Songbook

The Naming of Things

By Andrew Bird

Key of C

[Verse]
D7                  F
You remind me of you
                       C
the way you shot right through and how

you broke my window glass,
D7                  Fmaj7
fast it happened so fast
             C
I have to confess that I
             G
that I was impressed that I
              D7
that I was impressed that I
                F                    G
despite all the mess and the broken glass
             C
I was impressed

[Verse]
D7                  F
Here's where I disappeared
                       C
where I fell off the pier and to...
                        D7
and to be rescued I did wait
                     Fmaj7
I watched water bugs skate
                    C
as they draw figure eights as they draw
                       G
from the bottom of the lake as they draw
                     D7
I watched water bugs skate as they draw
                       F                            G
From the bottom of the lake I watched the water bugs skate

(Walk up the low E string like so)
E|----3---4---

Am
Memories like mohair sweaters
                                     C       Cmaj7
Stretched and pilled faux distressed letters
Am
moose's horns and figure eights

white plastic bags in search of mates
     C
what suffocates the land
       G
in the memory of garbage can
D7
memory of garbage can

[Chorus]
F                                      Cmaj7
You can't be found when the bell rings
F                                                 C
you weren't there that day for the naming of things
               G
the naming of things
             D7
The naming of things
                        F       G
where the homeroom bell rings
                      E
the homeroom bell rings

Violin Solo  (I usually whistle this part)
Cmaj7   F   Cmaj7
D7      F   Cmaj7
Am      F   Cmaj7
D7      F   Cmaj7

(Spoken) 1-2-3-4

D7                             F
hey, just look at the mess you made today
                              C
didn't really think it would get this bad
D7                                F
hey, feel like you're living in a Russian play
                               C
where it seems like you made everybody mad

D7               F
You remind me of you
         C
When you shot through
                    D7
and broke my window glass
               F
It happened so fast
          C
I have to confess
        G                D7
I was impressed, I was impressed
                Fmaj7               G
despite all the mess and the broken glass
        E
I was impressed

[Chorus]
F                                Cmaj7
you can't be found when the bell rings
            F                                C
you weren't there that day for the naming of things
               G
the naming of things
              D7
The naming of things
                         F           G
where the homeroom bell rings
                      C
the homeroom bell rings
                   F        G
Its the naming of things
              E
the naming of--

Fade out on E