Key: C
Introduction:
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
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
Am
And it's what goes
B E
Undelivered
A D Gm Gm/FE
Undelivered
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)
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)
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