• Song:

    Fireworks

  • Artist:

    Animal Collective

  • Album:

    Strawberry Jam

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This is intended for solo acoustic interpretation.

CAPO I

CHORD DICTIONARY:
Cadd9: x32030
Em: 022000
Am7: x02010
G: 320003
Bm7: x24232
D6: xx0202

INTRO/MAIN PROGRESSION:

Cadd9, Em, Am7, G 
x4


VERSE 1 (6/8 TIME):
          Cadd9 (x32030@1)       Em (022000@1)               Am7 (x02010@1)        GNow (320003@1)it's day, I've been trying to get that taste off my tongue
      Cadd9 (x32030@1)     Em (022000@1)             Am7 (x02010@1)          GI (320003@1)was dreaming of just you, now our cereal, it is warm.
          Cadd9 (x32030@1)     Em (022000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)      GAttractive (320003@1)day in the rubble of the night from before.
            Cadd9 (x32030@1)   Em (022000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)            GNow (320003@1)I can't walk in a vacuum! I feel ugly, I feel my pores.
         Cadd9 (x32030@1)       Em (022000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)               GIt's (320003@1)the trees of this day that I do battle with for the light,
       Cadd9 (x32030@1)       Em (022000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)          GThen (320003@1)I start to feel tragic, people greet me, I'm polite.
            Cadd9"What's (x32030@1)the day?"
            Em"What's (022000@1)you doin'?"
            Am7"How's (x02010@1)your mood?"
            G"How's (320003@1)that song?"
       Cadd9 (x32030@1)      Em (022000@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)              GMan (320003@1)it passes right by me, it's behind me, now it's gone
            Cadd9 (x32030@1)And I can't lift you up, mind is tired
        Em (022000@1)Oh it's family beaches that I desire
  Am7 (x02010@1)A sacred night, we'll watch the fireworks
    GThe (320003@1)frightened babies poo
                Cadd9 (x32030@1)             
They've got two flashing eyes and they're colored why
         Em (022000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)          GThey (320003@1)make me feel that I'm only all I see sometimes!


MAIN PROGRESSION x3
Third time, land on the G and change to 4/4 time.


BRIDGE (4/4 TIME)

G, Bm7, D6 (quietly)

GI've (320003@1)been eatin' with a good friend who said
"A genie made me out of the earth's skin"
       Bm7 (x20202@1)But in spite of her she is my birth kin
    D6She (xx04xx@1)spits me out in her surly blood rivers
GAll (320003@1)the people life lurkin'
In dominions of a hot Turk dish
       Bm7 (x20202@1)      
If the elephants be reaching for our purses
     D6Then (xx04xx@1)meet me after the world with the shivers
 
REPEAT 3 TIMES, THEN:

VERSE (4/4 TIME)

            Cadd9"What's (x32030@1)the day?"
            Em"What's (022000@1)you doin'?"
            Am7"How's (x02010@1)your food?"
            G"How's (320003@1)that song?"
       Cadd9 (x32030@1)      Em (022000@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)              GMan (320003@1)it passes right by me, it's behind me, now it's gone
            Cadd9 (x32030@1)And I can't lift you up cause mind is tired
     Em (022000@1)It's family beaches that I desire
  Am7 (x02010@1)A sacred night, we'll watch the fireworks
    GThey (320003@1)frightened the babies and you know
                Cadd9 (x32030@1)             
THEY'VE GOT TWO flashing eyes and if they're colored why
         Em (022000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)              GThey (320003@1)make me feel that you're only what I see sometimes!



There you go.
I understand if you want to substitute the D6 for a normal D, I just like it is all.

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