Andrew Bird - Dark Matter

artist : andrew bird
album : armchair apocrypha
song : dark matter

tabbed by : justin

[ verse ]
A D
when i was just a little boy
A
i threw away all of my action toys
D A D
when i became obsessed with operation

A D
with hearts and minds and certain glands
A
you gotta learn to keep a steady hand
D A ( A7 ) D
and thus began my morbid fascination

E F#m
tore the spines from out of all of these self – help books
E F#m
made myself a gun that not only shoots but looks
D E
so real , it shoots through steel
A D A ( A7 ) D
with rays of dark matter
A D A ( A7 ) D
rays of dark matter

A D
do you wonder where the self resides
A
is it in your head or between your sides
D
and who will be the one who will decide
A D
its true location

A D
and does the thought of bile that’s red and black
A
the thought of tongues that taste you back
D A D
fill you with a nauseouseous sort of elation

E F#m
a noose is loosed around our necks made of dna
E F#m
and every day it’s growing tighter no matter what they do or say
D
and you can shoot right through it with rays of dark matter
E
just before they kick out ,
A D
they kick out the laddEr
A D
with rays of dark matter
A ( A7 ) D A D
with rays of dark matter
A D A D A D A D
like something catching fire

[ whistle ]

A D
do you wonder where the self resides
A
is it in your head or between your sides
D
and who will be the one who will decide
A
its true location

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