Armchairs Chords by Andrew Bird
Tempo:
127.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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[F] [Em]
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[Em] [C]
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[C] I [Am]
[Em]
[C] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[G] [C] [G] [A]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[C] dreamed you were a carousel Of
[G] a space between a chair
[A]
[Bm] [C] And I was a cartographer Of [G] the tangles in your hair
[F]
Silence on the silence is one That everybody knows
[G#] Oh, [Fm] everybody [G] [C] knows the sound That silence is
This one's [G] heavy
[B] [C]
[Am]
[B] [Em]
[C] This one's a wavy parka floor [Am]
[G] You're hanging from the stairs
[A] [Bm]
[C] These dark and [Em] empty rooms are [C] floors
[G] Of incandescent hell
[F] [C] [G] Awkward [F] path or [C] [G] fatal flung [F] time It's a crooked boat [C] or Tom's a crooked boat
A time you need to long to know Out just like a [G] friend
[D] Grab hold of your [B] bootstrap On a polar [Em] carol
[E] To love until you feel so near [Am] and free I [Em] would let you [D] go
As if you [G] lacked the proper chemicals [C] To know [G] how
[Am] The way I felt [A] the last time [B] You let yourself
[F] fall this low
And say,
[Fm] silence is a crooked [C] boat Tom's a [F#] crooked boat
[Em] [F#m]
[F] [G]
[C]
[F] 55 and [G] 3 8 years later [F] At the bottom of this [G] gigantic crater
An [F] armchair calls to [G]
you [F] Yeah, this armchair [G] calls to you
And it says that [C] someday We'll
[Em] get back at them all
[C]
With a box and a [G] pair of pliers As [A] [Bm] [C] ancient sea slugs begin [Em] to crawl
Through
[C] the ragweed and [G] barbed wire
And how [C] long did you get right?
You didn't [G] call
[F] It didn't cross your [G] mind at all Into [C] the waves, the waves of [G] Aeon Squall
You [F]
couldn't feel it, say [G] it all You're 55 and 3 [F] 8 years
55 [G] and 3 [F] 8 years
So [Em]
[F]
tired
[G] [F]
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[C] I [Am]
[Em]
[C] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[G] [C] [G] [A]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[C] dreamed you were a carousel Of
[G] a space between a chair
[A]
[Bm] [C] And I was a cartographer Of [G] the tangles in your hair
[F]
Silence on the silence is one That everybody knows
[G#] Oh, [Fm] everybody [G] [C] knows the sound That silence is
This one's [G] heavy
[B] [C]
[Am]
[B] [Em]
[C] This one's a wavy parka floor [Am]
[G] You're hanging from the stairs
[A] [Bm]
[C] These dark and [Em] empty rooms are [C] floors
[G] Of incandescent hell
[F] [C] [G] Awkward [F] path or [C] [G] fatal flung [F] time It's a crooked boat [C] or Tom's a crooked boat
A time you need to long to know Out just like a [G] friend
[D] Grab hold of your [B] bootstrap On a polar [Em] carol
[E] To love until you feel so near [Am] and free I [Em] would let you [D] go
As if you [G] lacked the proper chemicals [C] To know [G] how
[Am] The way I felt [A] the last time [B] You let yourself
[F] fall this low
And say,
[Fm] silence is a crooked [C] boat Tom's a [F#] crooked boat
[Em] [F#m]
[F] [G]
[C]
[F] 55 and [G] 3 8 years later [F] At the bottom of this [G] gigantic crater
An [F] armchair calls to [G]
you [F] Yeah, this armchair [G] calls to you
And it says that [C] someday We'll
[Em] get back at them all
[C]
With a box and a [G] pair of pliers As [A] [Bm] [C] ancient sea slugs begin [Em] to crawl
Through
[C] the ragweed and [G] barbed wire
And how [C] long did you get right?
