artist : andrew bird
song : sweetbreads
original tab by : keith meicher ( keith . meicher@gmail . com )
“well we’ve been doing this song all over the uk and we haven’t brought it to the
mainland yet .
but it’s very interesting . it deals with . . . it’s called sweetbreads . . . it deals with the
issues , the numerous issues involved in consuming the vital organs of an animal .
and everywhere we go , we find out that ’sweetbreads’ means a different thing . i guess
that’s why they call it ’variety meats’ . . .
but , anyway . . . it’s a really awful song . here we go : ”
G
when i was a little boy
Em
i threw away my action toys
C D/F#
while i became obsessed with operation
G
with hearts and minds and certain glands
Em
you learn to keep a steady hand
C D/F#
and thus began a morbid fascination
with
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G G7
i could taste what you were thinking
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G
thats the taste of neurons blinking
G
do you wonder where the self resides
Em
is it in your head or between your sides
C D/F#
and whos gonna decide its true location
G
cause its a question for the centuries
Em
from communion to mad cow disease
C D/F#
but is it worthy of a song or lifes vocation
Em
and the sweetest sweetbread of them all
Emb6
within in a kingdom of afar
Em6 D/F#
called them thoughts and metaphor – inations
Adim7
they called them
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G G7
i could taste what you were thinking
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G
thats the taste of neurons blinking
G
does the thought of biles red and black
Em
the thought of tounges that taste you back
C
fill you with a noisey oscillation
G
where a simple trip to the grocery store
Em
can fill you with an object horror
C D/F#
can you taste the misery of those crustations
Em
and the sweetest sweetbread of them all
Emb6
within in a kingdom of afar should’ve
Em6 D/F#
caused some silent machinations
Adim7
they call them
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G G7
i could taste what you were thinking
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G
thats the taste of neurons blinking
D/F# G
aw , i could taste what you were thinking
C D/F# G
oh , give me your thoughts about sweetbread
artist : andrew bird
song : sweetbreads
original tab by : keith meicher ( keith . meicher@gmail . com )
“well we’ve been doing this song all over the uk and we haven’t brought it to the
mainland yet .
but it’s very interesting . it deals with . . . it’s called sweetbreads . . . it deals with the
issues , the numerous issues involved in consuming the vital organs of an animal .
and everywhere we go , we find out that ’sweetbreads’ means a different thing . i guess
that’s why they call it ’variety meats’ . . .
but , anyway . . . it’s a really awful song . here we go : ”
G
when i was a little boy
Em
i threw away my action toys
C D/F#
while i became obsessed with operation
G
with hearts and minds and certain glands
Em
you learn to keep a steady hand
C D/F#
and thus began a morbid fascination
with
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G G7
i could taste what you were thinking
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G
thats the taste of neurons blinking
G
do you wonder where the self resides
Em
is it in your head or between your sides
C D/F#
and whos gonna decide its true location
G
cause its a question for the centuries
Em
from communion to mad cow disease
C D/F#
but is it worthy of a song or lifes vocation
Em
and the sweetest sweetbread of them all
Emb6
within in a kingdom of afar
Em6 D/F#
called them thoughts and metaphor – inations
Adim7
they called them
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G G7
i could taste what you were thinking
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G
thats the taste of neurons blinking
G
does the thought of biles red and black
Em
the thought of tounges that taste you back
C
fill you with a noisey oscillation
G
where a simple trip to the grocery store
Em
can fill you with an object horror
C D/F#
can you taste the misery of those crustations
Em
and the sweetest sweetbread of them all
Emb6
within in a kingdom of afar should’ve
Em6 D/F#
caused some silent machinations
Adim7
they call them
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G G7
i could taste what you were thinking
Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads
D/F# G
thats the taste of neurons blinking
D/F# G
aw , i could taste what you were thinking
C D/F# G
oh , give me your thoughts about sweetbread
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