Effigy Chords by Andrew Bird

[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Cm] _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] If you come to [Ab] find me affable, _ [Eb] build a replica [Bb] for me,
_ _ [C]
[Eb] Would the idea to [Ab] you be laughable?
_ [Eb] Of a pale [Bb] facsimile?
_ _ [Eb] So will you come to [Ab] burn an effigy?
_ [Eb] It should keep the [Bb] flies away. _
[Eb] And when you long to [Ab] burn this effigy,
It should be,
[Eb] For the hours [Bb] that slip away,
[Cm] Slip away.
_ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [B] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] It could be you, [Bb] it could be me,
[F] Walking the doors, [Ab] drinking for free,
[Cm] Carrying on with your [G] conspiracies,
[Ab] Filling the room with a sense of unease,
[Bb] Fake conversations on a [Eb] non-existent [C] telephone,
[Fm] Like the words of a [Bb] man who spent a little too [Eb] much
[C] Time alone,
[F] When one has spent [Bb] too much time alone.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] So will you come to [Ab] burn my effigy?
[Eb] It should keep the [Bb] flies away.
_ [Eb] If you long to [Ab] burn an effigy,
It should be,
[Ab] For [Eb] the man [Bb] who has lost his way,
[Cm] Slips away.
[F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [B] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] It could be you, [Bb] it could be me,
[Fm] Walking the doors, [Ab] drinking for free,
[Cm] Carrying on with your [G] conspiracies,
[Ab] Filling the room with a sense of unease,
[Bb] Fake conversations on [Eb] a non-existent [C] telephone,
[Fm] Like [Bb] the words of a man who spent a [Eb] little too much time [C] Alone,
[Fm] When one has [Bb] spent too much time alone. _ _
[Ab] La, [Cm] la, la-la-la [Bb]-la-la.
_ [Fm] _
La, [Cm] la-la-la [G]-la-la-la.
[Ab] _ _
La, [Cm] la, [Bb] la-la-la-la-la.
[Fm] _ _
La, [Cm] la-la-la [G]-la-la-la.
[Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _