Chemical Switches Chords
by Andrew Bird
Chemical Switches by Andrew Bird is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords G, Am, F, Dm, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
G (pluck the open low E string then Hammer on into a Barre G to sound like the recording)
Whistling Bit
Am G F
G Dm Em
Am G F
G F C
Verse
Am G F
I keep hearing a vicious rumor
G Dm Em
From the back rooms, to the alleys, to the avenues
Am G F
That you lost your sense of humor
G F C
And the first place you look is the soles of your shoes
Am G F
And I watch these ice fields melt into the sea
G Dm Em
Warming you're oceans to centuries
Am G F
Will your saline waters bring you back to me?
G F C
Oh the weight is bringing me to my knees
Dm C G F
Chemical switches thrown in the dark
G Dm C
All it takes is a spark to begin
Dm C G F
And can you tell which is a one with a mark?
G Dm C
That Bleeds through the clothes to the skin
Whistling Interlude
Am G F
G Dm Em
Am G F
G F C
Verse
Am G F G Dm Em
Too long I keep searching the alleys and avenues
Am G F
But it seems I'm doing it wrong
G F C
For I've seen neither hide nor hair of you
Humming/Singing Interlude
Am G F
G Dm Em
Am G F
G F C
Bridge
F C G F
And it's a short short walk from pebbles to bricks
G F
From stones back to sticks
G
We're lowering the boiling point
Dm C G F
And as time goes by, gets harder to fix
G F G C
It's a volatile mix, like hydrogen and oxygen
Dm C G F
Chemical switches thrown in the dark
G Dm C
All it takes is a spark to begin