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A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left

Andrew Bird
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
(Either strum once lightly for melancholy effect or rhythmically)
We had survived to
{section: Interlude}
RIFF 1):
G]-----99--------[x2]-----99-55----[x2]----77-------[x2]--|{eot}
{sot}D]--77----1010-77------55-------55------55----88-55-------|
G]-----99--------------1010-99-----------| {last measure{eot}
D]--77----1010-77---77---------99--------| one time}
(All notes should be relatively staccato)
[[Play this Interlude into Verse as many times as you want… Or if you are
as does Andrew in his live version, then play until comfortable. w/ looping, have riff continue
Verses and Chorus.]]
{section: Verse 1}
{section: Pre-chorus}
{section: Chorus}
{section: 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
{section: Pre-chorus}
{section: Chorus}
{section: Outro}
(Song order may vary -Follow recording or cover in your own way.

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Arrangement source for A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left by Andrew Bird

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
(Either strum once lightly for melancholy effect or rhythmically)
[Dm]Over prescribed
[G]Under the mister
[C]      [C/B]   (01022X) Play as walk down from open chord ‘C’
We had survived to
[A7]Turn on the history channel
[Dm]And ask our esteemed [G]panel
Why are we [C]alive
And [C/B]here's how they re[A7]plied
[Dm]You're what happens when two substances [G]collide
And by [Dm]all accounts you [G]really should've [Am]died
[Am]      [E]
        [E]       (Then play ‘E’ chord loud into interlude…)

{section: Interlude}
RIFF 1):
{sot}[Am] [C/G] [Gm] [F] [E] (Interlude chords played behind RIFF 1)
         [Am]                [C/G]              [Gm]
G]-----99--------[x2]-----99-55----[x2]----77-------[x2]--|{eot}
{sot}D]--77----1010-77------55-------55------55----88-55-------|
          [F]               [E]
G]-----99--------------1010-99-----------|    {last measure{eot}
D]--77----1010-77---77---------99--------|    one time}
(All notes should be relatively staccato)

[[Play this Interlude into Verse as many times as you want… Or if you are
as does Andrew in his live version, then play until comfortable. w/ looping, have riff continue
Verses and Chorus.]]

{section: Verse 1}
[Am]Stretched out on the [C/G]tarmac
[Gm]Six miles south of [F]North Platte   [E]
[Am]He can't stand to [C/G]look back
[Gm]At sixteen tons of [F]HazMat    [E]

{section: Pre-chorus}
And it's what [Am]goes
[B]Undeli[E]vered
[A]Unde[D]liver[Gm]ed [Gm]    [F]      [E]
{section: Chorus}
And it's a [Am]nervous tic motion of the [C/G]head to the left    [Gm]
It's a nervous tic motion of the [F]head to the left
Of the what? Of the [E]head to the left
[Am]Exercise yourself 'till [C/G]you're bereft  [Gm]
'Cause it's a nervous tic motion of the [F]head to the left
Of the...of the...[E]to the...

{section: Verse}
[Am]                      [C/G] ..etc.
Splayed out on a bathmat
Six miles north of South Platte
And he just wants his life back
What's in that paper knapsack

{section: Pre-chorus}
And it's what [Am]goes
[B]Undeli[E]vered
[A]Unde[D]liver[Gm]ed [Gm]    [F]      [E]
{section: Chorus}
[Am]It's a nervous tic motion of the [C/G]head to the left  [Gm]
A nervous tic [F]motion of the [E]head

{section: Outro}
[Dm]Over imbibed
[G]Under the mister
[C]Barely [C/B]alive we
[A7]Cover the blisters in [Dm]flannel
Though the words we speak are [G]banal
Not one of them's a [C]lie
Not [C/B]one of them's a [A7]lie
You're what [Dm]happens when
Two substances [G]collide
And by all [Dm]accounts
You really should've [Am]died
(Song order may vary -Follow recording or cover in your own way.

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