Tabs
Andrew Bird – Fiery Crash
Here is simple yet gorgeous tune from Andrew Bird. This tab is based heavily on his
2007 performance at the La Maroquinerie in Paris, France. This is only a guideline. He
it differently every time.
Useful Chords
A augmentedA 
Asus2Asus2 
Asus4Asus4 
DmDm 
D MajorD 
Dsus2Dsus2 
Dsus4Dsus4 
E MajorE
e|--0---0----0-----1---2---0-----3-----0--|
BB|--2---0----3-----3---3---3-----3-----0--|
G+G|--2---2----2-----2---2---2-----2-----1--|
D MajorD|--2---2----2-----0---0---0-----0-----2--|
A augmentedA|--0---0----0-------------------------2--|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------0--|
Intro: He starts out looping a bunch of violin ascensions and descensions in A. Here is
first one he plays:
A augmentedA
e|----5--4------------|
BB|----------7---------|
G+G|-------------5------|
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|
Then he switches to guitar and plays this:
|: A augmentedA DmDm A augmentedA :| E MajorE
e|-------------1-------------0---|
BB|------------3------2-------0---|
G+G|-----------2------2--------1---|
D MajorD|---------0-------2---------2---|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0--------0----------2---|
E MajorE|---------------------------0---|
At this point Andrew strums an A augmentedA before starting to sing. This riff is played over the
verse, to the same time of the lyrics.
A augmentedA
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---4--2--4—2h4p4—0----4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--0--|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Turnstiles on mezzanine
Jet ways and Dramamine fiends and x-ray machines
D MajorD
You were hurling through space
G-Forces twisting your face
A augmentedA
Breeding superstition
E MajorE
A augmentedA fatal premonition
D MajorD
You know you’ve got to envision
A augmentedA
The fiery crash
E MajorE D MajorD
Oh, close your eyes and you wake up
A augmentedA
Face stuck to a vinyl settee
E MajorE D MajorD
Oh, the line was starting to break up
A augmentedA
Just as you were starting to say
A augmentedA
e|--------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------|
A augmentedA|--4--2--4--2--0--4--2--0--|
E MajorE|--------------------------|
Something, apropos, I don’t know. (Riff played to same time as lyrics)
Then the musical break, the chords are: A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A. Listen to the recording for time.
Play the first two lines using the same riff from the first verse.
Beige tiles and magazines
Lou Dobbs and the CNN team on every monitor screen
D MajorD
You were caught in the crossfire
Where every human face has you reaching for your mace
A augmentedA
So it's kind of an imposition ... fatal premonition
E MajorE D MajorD
To save our lives you've got to envision
E MajorE D MajorD
To save all our lives you've got to envision
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
Well to save all our lives you've got to envision ... the fiery crash
The DmDm > A augmentedA parts are played with the same picking pattern as the intro.
DmDm A augmentedA
It's just a formality
DmDm A augmentedA
Why must I explain?
DmDm A augmentedA
Just a nod to mortality
E MajorE A augmentedA
Before you get on ... before you get on a plane
E MajorE D MajorD
Oh, close your eyes and you wake up
A augmentedA
Face stuck to a vinyl settee
E MajorE D MajorD
Oh, the line was starting to break up
A augmentedA
What was that you were going to say?
At any time during the song, you can use the Dsus’s and Asus’s to supplement any normal
or A. I hope this is help and I’m very sure it’s accurate. Please email me at
or PM with any questions or problems, and please comment.
Peace
Other versions of Fiery Crash
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Fiery crash (Ver. 2) by Andrew Bird
