Measuring Cups
As recorded by Andrew Bird on the album The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Transcribed by Cameron Brydon (brydon5@hotmail.com)
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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