You didn't [G] call
[F] It didn't cross your [G] mind at all Into [C] the waves, the waves of [G] Aeon Squall
You [F]
couldn't feel it, say [G] it all You're 55 and 3 [F] 8 years
55 [G] and 3 [F] 8 years
So [Em]
[F]
tired
[G] [F]
[C]
[F]
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [A] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ dreamed you were a _ carousel Of _
_ [G] _ _ _ a space between a chair
_ _ _ _ [A] _
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ And I was a _ _ cartographer _ Of [G] _ _ _ the tangles in your _ _ _ _ _ hair
[F] _ _ _ _ _
Silence on the silence _ _ _ is one _ That everybody _ knows
_ [G#] Oh, [Fm] everybody [G] _ [C] knows the sound _ _ That _ _ silence is _ _ _ _ _ _
This one's [G] heavy _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ This one's a wavy _ parka floor [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ You're hanging from the _ stairs
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ These dark and [Em] empty rooms are [C] floors _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Of _ _ incandescent hell _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] Awkward [F] path _ or [C] [G] fatal flung [F] _ time _ _ It's a crooked boat _ [C] or Tom's a crooked _ boat
_ _ A time you need to long to know _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Out just like a [G] friend _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ Grab hold of your [B] _ bootstrap _ On a polar [Em] _ carol _ _ _ _
[E] To love until you feel so near [Am] and free _ _ _ I [Em] would let you [D] go
_ As _ if you [G] lacked the proper chemicals _ [C] To know _ _ [G] how _
[Am] The way I felt [A] the last time [B] You let _ yourself _ _ _
[F] _ fall _ _ this _ _ _ _ _ _ low _
And _ say, _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ silence is a crooked [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ boat _ _ _ _ _ Tom's a [F#] crooked _ _ boat _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ 55 and [G] 3 8 years later _ _ [F] _ At the bottom of this [G] gigantic crater _
An [F] _ armchair calls to _ [G]
you _ [F] Yeah, this _ armchair [G] calls to you
And it says that [C] someday _ We'll _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ get back at them all
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
With a box and a [G] pair of pliers _ As [A] _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ ancient sea slugs begin [Em] to crawl
_ Through _ _
[C] _ _ the ragweed and [G] barbed wire _ _ _ _ _ _
And how _ [C] long did you get right?
You didn't [G] call _ _ _
_ [F] _ It didn't cross your [G] mind at _ all _ Into [C] the _ waves, the waves of [G] Aeon _ Squall
_ You [F] _ _
couldn't feel it, say [G] it all You're 55 and 3 [F] 8 years _ _ _
55 [G] _ _ _ _ _ and 3 [F] 8 years
_ So _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ tired
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[C] _ _ I [Am] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [A] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ dreamed you were a _ carousel Of _
_ [G] _ _ _ a space between a chair
_ _ _ _ [A] _
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ And I was a _ _ cartographer _ Of [G] _ _ _ the tangles in your _ _ _ _ _ hair
[F] _ _ _ _ _
Silence on the silence _ _ _ is one _ That everybody _ knows
_ [G#] Oh, [Fm] everybody [G] _ [C] knows the sound _ _ That _ _ silence is _ _ _ _ _ _
This one's [G] heavy _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ This one's a wavy _ parka floor [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ You're hanging from the _ stairs
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ These dark and [Em] empty rooms are [C] floors _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Of _ _ incandescent hell _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] Awkward [F] path _ or [C] [G] fatal flung [F] _ time _ _ It's a crooked boat _ [C] or Tom's a crooked _ boat
_ _ A time you need to long to know _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Out just like a [G] friend _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ Grab hold of your [B] _ bootstrap _ On a polar [Em] _ carol _ _ _ _
[E] To love until you feel so near [Am] and free _ _ _ I [Em] would let you [D] go
_ As _ if you [G] lacked the proper chemicals _ [C] To know _ _ [G] how _
[Am] The way I felt [A] the last time [B] You let _ yourself _ _ _
[F] _ fall _ _ this _ _ _ _ _ _ low _
And _ say, _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ silence is a crooked [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ boat _ _ _ _ _ Tom's a [F#] crooked _ _ boat _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ 55 and [G] 3 8 years later _ _ [F] _ At the bottom of this [G] gigantic crater _
An [F] _ armchair calls to _ [G]
you _ [F] Yeah, this _ armchair [G] calls to you
And it says that [C] someday _ We'll _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ get back at them all
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
With a box and a [G] pair of pliers _ As [A] _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ ancient sea slugs begin [Em] to crawl
_ Through _ _
[C] _ _ the ragweed and [G] barbed wire _ _ _ _ _ _
And how _ [C] long did you get right?
You didn't [G] call _ _ _
_ [F] _ It didn't cross your [G] mind at _ all _ Into [C] the _ waves, the waves of [G] Aeon _ Squall
_ You [F] _ _
couldn't feel it, say [G] it all You're 55 and 3 [F] 8 years _ _ _
55 [G] _ _ _ _ _ and 3 [F] 8 years
_ So _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ tired
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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