Andrew Bird - Effigy

C F
if you come to find me affable
C G
build a replica for me
C F
would the idea to you be laughable
C G
of a pale facsimile?
C F
so will you come to burn an effigy?
C G
it should keep the flies away
C F
and when you long to burn this effigy
C G Am D Dm G
it should be of the hours that slip away , slip away
F Am G
it could be you , it could be me
F
working the door , drinking for free
Am G
carrying on with your conspiracies
F
filling the room with a sense of unease
G C Am
fake conversations on a nonexistent telephone
F G C Am
like the words of a man who’s spent a little too much time alone
F G
when one has spent too much time alone

C F
so will you come to burn my effigy?
C G
it should keep the flies away
C F
if you long to burn an effigy
F C G Am D Dm G
it should be of a man whose has lost his way , slips away

F Am G
it could be you , it could be me
F
working the door , drinking for free
Am G
carrying on with your conspiracies
Am F
filling the room with a sense of unease
G C Am
fake conversations on a nonexistent telephone
F G C Am
like the words of a man who’s spent a little too much time alone
F G
when one has spent too much time alone