(from the album Noble Beast by Andrew Bird) Intro: E A Comes and goes D Like in fits and dizzy spells D Like the weather A And it blows D Like it knows what’s going wrong D Like it’s clever D Has a name, ohh D but the name goes unspoken D Weather vanes, ohh E7 Were all twisted and broken
D So soldier on, soldier on D Soldier on D Soldier on D Flailing to the whir of a snack machine E And muted screams of an old regime E And then oh E Something gets in it E The nightshade gets in it E We were all fast asleep E Were all so fast asleep F#m But you woke us C You woke us from the strangest dream B that an aubergine E could ever know E Would ever know E Would ee-ee-ee-ever know (Whistling solo, play these chords…) D E7 D Lava flows over crooks D and craggy cliffs to the ocean F#m And explodes in a steam Dmaj7 heat fevered cyclical motion D Has a name D But the name goes unspoken D It’s in vain E7 Cause the language is broken D So cast your own, cast your own D Cast your own D Soldier on D Soldier on, soldier on
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