Masterswarm chords by Andrew Bird

Chords with lyrics

pretty sure it's accurate. I'm not too sure about the Dm7Dm7 over "As he acts with
more ..." so feel free to email me at [email protected] for any corrections

I think he's actually tuned a half step down because it sounds like the bass note
goes low for the Eb MajorEb but I'm too lazy so it sounds good in standard too.


Gmsus2/A - 5x52xx

Intro: E minorEm

E minorEm
Come what may. Lay your eggs where it's warm
       G+G
Come here to swarm
E minorEm
Come by sea. Swarm like smoke in the dawn
       G+G  G/f#       G7G7     C majorC
We were the young --- We were the swarm. radiolarians
      AbAb          Gm/Bb        Gmsus2/A
Midges and moths. Cut from the cloth  We were the young
       G+G (just the note)
We were the swarm

Break: A minorAm AbAb B minorBm A minorAm AbAb B minorBm

A minorAm                      G+G
Flailing fetal fleas    feeding from the arms of the master
A minorAm                   G+G
Burrow into me     This is sure to misspell disaster
      A minorAm
Oh and the young in their larva state orchestrating plays
          G+G
investments of translucent alabaster

Break: DmDm C majorC E minorEm FF

    C majorC
So they took me to the hospital
      C/BC/B
They put my body through a scan
     C/Bb
What they saw there would impress them all
   FF
for inside me grows a man
  F minorFm
he speaks with perfect diction
   Eb MajorEb
as he orders my eviction
   Dm7Dm7              G minorGm
as he acts with more conviction than I, I ,I

Break: A minorAm AbAb B minorBm A minorAm AbAb B minorBm

A minorAm
Oh burrow into me
        G+G
this is sure to misspell disaster
A minorAm
Oh burrow into me
         G+G
feeding from the arms of the master

Break: DmDm C majorC E minorEm FF
C majorC C/BC/B C/Bb FF F minorFm Eb MajorEb Dm7Dm7 G minorGm

      Bb majorBb         FF
We were the young  We were the swarm
      F7F7      A minorAm
We were the young  Radiolarians
      A minorAm          G+G
We were the young  We were the swarm
      C#7C#7      B minorBm
We were the young  Radiolarians
      B minorBm          A augmentedA
We were the young  We were the swarm
      A7A7      C# minorC#m
We were the young  Radiolarians

C# minorC#m