A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left Tabs & Lyrics by Andrew Bird

A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left

guitar tabs lyrics

Andrew Bird

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A NERVOUS TIC MOTION OF THE HEAD TO THE LEFT - Andrew Bird
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Tabbed by: Ridcullylives
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Tuning: Standard

INTRO:

Dm
Over prescribed
G
Under the mister
C C/B
We had survived to
A7
Turn on the history channel
Dm G
And ask our esteemed panel
C
Why are we alive
C/B A7
And here's how they replied
Dm G
You're what happens when two substances collide
Dm G Am
And by all accounts you really should've died

E Am

(with Riff 1)
Am C/G Gm F E


VERSE:

Am C/G
Stretched out on the tarmac
Gm F E
Six miles south of North Platte
Am C/G
He can't stand to look back
Gm F E
At sixteen tons of HazMat


PRE-CHORUS:
Am
And it's what goes
B E
Undelivered
A D Gm Gm/F E
Undelivered


CHORUS:
Am C/G Gm
And it's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
F
It's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
E
Of the what? Of the head to the left
Am C/G Gm
Exercise yourself 'till you're bereft
F
'Cause it's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
E
Of the...of the...to the...

(Riff 1)

(verse and prechorus same chords second time)

VERSE:

Splayed out on a bathmat
Six miles north of South Platte
And he just wants his life back
What's in that paper knapsack


PRE-CHORUS:

It's what goes
Undelivered
Undelivered

Am C/G Gm
It's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
F E
A nervous tic motion of the head

(Riff 1 x2 w/ improv vocals)


OUTRO:
Dm
Over imbibed
G
Under the mister
C C/B
Barely alive we
A7 Dm
Cover the blisters in flannel
G
Though the words we speak are banal
C
Not one of them's a lie
C/B A7
Not one of them's a lie
Dm
You're what happens when
G
Two substances collide
Dm
And by all accounts
Am
You really should've died

Riff 1: (in case any of you don't have Mr. Bird's whistling skills and would rather play
on guitar)

Am C/G Gm F E

e|----------8-----------------------------------------8------------------|
B|----8/10-----10p8-------8----8--6--5----------8/10----10p8-------------|
G|-------------------5/9----------------7---------------------5--7b9--5--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note