Are You Serious chords by Andrew Bird

Chords with lyrics

I like to play the picked intro with a barred A augmentedA minor chord with a tab that looks something like this:

e|----5------------------------5-------------------|
BB|----------5------5-----------------5-----5-------|
G+G|------5----------------5-------5-------------5---|
D MajorD|------------7------7----------------7-----7------|
A augmentedA|------------------------7------------------------|
E MajorE|-5---------------------------------------------5-|

Intro - To replicate the sound of the violin pluck the chords' root note followed by the e and BB stings:

E MajorE
A minorAm DmDm
A minorAm DmDm
C majorC G+G
C majorC E MajorE

Verse - Pluck chords' root note followed by e and BB strings:

A minorAm        DmDm        A minorAm
Used to have just one foot out the door
A minorAm    DmDm      C majorC
Yeah, I always wanted more
C majorC  G+G      C majorC
I always was the one
C majorC         E MajorE
You thought would never marry
A minorAm      DmDm     A minorAm
Used to be willfully obtuse
A minorAm     DmDm      C majorC
(or is the word abstruse?)
C majorC     G+G     C majorC
Semantics like a noose
C majorC        E MajorE
Get out your dictionaries

Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here:

DmDm           E MajorE
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E MajorE          DmDm
This is all non-fiction
DmDm            E MajorE
Words you beat with a stick
E MajorE             E7E7
These are my true convictions

Chorus:

E7E7     A minorAm    DmDm
So tell me, are you serious?
C majorC     G+G
Are you serious?
C majorC      G+G       C majorC
Cause every night of your life
C majorC    E MajorE
You'll fight for it
A minorAm   DmDm
So mysterious
C majorC    G+G
How imperious!
C majorC      G+G
But are you serious
BB               E MajorE
When it really comes down to it?

[Solo - strum triplets of each chord}

A minorAm Am C majorC C x2

Repeat Intro:

A minorAm DmDm
A minorAm DmDm
C majorC G+G
C majorC E MajorE

A minorAm        DmDm           A minorAm
I see that you're down there and I'm up here
A minorAm        DmDm       C majorC
Your boyfriend's gone to get a beer
C majorC     G+G      C majorC      E MajorE
Leaving us crystal clear lines of communications
A minorAm       DmDm        A minorAm
Promise me you won't avert your eyes
A minorAm      DmDm         C majorC
I drop my third-person in disguise
C majorC      G+G         C majorC
You know it's time to do or die
C majorC          E MajorE
No useless explanations

Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here]

DmDm           E MajorE
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E MajorE          DmDm
This is all non-fiction
DmDm            E MajorE
Words you beat with a stick
E MajorE             E7E7
These are my true convictions

Chorus:

E7E7     A minorAm    DmDm
So tell me, are you serious?
C majorC     G+G
Are you serious?
C majorC      G+G       C majorC
Cause every night of your life
C majorC    E MajorE
You'll fight for it
A minorAm   DmDm
So mysterious
C majorC    G+G
How imperious!
C majorC      G+G
But are you serious
BB               E MajorE
When it really comes down to it?

Outro:

C majorC DmDm G+G C majorC
C DmDm G+G C majorC BB E MajorE
A minorAm DmDm
A minorAm DmDm
C majorC G+G
C majorC E MajorE

Fade Out:

A minorAm    DmDm
Are you serious?
C majorC     G+G
Are you serious?
C majorC      G+G       C majorC
Cause every night of your life
C majorC    E MajorE
You'll fight for it