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Andrew Bird Giant of Illinois Tab

Standard Tuning, Capo 2nd Fret

   FM7			   G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)e------------0----------------------------0--0-----------|
B---------1----------------0----------1---------1--0-----|
G------2----------------0---------2-------------------0--|
D---3----------------0--------2--------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------3--------------------------------------|

   FM7		G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)e-----------0--------------------------------------------|
B--------1--------------0--1-------1-------1-------------|
G-----2--------------0--------0------0--------0----------|
D--3--------------0--------------2------2----------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------3-----------------------------------------|

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G----3----5----7---------3----5----5---------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------5------------------------------------|
G----2----4----5-------5----2----4----5------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

(This bit twice)
e----5--3-3---1-0-0---------------------5--3-3--1-0-0-
B---------------------3-1-1--0---------------------------|
G--------------------------------2-2---------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

Or, alternatively, you could play it like this:

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B---10-8-------------------10-8-------8------------------|
G---------10-9--7-5--4-2-------10-9----------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

    C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)   AmThe (x02210@1)giant of Illinois
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)Died from a blister on his toe

      C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)             Am (x02210@1)           FAfter (133211@1)walking all day through the first winter's snow

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)           AmThrowing (x02210@1)bits of stale bread
F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)To the last speckled doves
  C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)         FHe (133211@1)never even felt his shoe full of blood

  C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)               Am (x02210@1)           FDelirious (133211@1)with pain, his bedroom walls began to glow
      C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)               FAnd (133211@1)he felt himself soaring up through falling snow


    C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     AmAnd (x02210@1)the sky was a woman's arms
    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)     CThe (x32010@1)sky was a woman's arms

  C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)    AmA (x02210@1)boy with a club foot
F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)Had sat next to him in school
 C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                    Am (x02210@1)                  FOnce (133211@1)upon a summer's day they went wandering through the woods

     C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)      AmThey (x02210@1)spotted a sleeping swan
       F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)         GOn (320003@1)the banks of a muddy stream
         C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)             FAnd (133211@1)they stormed it with rocks till it collapsed in the reeds

     C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)          FThey (133211@1)lay out on a green lawn full of chocolate and lemonade
    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)      FBut (133211@1)under the blue bowl the giant was afraid

            C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)     AmBecause (x02210@1)the sky was a woman's arms
    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)     CThe (x32010@1)sky was a woman's arms

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