Masterswarm chords by Andrew Bird

pretty sure it's accurate.  I'm not too sure about the Dm7 over "As he acts with
more ..." so feel free to email me at bill.croughan.bill@gmail.com 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 but I'm too lazy so it sounds good in standard too.


Gmsus2/A - 5x52xx

Intro: Em

Em
Come what may.  Lay your eggs where it's warm
              G
Come here to swarm
Em
Come by sea.  Swarm like smoke in the dawn
             G    G/f#              G7          C
We were the young ---  We were the swarm.  radiolarians
           Ab                   Gm/Bb               Gmsus2/A
Midges and moths.  Cut from the cloth   We were the young
             G (just the note)
We were the swarm

Break: Am  Ab Bm  Am  Ab Bm

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

Break: Dm  C  Em  F

        C
So they took me to the hospital
            C/B
They put my body through a scan
          C/Bb
What they saw there would impress them all
     F
for inside me grows a man
    Fm
he speaks with perfect diction
      Eb
as he orders my eviction
      Dm7                            Gm
as he acts with more conviction than I, I ,I

Break: Am  Ab Bm  Am  Ab Bm

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

Break: Dm  C  Em  F
C  C/B  C/Bb  F  Fm  Eb  Dm7  Gm

            Bb                 F
We were the young    We were the swarm
            F7            Am
We were the young    Radiolarians
            Am                   G
We were the young    We were the swarm
            C#7           Bm
We were the young    Radiolarians
            Bm                   A
We were the young    We were the swarm
            A7            C#m
We were the young    Radiolarians

C#m