Cardiff Giant
MewithoutyouVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
These lead lines are played over the chords throughout most of the song:
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--11-11--14-11-9~-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------11-11--14-11-9-7~-|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
Ragged robbins for the curtain call
Wrapped in ribbons on the trailer door
Carved initials in a concrete footstall
On the imitation marble floor
We're the boxtop admissions and their throwaways,
Strewn across tobacco roads
With their wormwood shots and their snake oil plots
Drunk sheepshank con men and their sycophants
And I
I often wonder if I've already died
Out at elbows by the encore
But there's a citadel inside
Where I'll go and shape my heart like yours,
As you shape yours like mine
Where we're the spiraling arms of all galaxies
And we're the microscopic sand
Suffering from delusions of ungrandeur on middling display
Beside the Cardiff giant with the alabaster eyes
I often wonder if I've already died
I often wonder if I've already died,
: repeat 4x
Or if the 'I'
if the 'I'
is an unintelligible lie
:
Off we flew like swarms of hornets
'Woken up' from winter's rest
To colonize with plastic pulp
Our neighbor's perfect paper nest
While all year round potter wasp
Has buzzed her unhinged song
You can hear its creaking in our floorboards
Megalomania's only mania if you're wrong
, , x2
: e|---| : e|-2-| : e|-2-|
B|-2-| B|-2-| B|-3-|
G|-2-| G|-2-| G|-2-|
D|-2-| D|-4-| D|-0-|
A|-0-| A|-4-| A|---|
E|---| E|-2-| E|---|
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Readable chord sheet for Cardiff Giant by Mewithoutyou
These lead lines are played over the chords throughout most of the song: e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|--11-11--14-11-9~-----------------------------| D|----------------------------11-11--14-11-9-7~-| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| [A]Ragged robbins for the c[F#m]urtain call [D] [A]Wrapped in ribbons on the [F#m]trailer door [D] [A]Carved initials in a con[F#m]crete footstall [D] [A]On the imitation m[F#m]arble floor [D] [A]We're the boxtop admis[F#m]sions and thei[D]r throwaways, [A]Strewn across to[F#m]bacco ro[D]ads [A]With their wormwood s[F#m]hots and their s[D]nake oil plots [A]Drunk sheepshank co[F#m]n men and their[D] sycophants [A]An[F#m]d I [D] [A]I often w[F#m]onder if I've alr[D]eady died [GUITAR DROPS OUT; Only bass/drums play for a frame] [A]Out at elbows by[F#m] the encore [D] [A]But there's a citadel[F#m] inside [D] [A]Where I'll go and shape my [F#m]heart like you[D]rs, [A]As you shape yours [F#m]like mine[D] [A]Where we're the spiraling a[F#m]rms of all gala[D]xies [A]And we're the microscop[F#m]ic sand [D] [A]Suffering from delusions of ung[F#m]randeur on m[D]iddling display [A]Beside the Cardiff gi[F#m]ant with the alab[D]aster e[A]ye[F#m]s [D] [A]I often wo[F#m]nder if I've al[D]ready [A]di[F#m]ed [D] [A]I often w[F#m]onder if I've alr[D]eady died, : repeat 4x [A]Or if the 'I' [A]if the 'I' [A]is an uninte[D]lligible lie : [A]Off we flew like swarms of hornets [F#m]'Woken up' from w[D]inter's rest [A]To colonize with plastic pulp Our ne[F#m]ighbor's perfect p[D]aper nest [A]While all year round potter wasp Has bu[F#m]zzed her unhi[D]nged song [A]You can hear its creaking in our floorboards [F#m]Megalomania's only ma[D]nia if you're wrong [A], [F#m], [D] x2 [A] [A]: e|---| [F#m]: e|-2-| [D]: e|-2-| B|-2-| B|-2-| B|-3-| G|-2-| G|-2-| G|-2-| D|-2-| D|-4-| D|-0-| A|-0-| A|-4-| A|---| E|---| E|-2-| E|---|