Eight chords by Andrew Bird

🎸 Intro:

Em   D   A  (x2)



🎸 Verse 1:
Em                        D
One just reached for her gun
                      A
Two's slumped in the corner
  Em                D                   A
Three is making a plea for someone to adore her
 Em              D
Five is buried alive
B7                  Em                    D
Six is out on the street throwing bricks now
 C                      D                               E
Seven, let's?just?skip over seven, shall we and get to eight

🎸 Refrain:
C        D    E
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
C         D    E
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, no

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

🎸 Verse 2:
 Em                  D                         A
Nine is waiting to shine, ten is stuck at the boulder
 Em                      D                     A
Eleven's my two-legged brother, twelve is the hold up
       Em                        D
Now, thirteen just might be the worst
 B7                           Em       D
Fourteen has a secret and is ready to burst now
  C                    D                   E
Fifteen goes with the ice cream into the foyer

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

🎸 Outro:
C   D   E

C   D   E

C   D   E

C   D   E