Chord Sweetbreads by Andrew Bird

artist : andrew bird song : sweetbreads original tab by : keith meicher keith . meicher@gmail . com "well we’ve been doing this song all over the uk and we haven’t brought it to the mainland yet . but it’s very interesting . it deals with . . . it’s called sweetbreads . . . it deals with the issues , the numerous issues involved in consuming the vital organs of an animal . and everywhere we go , we find out that ’sweetbreads’ means a different thing . i guess that’s why they call it ’variety meats’ . . . but , anyway . . . it’s a really awful song . here we go : " G when i was a little boy Em i threw away my action toys C D/F# while i became obsessed with operation G with hearts and minds and certain glands Em you learn to keep a steady hand C D/F# and thus began a morbid fascination with Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G G7 i could taste what you were thinking Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G thats the taste of neurons blinking G do you wonder where the self resides Em is it in your head or between your sides C D/F# and whos gonna decide its true location G cause its a question for the centuries Em from communion to mad cow disease C D/F# but is it worthy of a song or lifes vocation Em and the sweetest sweetbread of them all Emb6 within in a kingdom of afar Em6 D/F# called them thoughts and metaphor - inations Adim7 they called them Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G G7 i could taste what you were thinking Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G thats the taste of neurons blinking G does the thought of biles red and black Em the thought of tounges that taste you back C fill you with a noisey oscillation G where a simple trip to the grocery store Em can fill you with an object horror C D/F# can you taste the misery of those crustations Em and the sweetest sweetbread of them all Emb6 within in a kingdom of afar should’ve Em6 D/F# caused some silent machinations Adim7 they call them Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G G7 i could taste what you were thinking Am7 D7 G Bm7/F# C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F# G thats the taste of neurons blinking D/F# G aw , i could taste what you were thinking C D/F# G oh , give me your thoughts about sweetbread