Bellevue Bridge Club chords by Andrew Bird

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Bellevue Bridge Club (Album Version: My Finest Work Yet / https://youtu.be/1R0MxvKHUhA)


Intro:

D           C       G
And I will hold you hostage
                    Am       G
Make you part of my conspiracy
            C          G
You will be witness to carnage
         C                      G
You know there's no you without me

Instrumental Break:

G  C  G  C
G  C  G  C
G  C


Verse 1:

          G          C
I'm gonna shake you
        G         C
'Til it wakes you, yeah
          G
From your waking dream
            C
Show you affecting scenes
   G                      C
Of life beyond your front door
           G        C
I will exploit you
           G   C
Then conscript you
        G
For my narrative schemes
              Am
Show you distressing scenes


Chorus 1:

          C                                D
I'm gonna drag you from your bed onto your floor
D                        G
By any means necessary
C                        G           C
By any means necessary
       G    Am    C         D        D
By any means        necessary
G         C               G       C
I'm gonna dig up what you buried, yeah
G       C          G       C      F#m7
By any means necessary  oh no,


Verse 2:
              B7
There you go again
E7                Em                  A
Finding brilliant ways to make things harder
       Am        D                  G                  C
Are we smarter alone or in this endless Stockholm syndrome?
            Am
Here's what is known
              C                    D
We're gonna break this two-way mirror


Chorus 2:

D           D          D
I'm gonna shake you, break you
D                       G
By any means necessary
C                       G
By any means necessary
C                       G
By any means necessary ('Til some)
C                       G
By any means necessary (Some day)
C                       G
By any means necessary (Whoa, some sweet day)


Bridge:

C            G                     Am
We will be playing bridge on the psych ward
     C                D
With Arthur, Jane and Lou
             G                     Am
We will be playing bridge on the psych ward
     C                 D
With Barbara, Gene and Sue
                 G             Am
Whoa, and if you ever start to get bored
                    C                D
You know there's no one to blame but you


Outro:

D          C        G
And I will hold you hostage
          C                  G
Make you part of my conspiracy
            C          G
You will be witness to carnage
         C                         G
You know there's no you without me