Intro Verse Chorus Instrumental & Outro Gm: 355333 D: x00232 D: x00232 D: x00232 F#m: x4422x G: 320003 G: 320003 G: 320033 (power) Gm': 3103xx or 3x03xx D7: x00212 A6: x04220 A7sus2 : x02003 F#m' 2x02xx Bb: x13331 Bm: 224432 (last chorus) A: x02220 D: 054000 or x00232 Bm: 224432 *The "sad strings" in some of the verses can be played like D going to a Dsus2/A: x00320 (amount of stars indicate every shift from D to Dsus2/A) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro (I prefer picking all the strings simultaneously instead of strumming) Gm F#m Gm F#m Gm' F#m' Gm' F#m' Gm' F#m' D Gm' F#m' D D (hold) Verse 1 D G D A muffled battle cry across the kitchen table D G D A baffling contretemps that shakes the day unstable D G Confessions from the cab a habit that I got from dad D7 G The flurry of departure in a cyclone of cologne Bb Would often devastate the gate and hedge D And set our tiny teeth on edge Bb I see it in me now and pledge D To knock it on the head that's what I'll do D (hold) Verse 2 D G D * * * * A muffled battle cry across the kitchen table D G D * * * * Bridges up portcullis down and round the Tower of Babel D G I'm babbling in my dreams of blue berserkers coming at me D7 Eyes and tongues and rusty knives G And God almighty laughing at me Bb From a fat boy fishing chair D I wake to find you laughing there Bb It's nice to know how much you care D D D D D Decided I should spend my life with you Chorus D D G G A6 A6 We protect our little fictions D D Like it's all we are D D G G A6 A6 Little wilderness mementos D D But there's only you and me here G G A6 A6 D D Fire breathing G G A6 A6 Hold tight D D A6 A6 Bm Bm A6 A6 D D Waiting for the original miracle D (hold)* * * * * * * * Verse 3 D G D * * * * I'm trying to focus on the issues of the day please D G D * * * * Your paper's upside down The radio's in Chinese D G These little tremors that are ripping through our rituals D7 That friction up the interaction G Emanate from quite the greatest Bb Thing that ever happened to D A pair of boozy bowerbirds Bb Like me and you In other words D D D D D The alligator pear inside of you Chorus D D G G A6 A6 We protect our little fictions D D When we bow to fear D D G G A6 A6 Little wilderness mementos D D But there's only you and me here G G A6 A6 D D Fire breathing G G A6 A6 Hold tight D D A6 A6 Bm Bm A6 A6 D D Waiting for the original miracle G G A6 A6 D D Fire breathing G G A6 A6 Hold tight D D A6 A6 Bm Bm A6 A6 D D Life is the original miracle A6 A6 Bm Bm A6 A6 D D (only electric guitar & drums) Instrumental D G D D G D A7sus2 G A D (A7sus2 : x02003) A7sus2 G A D A Bm A D Outro D G D Let's get old D G D Dare you now A7sus2 G A D Mix blood with me A7sus2 G All in D A Bm A D Love is the original miracle D G D Let's get old D G D Dare you now A7sus2 G A D Mix blood with me A7sus2 G All in D A Bm A D Love is the original miracle A Bm A D Love is the original miracle D