Olympians chords by Andrew Bird
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: Am
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
Am C G D
Am C G D
Verse 1:
Am C
You were inhabited
G D
Speaking in tongues in the night
Am C
I wasn't having it
G D
I could tell that something wasn't right
Am C
Why don't you come to bed
G D
Instead of stumbling into the light
Am C
Of medicine cabinets?
G D
Shaking out pills left and right
D
Right
Pre-Chorus:
Em Em
Who's giving up the most?
D C
No one's gonna give you a medal
Em Em
Who's giving up the ghost?
D C
Oh, wouldn't you like to know
Chorus:
Am Am Bm
The competition rages
Am Am Bm
This nocturnal dance
Am Am Bm
The misery's contagious
C
We are Olympians
Post-Chorus:
G
Oh, we're gonna turn it around
G
We're gonna turn it around
G
We're gonna turn it around
G
We're gonna turn it around
G
We're gonna turn it around, yeah
G G5/C
We're gonna turn it around
G5/Eb
Gonna turn it around
G5/D
Gonna turn it around
G5/Bb
Gonna turn it around
G5/C
Gonna turn it around
G5/Eb
Gonna turn it around
G5/D
Gonna turn it around
N.C.
Gonna turn
Verse 2:
Am C G D
You start spitting out anathemas
Am C G D
You start spitting out anathemas
Am
It was anathema
C G D
Spent half of my life on the exchange
Am
Oh, it was anathema
C G D
'Bout half a mile between addled and deranged
Am C
Oh, it was anathema
G D
La-da-da-da-da-da
Am C
It was anathema
G D
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Bridge:
Am C G D
Am C G D
Who's giving up the most?
Am C G D
Who's giving up the most?
Am C
Who's giving up the most?
G D
You were speaking in tongues in the night
Am C
Who's giving up the most?
G D
I could tell that something wasn't right
Am C
Who's giving up the most?
G D
Shaking out pills left and right
Am C
Who's giving up the most?
G D
Stumbling into the light
D
Light
Chorus:
Am Am Bm
The competition rages
Am Am Bm
This nocturnal dance
Am Am Bm
Misery's contagious
C
We are Olympians
Post-Chorus:
G
Oh, we're gonna turn it around
G
We're gonna turn it around
G
We're gonna turn it around
G
We're gonna turn it around
G
We're gonna turn it around, yeah
G G5/C
Gonna turn it around
G5/Eb
Gonna turn it around
G5/D
Gonna turn it around
G5/Bb
Gonna turn it around
G5/C
Gonna turn it around
G5/Eb
Gonna turn it around
G5/D
Gonna turn it around
G5/Bb
Gonna turn it around
G5/C
Gonna turn it around
G5/Eb
Gonna turn it around
G5/D
Gonna turn it around
G5/Bb
Gonna turn it around
G5/C
Gonna turn it around
G5/Eb
Gonna turn it around
G5
Gonna
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Notes:
Here's how you can play the weird slash chords in the pos chorus.
Hold each for 2 quarter notes.
G5/C x30033 G5/Eb xx1033
G5/D xx0033 G5/Bb x10033
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