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The Burglars by Animal Collective

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This is how I play the song! The middle part (Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramG+G) may not be right but that's what I came up with.
Haha this song's pretty crazy so I just tried to get as close as I could!
Suggestions and corrections welcome!

Chord diagramE MajorE              Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G
I could be a hare and I?d sneak into my private rivals dreaming I?m a burglar
Chord diagramE MajorE             Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G
Quick as any day in my fleeting little chest of hopefuls lost it to the burglars
Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G
I can be aware and ya maybe I?m the same like pirates likened to the burglars
Chord diagramE MajorE              Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G
Threat on any day and I?m hiding from the hare who?s also hiding from the burglars

  Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramC majorC
And I didn?t catch his name pow shot him on the range yow cause he was a burglar
 Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC
Happens in the parks boohoo even in the old days stinking of the burglars
Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramA augmentedA
Happens in my home, mm-hmm, I never see it coming

Chord diagramA augmentedA
When I was young we used to put
Alarms on our doors and screens like a burglar net
Chord diagramG+G
Now that I?m older I?m sure that?s absurd
That?s the word for the man who collects who?s he stealing from next
   Chord diagramA augmentedA
When I was young my parents yelled
Beware of the ivory man that will steal and sell
Chord diagramG+G
Now that I?m older those words are still pure
                              Chord diagramFF
Not the look of a crook in his books what?s he taking from you?

Chord diagramBb majorBb          Chord diagramG+G
And worried peeps go on about it
Chord diagramBb majorBb           Chord diagramG+G
Say a lot of changes better come
  Chord diagramBb majorBb             Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA pocket full of change is emptied by
  Chord diagramBb majorBb           Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA little gawky bright and bubbly bird
 Chord diagramBb majorBb             Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA lot of heroes out there thinking bout it
   Chord diagramBb majorBb             Chord diagramG+G
But minutes of their lives are ticking down
   Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramG+G
And bottles full of love are drunken by
  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA tricky trite and thirsty hungry bird

   Chord diagramBb majorBb   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramBb majorBb     Chord diagramG+G
Blooming tips on tulip cones that
   Chord diagramBb majorBb    Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramBb majorBb   Chord diagramG+G
Don?t pay out they keep on growing
  Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramBb majorBb    Chord diagramG+G
Costume thieves who never hand back
   Chord diagramBb majorBb   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramBb majorBb  Chord diagramG+G
Half of what you end up owing

     Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramBb majorBb               Chord diagramG+G
Has this town really gotten much better are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?
     Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramBb majorBb               Chord diagramG+G
Has this town really gotten much better are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?
     Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramBb majorBb               Chord diagramG+G
Has this town really gotten much better are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?
     Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramBb majorBb               Chord diagramG+G
Has this town really gotten much better are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?

Chord diagramG+G
They're probably driving your car with someone
Chord diagramG+G
Close up your head cause they

Are reading your letters, come on pack up your bed for betters

 Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramBb majorBb
[What you think you own you don?t, burglars!] x6

Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramFF                    Chord diagramBb majorBb
Stealing from the day. Didn?t take a second. Listened to a record and they got away, sneaky are the burglars
Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramFF
When I cross their way, helpless like a chicken, bones will soon be clinkin,
        Chord diagramBb majorBb
Wearing me for play, bracelet on a burglar
Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramFF                   Chord diagramBb majorBb
Thought I was ok, not as bad as some, sunset on the slums see another day, happy are the burglars
Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramFF                    Chord diagramBb majorBb
Brush it all away or do I let it sink in? Is it my ambition just to turn away? Freedom for the burglars
Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramFF
Has this town really gotten much better are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?
Chord diagramBb majorBb
Has this town really gotten much better are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?
Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramFF
Has this town really gotten much better are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?
Chord diagramBb majorBb
Has this town really gotten much better are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?

Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramBb majorBb

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