Biography:
Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician. He was born in Lake Bluff, Illinois and resides in the Chicago area. Bird is a singer, a violinist and, since 2004, a guitarist. He is also an accomplished whistler.
His early work, which echoed gypsy jazz and traditional folk, has led into his current sound, which mixes rock with more broad compositions. His years of solo song-craft have now enabled him to produce a sound that is uniquely his own.
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Measuring Cups
As recorded by Andrew Bird on the album The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Transcribed by Cameron Brydon ([email protected])
Watch Andrew Bird live on www.fabchannel.com or on www.andrewbird.net, or go to
http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php to download live audio.
Standard Tuning
Intro Chords
G - D - A - Em (X2)
Verse 1
G D A Em G
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game
D A Em G
Come to the front of the class and we'll measure your brain
D E
We'll give you a complex and we'll give it a name
G D A Em G
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game
D A Em G
Can't have the cream when the crop and the cream are the same
D E
Liquid or gas no more than the glass will contain
Chorus
G D
When you talk about the hand of glory
A Em
A tale that's rather grim and gory
G D E
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed?
G D E
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed
Intro Chords (X2)
G - D - E
Verse 2
G D A
I think they're gonna make you start over
Em G
You don't want to start over
D A
Put your backpack on your shoulder
Em G
Be the good little soldier
D
Take your places now
E
'Cause we're all predisposed
G D A Em G
Measuring cups, play a new game
D A Em G
Front of the class, measure your brain
D E
Give you a complex and we'll give it a name
G D
When you talk about the hand of glory
A Em
A tale that's rather grim and gory
G D E
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed?
G D E
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed
G D A
Put your backpack on your shoulder
Em
Be the good little soldier
G D
It's no different when your older
E
You're predisposed
G Bbm
That's all for questions now
D
The case is closed!
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
As recorded by Andrew Bird on the album The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Transcribed by Cameron Brydon ([email protected])
Watch Andrew Bird live on www.fabchannel.com or on www.andrewbird.net, or go to
http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php to download live audio.
Standard Tuning
Intro Chords
G - D - A - Em (X2)
Verse 1
G D A Em G
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game
D A Em G
Come to the front of the class and we'll measure your brain
D E
We'll give you a complex and we'll give it a name
G D A Em G
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game
D A Em G
Can't have the cream when the crop and the cream are the same
D E
Liquid or gas no more than the glass will contain
Chorus
G D
When you talk about the hand of glory
A Em
A tale that's rather grim and gory
G D E
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed?
G D E
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed
Intro Chords (X2)
G - D - E
Verse 2
G D A
I think they're gonna make you start over
Em G
You don't want to start over
D A
Put your backpack on your shoulder
Em G
Be the good little soldier
D
Take your places now
E
'Cause we're all predisposed
G D A Em G
Measuring cups, play a new game
D A Em G
Front of the class, measure your brain
D E
Give you a complex and we'll give it a name
G D
When you talk about the hand of glory
A Em
A tale that's rather grim and gory
G D E
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed?
G D E
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed
G D A
Put your backpack on your shoulder
Em
Be the good little soldier
G D
It's no different when your older
E
You're predisposed
G Bbm
That's all for questions now
D
The case is closed!
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
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