Little Fictions chords by Elbow

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Not 100% about the A6 in the chorus, and some of the chords may be more complicated.
Also uncertain about the intro, instrumental and outro so please come with suggestions!

Intro                    Verse             Chorus                      Instrumental & Outro
Gm:  355333              D:  x00232        D:  x00232                  D:  x00232
F#m: x4422x              G:  320003        G:  320003                  G:  320033 (power)
Gm': 3103xx or 3x03xx    D7: x00212        A6: x04220                  D': x02003
F#m' 2x02xx              Bb: x13331        Bm: 224432 (last chorus)    A:  x02220
D:   054000 or x00232                                                  Bm: 224432

*The "sad strings" in some of the verses can be played like D going to a Dsus2/A: x00320
(amount of stars indicate every shift from D to Dsus2/A)
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Intro:
(I prefer picking all the strings simultaneously instead of strumming)

Gm    F#m   Gm   F#m
Gm'   F#m'  Gm'  F#m'
Gm' F#m' D
Gm' F#m' D

D (hold)

Verse 1:
D                        G                       D
A muffled battle cry across the kitchen table
D                             G                 D
A baffling contretemps that shakes the day unstable
D                           G
Confessions from the cab a habit that I got from dad
      D7                       G
The flurry of departure in a cyclone of cologne
             Bb
Would often devastate the gate and hedge

     D
And set our tiny teeth on edge
   Bb
I see it in me now and pledge
    D
To knock it on the head that's what I'll do

D (hold)

Verse 2:
D                       G                      D * * * *
A muffled battle cry across the kitchen table
D                                G                        D * * * *
Bridges up portcullis down and round the Tower of Babel
D                            G
I'm babbling in my dreams of blue berserkers coming at me
D7
Eyes and tongues and rusty knives
     G
And God almighty laughing at me
Bb
From a fat boy fishing chair
    D
I wake to find you laughing there
       Bb
It's nice to know how much you care
D                                      D D    D D
Decided I should spend my life with you

Chorus:
        D D                     G G A6 A6
We protect our little fictions
                          D D
Like it's all we are
        D D                     G G A6 A6
Little wilderness mementos
          D D
But there's only you and me here
G G  A6 A6   D D
Fire breathing
G G  A6 A6
Hold tight
D D                A6 A6  Bm Bm           A6 A6 D D
Waiting for the original miracle

D (hold)* * * * * * * *

Verse 3:
D                           G                       D * * * *
I'm trying to focus on the issues of the day please
D                               G               D * * * *
Your paper's upside down   The radio's in Chinese
D                              G
These little tremors that are ripping through our rituals
D7
That friction up the interaction
G
Emanate from quite the greatest
Bb
Thing that ever happened to
    D
A pair of boozy bowerbirds
     Bb
Like me and you     In other words
     D                            D D         D D
The alligator pear inside of you

Chorus:
        D D                     G G A6 A6
We protect our little fictions
                   D D
When we bow to fear
        D D                     G G A6 A6
Little wilderness mementos
          D D
But there's only you and me here

G G  A6 A6  D D
Fire breathing
G G  A6 A6
Hold tight
D D                A6 A6  Bm Bm       A6 A6 D D
Waiting for the original miracle
G G  A6 A6  D D
Fire breathing
G G  A6 A6
Hold tight
D D            A6 A6  Bm Bm           A6 A6 D D
Life is the original miracle

A6 A6  Bm Bm           A6 A6 D D

(only electric guitar & drums)

Instrumental:
D    G    D
D    G    D
D' G A D                  (D': x02003)
D' G A D
A Bm A D

Outro:
D    G    D
Let's get old
D    G    D
Dare you now
D'   G      A   D
Mix blood with me
D'   G
All in

 D               A        Bm      A D
Love is the original miracle
D     G   D
Let's get old
D    G    D
Dare you now
D'   G    A    D
Mix blood with me

D'  G
All in
 D              A      Bm      A D
Love is the original miracle
                A      Bm     A D
Love is the original miracle

D* * * * * * * *
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