Songbook

Tables and Chairs

By Andrew Bird

Key of D

harmonies

[Intro]
   Bm                                   G                  D
If we can call them friends then we can call them on their telephones
Bm                                      G                    D
And they won't pretend that they're too busy or that they're not alone
       A                                    G
And if we can call them friends then we can call
A                                  G
Holler at them down these hallowed halls
A                               Bm           G
Just don't let the human factor fail to be a factor
   D  Dadd4  D  Dadd4
At all

[Verse]
D                Dadd4
Don't, don't you worry
          D
About the atmosphere
   Dadd4               D      Dadd4
Or any sudden pressure change
          D                  Dadd4
Because I know that it's starting
       D
To get warm in here
    Dadd4                      D       Dadd4
And things are starting to get strange

        D   Dmaj7add4
And did you
        Bm     G
Did you see how
           D                  Dmaj7add4
All of our friends were there
            Bm       G
And they're drinking
               D    Dmaj7add4
roses from the can?
Bm      G

    D   Dmaj7add4
And how
      Bm     G
How I wish I
      D              Dmaj7add4
I had talked to them
      Bm        G            D
And I wish they fit into the plan

[Chorus]
D D Bb A
D D Bb A

D             Bb             A
  And we were tired of being mild
D            Bb             A
  We were so tired of being mild
D        Bb   A
  And we were tired

[Verse]
                      D
I know we're going to meet some day
       Dmaj7add4               Bm                   G
In the crumbled financial institutions of this land
              D
There will be tables and chairs
            Dmaj7add4              Bm
There'll be pony rides and dancing bears
                   G
There'll even be a band

              D
Cause listen, after the fall
              Dmaj7add4
There will be no more countries
   Bm                G
No currencies at all
            D
We're gonna live on our wits
            Dmaj7add4
We're gonna throw away survival kits
      Bm                   G
Trade butterfly-knives for Adderall

           D
And that's not all!
  Dmaj7add4       Bm                 G
Oh, there will be snacks, there will
              D                 Dmaj7add4 Bm G
There will be snacks, there will be

There will be snacks

D Dmaj7add4 Bm G
D Dmaj7add4 Bm G

D             Bb             A
  And we were tired of being mild
D            Bb             A
  We were so tired of being mild
D        Bb                A
  And we were (we were so) tired

   D         Dmaj7add4
So don't you
          Bm    G
Don't you worry
              D
About the atmosphere