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A NERVOUS TIC MOTION OF THE HEAD TO THE LEFT - Andrew Bird
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Tabbed by: Ridcullylives
Email: popohau1@comcast.net
Tuning: Standard
INTRO:
Dm
Over prescribed
G
Under the mister
C C/B
We had survived to
A7
Turn on the history channel
Dm G
And ask our esteemed panel
C
Why are we alive
C/B A7
And here's how they replied
Dm G
You're what happens when two substances collide
Dm G Am
And by all accounts you really should've died
E Am
(with Riff 1)
Am C/G Gm F E
VERSE:
Am C/G
Stretched out on the tarmac
Gm F E
Six miles south of North Platte
Am C/G
He can't stand to look back
Gm F E
At sixteen tons of HazMat
PRE-CHORUS:
Am
And it's what goes
B E
Undelivered
A D Gm Gm/F E
Undelivered
CHORUS:
Am C/G Gm
And it's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
F
It's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
E
Of the what? Of the head to the left
Am C/G Gm
Exercise yourself 'till you're bereft
F
'Cause it's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
E
Of the...of the...to the...
(Riff 1)
(verse and prechorus same chords second time)
VERSE:
Splayed out on a bathmat
Six miles north of South Platte
And he just wants his life back
What's in that paper knapsack
PRE-CHORUS:
It's what goes
Undelivered
Undelivered
Am C/G Gm
It's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
F E
A nervous tic motion of the head
(Riff 1 x2 w/ improv vocals)
OUTRO:
Dm
Over imbibed
G
Under the mister
C C/B
Barely alive we
A7 Dm
Cover the blisters in flannel
G
Though the words we speak are banal
C
Not one of them's a lie
C/B A7
Not one of them's a lie
Dm
You're what happens when
G
Two substances collide
Dm
And by all accounts
Am
You really should've died
Riff 1: (in case any of you don't have Mr. Bird's whistling skills and would rather play
on guitar)
Am C/G Gm F E
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
