Mx Missiles Chords by Andrew Bird

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_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] And those that would judge would say you're aloof
[B] But you know [Em] the truth is a seed, you know [A] what you need
Is a _ [D] conflagration [B] Cause _ [Em] when I see the blood
And the bits of your broken tooth It gives me the proof that I need
It's the [A] proof that you bleed It's a [D] revelation
_ _ Yeah, it's a [G] revelation _ It's a [B] revelation
_ _ _ _ I _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _
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_ [C#] _ [F] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F] _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
[C#] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ thought you [D] were a [C#m] life [B]-size paper doll _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Em]
[D] Propped up in the [C#m] hardware [B] _ store
_ [E]
Propped up [F#m] on the [B] front lawn watching the _ [E] paraders
[C#] Legionnaires with two [B] by fours As they're [F#m] marching off to [C#m] war
_ _ [F#] _ Yeah, they're marching [B] off to war _ [G#] _ I _ [C#m] _
didn't know what [G#] you were made of
[C#m]
The color of your blood, what [G#] you're afraid of
[A]
Are you made of calcium [E] or are you carbon-based?
And if [G#] you're made of calcium [C#] I'll [A] have to take a taste
Cause listen, calcium is [F#m] deadly [E] Tell no two the truth and it's [A] one
Sure far way to know [F#m] if you're [E] MX missile proof
[F#] Oh no, _ _ [C#m] _ or if you're [B] just a little _ _ [G#m] You _ [E] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C#m] were in the ground in [G#] late November
_ _ [C#m] _ When the leaves [G#] and earth were down _ [A] Did you _ think they [E] would remember
_ [G#] _ _ How you almost [A] made state champs?
When you were running for the game against [E] _
Alphonsus
[A] And you fell upon the ground and [E] chipped your tooth
Oh now, [F#] listen, I really have surprised us [D#] To learn that you weren't really [B] MX missile
proof Oh, [E] I thought you were a life [B]-size paper doll
[E] And you propped up in the hardware [B]
store _ [E] You were propped up on the front [B] lawn
Watching the parade of those [E] _ legionnaires With two by [B]
fours
Is the marching [A] off to war [B] _ _ [E] _
Yeah, they're marching [A] off to war
[E] _ _ _
_ Oh, [A] they're marching
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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