{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1844548,"song":"Chemical Switches","artist":"Andrew Bird","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11408574-chemical-switches-chords-by-andrew-bird/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1844548?type=chord","rating":4.73489,"votes":32,"content":"Beautiful song off of Andrew Bird's latest album \"Are you Serious\". To my ear it sounds\r\nbest played with barre chords with the C and Em frequently open. Amazingly, the track on\r\nthe album was recorded in a single take by Blake Mills on guitar - play around with hammer\r\non the A and E strings to emulate his wonderful playing style.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n(pluck the open low E string then Hammer on into a Barre G to sound like the recording)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Whistling  Bit]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI keep hearing a vicious rumor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom the back rooms, to the alleys, to the avenues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat you lost your sense of humor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the first place you look is the soles of your shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I watch these ice fields melt into the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWarming you're oceans to centuries[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWill your saline waters bring you back to me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh the weight is bringing me to my knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nChemical switches thrown in the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll it takes is a spark to begin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd can you tell which is the one with a mark[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat bleeds through the clothes to the skin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Whistling Interlude]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nToo long I keep searching the alleys and avenues[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut it seems I'm doing it wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor I've seen neither hide nor hair of you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Humming/Singing Interlude]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it's a short short walk from pebbles to bricks[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom stones back to sticks[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe're lowering the boiling point[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd as time goes by, gets harder to fix[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a volatile mix, like hydrogen and oxygen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nChemical switches thrown in the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll it takes is a spark to begin[/tab]","plain_text":"Beautiful song off of Andrew Bird's latest album \"Are you Serious\". To my ear it sounds\nbest played with barre chords with the C and Em frequently open. Amazingly, the track on\nthe album was recorded in a single take by Blake Mills on guitar - play around with hammer\non the A and E strings to emulate his wonderful playing style.\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n[Whistling  Bit]\nAm G F\nG Dm Em\nAm G F\nG F C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Whistling Interlude]\nAm G F\nG Dm Em\nAm G F\nG F C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n[Humming/Singing Interlude]\nAm G F\nG Dm Em\nAm G F\nG F C\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Em","A","E","G","Am","F","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}