Eight chords by Andrew Bird

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:

E minorEm  D MajorD  A augmentedA (x2)


🎸 Verse 1:
E minorEm            D MajorD
One just reached for her gun
           A augmentedA
Two's slumped in the corner
 E minorEm        D MajorD          A augmentedA
Three is making a plea for someone to adore her
 E minorEm       D MajorD
Five is buried alive
B7B7         E minorEm          D MajorD
Six is out on the street throwing bricks now
 C majorC           D MajorD                E MajorE
Seven, let's?just?skip over seven, shall we and get to eight

🎸 Refrain:
C majorC    D MajorD  E MajorE
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
C majorC     D MajorD  E MajorE
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, no

🎸 Chorus:
 C majorC             D MajorD           E MajorE
Since my days are numbered
I am unencumbered by fate
 C majorC             D MajorD            E MajorE
Don't you look so sudden, 'til you lay your burden down

🎸 Verse 2:
 E minorEm         D MajorD             A augmentedA
Nine is waiting to shine, ten is stuck at the boulder
 E minorEm           D MajorD           A augmentedA
Eleven's my two-legged brother, twelve is the hold up
    E minorEm            D MajorD
Now, thirteen just might be the worst
 B7B7              E minorEm    D MajorD
Fourteen has a secret and is ready to burst now
 C majorC          D MajorD          E MajorE
Fifteen goes with the ice cream into the foyer

🎸 Refrain:
C majorC     D MajorD  E MajorE
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
C majorC     D MajorD  E MajorE
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (Oh, oh)
C majorC     D MajorD  E MajorE
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
C majorC     D MajorD  E MajorE
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
🎸 Chorus:
  C majorC             D MajorD           E MajorE
I sense my days are numbered
I am unencumbered by fate, fate
 C majorC             D MajorD            E MajorE
Don't you look so sudden, 'til you lay your burden down
 C majorC             D MajorD            E MajorE
Since my days are numbered
I feel unencumbered by fate
 C majorC             D MajorD            E MajorE
Don't you look so sudden, 'til you lay your burden down

🎸 Outro:
C majorC  D MajorD  E MajorE

C majorC  D MajorD  E MajorE

C majorC  D MajorD  E MajorE

C majorC  D MajorD  E MajorE