Are You Serious - Andrew Bird chords

Key: Am Singer/Band: Andrew Bird


Tone: [Am]
e|----5------------------------5-------------------| B|----------5------5
-----------------5-----5-------| G|------5----------------5-------5
-------------5---| D|------------7------7----------------7-----7------|
A|------------------------7------------------------| E|-5
---------------------------------------------5-|
Intro - To replicate the sound
of the violin pluck the chords' root note followed by the e and B stings
note followed by the e and B stings
[E] [Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm] [C] [G]
[C] [E]
Verse - Pluck chords' root
note followed by e and B strings
[Am]Used to have just [Dm]one foot out the [Am]door
Yeah, I [Dm]always wanted [C]more
I [G]always was the [C]one
You thought would [E]never marry
[Am]Used to be [Dm]willfully [Am]obtuse
(or [Dm]is the word [C]abstruse?)
[G]Semantics like a [C]noose
Get out your [E]dictionaries
Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here
[Dm]I'm gonna cut to the quick
[E]This is all [Dm]non-fiction
Words you beat with a stick
[E]These are my true [E7]convictions
Chorus
So tell me, [Am]are you [Dm]serious?
[C]Are you [G]serious?
Cause [C]every [G]night of your [C]life
You'll [E]fight for it
[Am]So [Am/B]mysterious
[C]How [G]imperious!
But [C]are you [B]serious
[Em]When it really comes down to [E]it?
Solo - strum triplets of each chord}
[Am] [Am] [C] [C] [Am] [Am] [C] [C]
Repeat Intro
[Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm]
[C] [G] [C] [E]
[Am]I see that you're down
[Dm]there and I'm up [Am]here
Your boyfriend's [Dm]gone to get a [C]beer
Leaving [G]us crystal [C]clear
lines of [E]communications
[Am]Promise me you [Dm]won't avert your [Am]eyes
I drop my [Dm]third-person [C]disguise
You know it's [G]time to do or [C]die
No useless [E]explanations
Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here
[Dm]I'm gonna cut to the [E]quick
This is all [Dm]non-fiction
Words you beat with a [E]stick
These are my true [E7]convictions
Chorus
So tell me, [Am]are you [Dm]serious?
[C]Are you [G]serious?
Cause [C]every [G]night of your [C]life
You'll [E]fight for it
[Am]So [Am/B]mysterious
[C]How [G]imperious!
But [C]are you [B]serious
[Em]When it really comes down to [E]it?
Bridge
[Am] [D] [G] [C]
[Dm] [Dm] [C] [E] [Am] [D]
[G] [C] [Dm] [B]
[Em] [E]
Outro
[Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm]
[C] [G] [C] [E]
[Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm]
[C] [G] [C] [E]
Fade Out
[Am]Are you [Dm]serious?
[C]Are you [G]serious?
Cause [C]every [G]night of your [C]life
[C]You'll [E]fight for it
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