Tiny Apocalypse chords by David Byrne

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC G+G E minorEm FF x4

Verse:

C majorC
Raise up, shake them lazy bones
G+G
Read the T-shirt but still don't understand
E minorEm
Comin' home with a little apocalypse
FF
It comes, now do you have time for this?

 C majorC
A augmentedA three-tone carpet and a Jackie Chan spear
G+G
Lookin' at a hairdo and a belly full of beer
    E minorEm
Well, I ain't no poet, ain't got no rhyme
   FF
But I got me a car and I know how to drive

Chorus:

C majorC        G+G
In the event of pressure loss
    E minorEm       FF
All our lines are busy now
C majorC     G+G      E minorEm  FF
I will be laughing out loud anyhow

Verse:

C majorC
Every day a little apocalypse
G+G
Lay down, lay down next to this
E minorEm
Lookin' at the body, well, I don't even know his name
FF
Call me in the morning, was a friend of mine

     C majorC
Well, the wind so strong, it's blowing us all around
G+G
Wind so strong, nobody settle down
E minorEm
Every day, another apocalypse
FF
Had a TV but I don't know how deep it is

Chorus:

C majorC            G+G
Please read the print advisory
     E minorEm     FF
Would you like to go ahead?
C majorC      G+G    E minorEm  FF
Dancin' wherever she goes, tippy toes

Bridge:

C majorC           G+G
Rhetorical, memorial, invisible, incredible
E minorEm           FF
Unstoppable, emotional, illogical, sensational

Verse:

C majorC
Little sister gotta take her medicine
G+G
Baby brother gonna do it all again
E minorEm
Run fast but cannot catch the bus
FF
Funny feelin', this is part of us

Chorus:

C majorC           G+G
And you must take your medicine
    E minorEm      FF
Getting better every day
C majorC     G+G    E minorEm  FF
Good for a limited time, feelin' fine

C majorC

C majorC          G+G
We will return your things to you
     E minorEm       FF
When it's time for you to leave
C majorC    G+G   E minorEm   FF
So quiet nobody knows, tippy toes