tick motion [C] of the head to the left
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _
It's a nervous tick motion [F] of the head to the left
Of the what?
The [E] head [Am] to the left _
So exercise yourselves [C] to your bereft
_ [Em] _ [F] It's [Gm] _ _ _
a nervous tick motion [F] of the head to the left
Of the, of [E] the, [Am] to the _
Split _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ out [C] on a bath mat, _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
six miles [F] north of South _ _ _ Platte
[E] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
I hate just [C] once at life's _ _ _ _ bout
[Gm] _ _ _
We're tearin' our [F] paper naps _ out
_ [Am] It's a _ _
[B] girl's _ [E] under the hood, [A] _ _ _ [D] under the hood
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Boom, [C] boom, [Bb] boom, [Am] boom, _ boom
It's a nervous tick motion [C] of the head to the left
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _
A nervous tick [Am] motion _ of _ [E] _ the [Am] head _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Head, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
nervous tick [F] motion _ _
Of the, [Am] _ to the, _ left
_ _ _ [C] It's _ a nervous tick motion [Gm] of the head _ _
_ _ _ [F] Of the, _ _ of the head, [E] of the head
[Dm] _ Over _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G]-imbibed, _ under the mister
[B] _ _ [C] Barely _ [Bm] alive, _ we [A] _
cover the blisters [Dm] and flannel
Though the words we [G] speak are banal _
Not one of [C] them's a lie, [Em] not one of [A] them's a _ _ lie
What [Dm] happens when two [Am] substances _ [G] collide?
_ _ And [Dm] by all accounts [Bm] you really _ [Em] should've [Am] done _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _