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Chris Michaels

The Fiery Furnaces
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D-DU-UDU
Later at  lunch with the  taco lettuce crunch crunch
She  sets herself apart the bunch
How  bad does she  seem?  She makes me  wanna scream.
 On the  phone with the  West Glen Ellen rest home
Talking  up a tattle tome
How  bad does she  seem?  She makes me  wanna scream.
 My mama's gonna babysit tonight,  did you hear Melinda got into a fight
 You whore you bitch she said well that serves her right
 Talking all mad, you know she really isn't being sad
 Her baby daddy's name is Tad
 How bad does she seem? She makes me wanna scream.
 Well yesterday you know she didn't none of that to say
 She queen bee turned and walked away.
 How bad does she seem? She makes me wanna scream.
 Her boyfriend calls her up on the other line
 She tells him sweetie sweetie sweetie sweetie mine
 He spaces out and thinks to himself all the time:
 My baby's got  a stick stuck out her beak!
  My baby takes a drink out of the leak!
  My baby's got a blue-green sweater
 And a nest down by the creek.
Plume  bloom bloom blaby bloom,  cheep cheep beep bee bee beep!
 Where did you for lunchtime go?
 Did Kevin and Jenny show?
 Do you wanna go out tonight?
 No.
 Plume bloom bloom blaby bloom, cheep cheep beep bee bee beep!
 Remember  that girl down the end? She was my  friend.
 But  just now she's angry, came up
 And said  you're so so  stup, it's  all  disrup
 You blah blah  this this  that, so now  shup
 You messed it  up.
 Remember that girlfriend of Al's? Well we were pals.
 Today she was angry, came up
 And said you're so so stup, it's all disrup
 You blah blah this this that, so now shup
 You mess me up.
 Then  Tony, of the Franklin Park  Hockey Club
Went  to Gunzo's and bought  a goalie glove
Jessica  was supposed to meet him back of  Mannheim
Kitchen  back door by all the  grease and grime.
 Was a little  bird at my back  door, said  your true love's let you down.
  Was a little bird at my window, said that he's been runnin' round.
  He's working up the courage so to leave you.
  He's getting ready to say he don't love you.
 Well Tony took it all in stride
 Said "don't be silly" but wondered who had spied
 Jessica, driving down Wolf Road
 Roll up the windows baby, talk in code.
 I'm the little bird at your back door, said your true love's let you down.
 I'm the little bird through your chimney, said that he's been runnin' round.
 He's working up the courage so to leave you.
 He's getting ready to say he don't love you.
 Then she  bumped into purses, stole  a  credit  card
Writing  Chris Michaels, no it  wasn't hard
Number  five terminal with the  yogurt  cup
Reading  a young miss as she  slurps it up
Nasty  message when he don't  pick up
 Layover Aden, watch the local news
 Ninety-nine and humid, all the Red Sea blues
 Landing in Delhi, take a third class train
 Umbrella vendor in the autumn rain
 Then the cops come by and ask your name
 With his chillum and  chillum chee
 The cazee sentences  me
 So now  go where you're supposed to  be
  ] ]
 And give up your Devi Desi
 I's paraded on through  the choke
 When my leg irons broke
 And my  bicycle wheel  spoke
] ]
 The Bombay Army's no joke.
 On the top of a Naracan Dam
 Started our picnic then Bam!
 My Devi 'n me had to scram
 Quick down to Madras a’lamb
 Thought as a tindal that I could blend
 As I got to pretend
 From laziness, the gang defend
 Pick up your pick axe and rend!
Fasten  your seatbelt and take  hold of my arm
That's  what she said before set  off my alarm
] ]
 Baby gotta go, baby gotta go.
I  know
She's  gonna go
I  know
]
 She's gonna go
 Down in Columbo girl whatever you want
 But then the surf and cobras, tigers all taunt
 Baby gotta go, baby gotta go.
 I know
 She's gonna go
 I know
 She's gonna go
]

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Readable chord sheet for Chris Michaels by The Fiery Furnaces

[D]

[D]Later [C]at lunch with [A7]the taco lettuce crunch crunch

[A7]She sets herself apart the bunch

[G]How bad does s[E]he s[G]eem? She makes me[D] wanna scream.

