Archipelago chords by Andrew Bird

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Em G7 C E

Verse 1:
Em                                 G7
What if one day we just refused to play?
C                                     E
With no one to hate, they'd be out of a job
Em                                 G7
You've gone off script, you just can't walk away
         Am                   D
Leave us naked, fleeced and racked with sobs

Chorus 1:
G  D
Whoa
F                     C                         G
We're locked in a death grip and it's taking its toll
 G           D            F         C
When our enemies are what make us whole
G         D
Listen to me
 F         C               G
No more excuses, no more apathy
G                     D        F        C
This ain't no archipelago, no remote atoll

Verse 2:
       Em                         G7
All my enemies, they just fall in love with me
        C                              E
Keeping us distracted while the till gets robbed
  Em
All our cries were cried
    G7
Now there are no sides
Am                           D
Try selling that one to an angry mob

Chorus 2:
G  D  F  C  x2

G  D
Whoa
F            C                      G
J. Edgar Hoover wore a white mink stole
G       D                      F
His enemies are what made him whole
                   C
Oh, what made him whole
                                    G
(His enemies are what made him whole)
G  D
Whoa
F               C                  G
A three-headed monster swallows Tokyo
 G                              D
Her enemies are what make her whole
            C                    G
(Her enemies are what make her whole)
 G   D
Whoa(Our enemies are what make us whole)
F                   C                            G
We're locked in a death grip and it's taking its toll
 G           D                      F
When our enemies are what make us whole
                              C      G
(Our enemies are what make us whole)
 G D
Whoa(Our enemies are what make us whole)
 F          C                 G
No more excuses, no more apathy
 G                    D                 F C
This ain't no archipelago, no remote atoll

Outro:
G  D  F  C