Tiny Apocalypse chords by David Byrne

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C G Em F x4

Verse:

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

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

Chorus:

C               G
In the event of pressure loss
        Em             F
All our lines are busy now
C         G            Em   F
I will be laughing out loud anyhow

Verse:

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

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

Chorus:

C                       G
Please read the print advisory
          Em          F
Would you like to go ahead?
C           G        Em    F
Dancin' wherever she goes, tippy toes

Bridge:

C                     G
Rhetorical, memorial, invisible, incredible
Em                      F
Unstoppable, emotional, illogical, sensational

Verse:

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

Chorus:

C                      G
And you must take your medicine
        Em           F
Getting better every day
C          G       Em    F
Good for a limited time, feelin' fine

C

C                   G
We will return your things to you
          Em              F
When it's time for you to leave
C        G      Em     F
So quiet nobody knows, tippy toes