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Fake Palindromes Tab

by Andrew Bird


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):
 Riff
[--0----------------0h1--0-----------]
[--1------1------3----------3--------]
[--0---------------------------------]   Repeat: 8x
[--2---------------------------------]         
[--3---------------------------------]
[------------------------------------]

 Riff

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

 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:


my dewy-eyed disney bride, what has tried
                             
swapping your blood with formaldehyde?

monsters?

whiskey-plied voices cried fratricide!
                                
jesus don't you know that you could've died, you should've died
                                                         
with the monsters that talk, monsters that walk the earth

Chorus:

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

 Riff x3
Transition Riff

Verse:

                    
certain fads, stripes and plaids, singles ads
                                  
they run you hot and cold like a rheostat, i mean a thermostat
                                                
so you bite on a towel, hope it won't hurt too bad

my dewy-eyed disney bride, what has tried
                             
swapping your blood with formaldehyde?
                                                     
what monsters that talk, monsters that walk the earth

Chorus:

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

 Riff x3

end on C

alright.. enjoy