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Tables And Chairs

Andrew Bird
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Figure 1
E--2---2---2---2---|
B--3---3---3---3---|
G--X---X---X---X---|
D--4---4---5---0---|
A------------------|
E------------------|
 Fig. 1 twice
 If we can call them friends then we can call them on red telephones
 And the won't pretend that they're too busy or they're not alone
Figure 2
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------|
D---2----0-------0--2----0--------0---2-----0-----------|
A-----2-------2--------2-------2---------2---------2----|(hold, let ring)
E----------3----------------3------------------3--------|
 Figure 2
 And if we can call them friends we can call
 Holler at 'em down these hallowed halls
 Just don't let the human factor
 Fail to be a factor..at all
 Chords: D and Dsus4(? not sure if this is correct name)
 On the record and live he doesn't add the G on the 6th string, but if you are playing by
 it makes the sound much bigger and more powerful.
E--2
 B--3
 G--0
 D--0
 A--x
 E--3
 Don't
 Don't you worry
 About the atmosphere
 Or any  sudden pressure change
 Chords: ,  w/  on  string, ,
E--2
 B--3
 G--2
 D--0
 A--4
 E--x
 And did  you
 Did you see  how
 All our friends  were there
 And were drinking  roses  from a can
 And how
 How I wish  I
 I had talked  to them
 And I wished  they
 Fit into the plan
 Chords , ,
 The Acan be barred or played like this:
 E--X
 B--3
 G--3
 D--3
 A--X
 E---
 And we were tired  of being mi---ld
 We were so tired  of being mi---ld
 We were  so tired
 Chords: same as Verse 2
 I know we're gonna meet  someday
 In the crumbled  financial institutions  of this land
 There will be tables  and chairs, pony  rides and dancing bears
 There'll even be a band
 'Cause listen after  The Fall, there'll be no  more countries
 No currencies  at all
 We're gonna live  off our wits, throw  away survival kits
 Trade butterfly  knives for Adderall
 And that's not  all
 Whoa,  there will be snacks  there will
 There will be snacks  there will
 Be  There will be snacks
 Repeat chords until next section (maybe 8x)
 Back to Bridge
 And we were tired  of being mi---ld
 We were so tired  of being mi---ld
 We weeeeeeeere  so tired
 So don't  you,  don't you worry
 About the atmosphere

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Readable chord sheet for Tables And Chairs by Andrew Bird

Figure 1
E--2---2---2---2---|
B--3---3---3---3---|
G--X---X---X---X---|
D--4---4---5---0---|
A------------------|
E------------------|

Fig. 1 twice
If we can call them friends then we can call them on red telephones

And the won't pretend that they're too busy or they're not alone

Figure 2
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------|
D---2----0-------0--2----0--------0---2-----0-----------|
A-----2-------2--------2-------2---------2---------2----|(hold, let ring)
E----------3----------------3------------------3--------|

Figure 2
And if we can call them friends we can call
Holler at 'em down these hallowed halls
Just don't let the human factor
Fail to be a factor..at all

Chords: D and Dsus4(? not sure if this is correct name)
On the record and live he doesn't add the G on the 6th string, but if you are playing by
it makes the sound much bigger and more powerful.

[Dsus4]E--2
B--3
G--0
D--0
A--x
E--3

Don't[D]
Don't you [Dsus4]worry
About the [D]atmosphere
Or [Dsus4]any sudden pressure change[D]

[D] [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4]

Chords: [D], [D] w/ [A] [C#] on [A] string, [Bm],[G]
[D/C#]E--2
B--3
G--2
D--0
A--4
E--x

And d[D]id you  [D/C#]
Did you s[Bm]ee how [G]
All our f[D]riends were there [D/C#]
And were dr[Bm]inking r[G]oses from a can

[D] [D/C#] [Bm] [G]

And [D]how [D/C#]
How I w[Bm]ish I [G]
I had t[D]alked to them  [D/C#]
And I wi[Bm]shed they  [G]
Fit into the p[D]lan

Chords [D], [Bb], [A]
The A
E--X
B--3
G--3
D--3
A--X
E---

[D]      And we were [Bb]tired of being [A]mi---[D]ld
We were so t[Bb]ired of being [A]mi---l[D]d
We w[Bb]ere so [A]tired

Chords: same as Verse 2

I know we're gonna [D]meet someday
In the c[D/C#]rumbled financial insti[Bm]tutions of this land  [G]
There will be [D]tables and chairs, pon[D/C#]y rides and dancing [Bm]bears
There'll even be a band [G]
'Cause listen [D]after The Fall, there'll be [D/C#]no more countries
No [Bm]currencies at all  [G]
We're gonna l[D]ive off our wits, thro[D/C#]w away survival kits
Trade [Bm]butterfly knives for Adderall [G]
And that's n[D]ot all
Who[D/C#]a, there will be s[Bm]nacks there will [G]
There will be s[D]nacks there will  [D/C#]
Be  [Bm]       [G]  There will be snacks

Repeat chords until next section (maybe 8x)

Back to Bridge
[D] [Bb] [A]
[D] [Bb] [A]

[D]      And we were [Bb]tired of being [A]mi---[D]ld
We were so t[Bb]ired of being [A]mi---l[D]d
We w[Bb]eeeeeeeere so t[A]ired

So d[D]on't you,[D/C#]    don't you w[Bm]orry
[G]    About the [D]atmosphere

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