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Armchairs

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1/38

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 38Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Intro:
e|----------------------------------|
B|------1------1------0------0------|
G|-----0------0------0------0-------|
D|----2------2------2------2--------|
A|-3------0------2------0-------3---|
E|----------------------------------|
Riff:
e|----------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
G|----------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------|--------2----|
A|-------0-0---2-2------------|---2/3--2--0-----2---|----0-2---3--|
E|-3-3---------------0-0---3--|-3-----------3-------|--3----------|
CI dreamed you were a cosmonaut ---G- of the space between our chairs
   CAnd I was a cartographer ---G- of the tangles in your hair
   Fmaj7I sighed a song that silence brings - It's the one that everybody 
knows, everybody kCnows -- the song that silence sings                                          
And this is how it Ggoes
Intro -> then riff over lyrics: 
CThese looms that weave apocrypha ---G- they're hanging from a strand
   CThe dark and empty rooms were full ---G- of incandescent hands
   Fmaj7awkward pause(paws) - a fatal flaw - Time, it's a crooked bow
Time is a crooked Cbow
CIn time you need to learn, to love - The ebb just like the Gflow                      
D7Grab hold of your B7bootstraps, and pull like Emhell
until gravEity feels sorry for Amyou, and lets you gDo
As Gif you lack the proper chemicals to knCow, C/Boh
tAmhe way it felt the last time you let youBmrself - fall tFmaj7his low
Fmaj7Time, Oh time - it’s a crooked bCow
Time's a crookeC/Gd bow - TFime, it's a crooked C/Gbow
FFifty-five and three-eighths years Glater
FAt the bottom of a gigantic Gcrater - FAn armchair calls to Gyou
Yeah, thiFs armchair calls tGo you       
It says, Csomeday, we'll get back at thCmaj7em all
With epoxy and a pair of Gpliers
CAs ancient sea slugs begin tCmaj7o crawl
through the ragweed and barbed Gwire
CYou didn't write - You didn't Gcall --- FIt didn't cross your mind 
Gat all - and through thCe waves --- waves of A.M. Gsquall
FYou couldn't feel a thing at Gall - Fifty-five and three-eigFmaj7hths 
tall - Fifty-five and three-eightFmaj7hs tall  …time --- time                                                     
 Fmaj7= XX3210
 B7= X2120X
 Cmaj7= X32000
Walk up - G to C      Walk down - C to G
A|----0--2--3-|        |-3--2--0----| 
E|-3----------|        |----------3-|

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Armchairs

by Andrew Bird

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

C/B

C/G

Cmaj7

Intro:

e|----------------------------------|

B|------1------1------0------0------|

G|-----0------0------0------0-------|

D|----2------2------2------2--------|

A|-3------0------2------0-------3---|

E|----------------------------------|

Riff:

e|----------------------------|---------------------|-------------|

B|----------------------------|---------------------|-------------|

G|----------------------------|---------------------|-------------|

D|----------------------------|---------------------|--------2----|

A|-------0-0---2-2------------|---2/3--2--0-----2---|----0-2---3--|

E|-3-3---------------0-0---3--|-3-----------3-------|--3----------|

C G

I dreamed you were a cosmonaut ---- of the space between our chairs

C G

And I was a cartographer ---- of the tangles in your hair

Fmaj7

I sighed a song that silence brings - It's the one that everybody

knows, everybody knows -- the song that silence sings

And this is how it goes

Intro -> then riff over lyrics:

C G

These looms that weave apocrypha ---- they're hanging from a strand

C G

The dark and empty rooms were full ---- of incandescent hands

Fmaj7

awkward pause(paws) - a fatal flaw - Time, it's a crooked bow

Time is a crooked bow

C G

In time you need to learn, to love - The ebb just like the flow

D7 B7 Em

Grab hold of your bootstraps, and pull like hell

E Am D

until gravity feels sorry for you, and lets you go

G C C/B

As if you lack the proper chemicals to know, oh

Am Bm Fmaj7

the way it felt the last time you let yourself - fall this low

Fmaj7 C

Time, Oh time - it’s a crooked bow

C/G F C/G

Time's a crooked bow - Time, it's a crooked bow

F G

Fifty-five and three-eighths years later

F G F G

At the bottom of a gigantic crater - An armchair calls to you

F G

Yeah, this armchair calls to you

C Cmaj7

It says, someday, we'll get back at them all

With epoxy and a pair of pliers

C Cmaj7

As ancient sea slugs begin to crawl

through the ragweed and barbed wire

C G F

You didn't write - You didn't call --- It didn't cross your mind

G C G

at all - and through the waves --- waves of A.M. squall

F G Fmaj7

You couldn't feel a thing at all - Fifty-five and three-eighths

Fmaj7

tall - Fifty-five and three-eighths tall …time --- time

Fmaj7

= XX3210

= X2120X

Cmaj7

= X32000

Walk up - G to C Walk down - C to G

A|----0--2--3-| |-3--2--0----|

E|-3----------| |----------3-|

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