On the[C] phone with t[A7]he West Glen Ellen rest home

[A7]Talking up a tattle tome

[G]How bad does s[E]he s[G]eem? She makes me[D] wanna sc[D]ream.[A]     [C]          [G]

[F#]    My mama's gonna babysit tonigh[A]t, did you hear Melinda got into a fight

[Bb5]    You whore you bitch she said well that serves her right

[repeat above chords]
Talking all mad, you know she really isn't being sad
Her baby daddy's name is Tad
How bad does she seem? She makes me wanna scream.
Well yesterday you know she didn't none of that to say
She queen bee turned and walked away.
How bad does she seem? She makes me wanna scream.
Her boyfriend calls her up on the other line
She tells him sweetie sweetie sweetie sweetie mine
He spaces out and thinks to himself all the time:

[E5]    My baby's got[Bb5] a stick stuck out her beak!
    My baby takes a drink out of the leak!
    My baby's got a blue-green sweater

[A5]    And a nest down by the creek.

[E5]Plume bloom bloom blaby bloo[F#5]m, cheep cheep beep bee bee bee[A]p!

[repeat above chords]
Where did you for lunchtime go?
Did Kevin and Jenny show?
Do you wanna go out tonight?
No.
Plume bloom bloom blaby bloom, cheep cheep beep bee bee beep!

R[Ebm]emember that girl down the end? She was [Bb]my friend.

But[Ebm] just now she's angry, came up

And said[D5] you're so so[A5] stup, i[D5]t's al[A5]l disrup
You blah blah[D5] this th[A5]is that, so no[B5]w shup
You messed it[B5] up.

[Ebm]    [Bb]

[repeat above chords]
Remember that girlfriend of Al's? Well we were pals.
Today she was angry, came up
And said you're so so stup, it's all disrup
You blah blah this this that, so now shup
You mess me up.

Then[E5] Tony, of the Franklin Pa[A5]rk Hockey Club

[B5]Went to Gunzo's and bought[G5] a goalie glove

[E5]Jessica was supposed to meet him back [A5]of Mannheim

[B5]Kitchen back door by all t[G5]he grease and grime.

[D5]    Was a litt[C5]le bird at my [G5]back door, sai[F5]d your true love's let you down.
    Was a little bird at my window, said that he's been runnin' round.
    He's working up the courage so to leave you.
    He's getting ready to say he don't love you.

[repeat above chords]
Well Tony took it all in stride
Said "don't be silly" but wondered who had spied
Jessica, driving down Wolf Road
Roll up the windows baby, talk in code.

I'm the little bird at your back door, said your true love's let you down.
I'm the little bird through your chimney, said that he's been runnin' round.
He's working up the courage so to leave you.
He's getting ready to say he don't love you.

[E]

Then she[B7] bumped into purses, stole[E] a[F] c[F#]redit card

[D]Writing Chris Michaels, no [C#]it wasn't hard

[B7]Number five terminal with t[E]he[F] y[F#]ogurt cup

[D]Reading a young miss as s[C#]he slurps it up

[A]Nasty message when he don[G]'t pick up

[repeat above chords]
Layover Aden, watch the local news
Ninety-nine and humid, all the Red Sea blues
Landing in Delhi, take a third class train
Umbrella vendor in the autumn rain
Then the cops come by and ask your name

[C#7]    With his chillum and[F#] chillum chee

[C#7]    The cazee sentences[F#] me

So now[E] go where you're supposed [B]to be

   [[D]    [D]  [D]]  [[G] [G]  [G]] [C#7]
And give up your Devi Desi

[C#7]    I's paraded on t[F#]hrough the choke

[C#7]    When my leg irons br[F#]oke

And my[E] bicycle wheel[B] spoke

[[D]  [D]  [D]] [[G] [G]    [G]] [C#7]
The Bombay Army's no joke.

[F#7]    [B7]    [C#7]    [F#]
[F#7]    [B7]    [C#7]    [F#]

[repeat above chords]
On the top of a Naracan Dam
Started our picnic then Bam!
My Devi 'n me had to scram
Quick down to Madras a’lamb
Thought as a tindal that I could blend
As I got to pretend
From laziness, the gang defend
Pick up your pick axe and rend!

[F]Fasten your seatbelt and ta[G]ke hold of my arm

[F]That's what she said before s[E]et off my alarm

[[C] [C] [C] [C]] [A] [[C] [C]  [C] [C]] [A]
Baby gotta go, baby gotta go.

[D]I kno[G]w

[G]She's gonna g[D]o [C]

[D]I kno[G]w

[G]            [[C] [C] [C] [C]] [A]
She's gonna go

[repeat above chords]
Down in Columbo girl whatever you want
But then the surf and cobras, tigers all taunt
Baby gotta go, baby gotta go.
I know
She's gonna go
I know
She's gonna go

[[B] [B] [B] [B]] [E]

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