Desperation Breeds Chords
by Andrew Bird
Desperation Breeds by Andrew Bird is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
In this era without bees...
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5~------------0-----------------------------------0-----0-----0-----|
D|-7~----------2---2----------(repeat x4)---------2-----2-----2-----2--|
A|-7~----0-2-3-------2---0---------------------------------------------|
E|-5~------------------3---------------------1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1----|
Verse
Na na na na na na na na
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------0-0h2-0-----------0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------|
D|-------2----------2--0--0h2----2-----2-----2-----2-------------------------|
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E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---------------------------|
Na na na na na na na na
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G|----------0-0h2-0-----------0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------|
D|-------2----------2--0--0h2----2-----2-----2-----2-------------------------|
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E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---------------------------|
Beekeeper sing of your frustration
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G|----------0-0h2-0-----------0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------|
D|-------2----------2--0--0h2----2-----2-----2-----2-------------------------|
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E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---------------------------|
In this litigious breeze
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G|----------0-0h2-0-----------0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------|
D|-------2----------2--0--0h2----2-----2-----2-----2-------------------------|
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E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---------------------------|
Of accidental pollination
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G|----------0-0h2-0-----------0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------|
D|-------2----------2--0--0h2----2-----2-----2-----2-------------------------|
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E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---------------------------|
In this era without beeeee...
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B|----------------------------1--1--1--1--1--1--1----------------------------|
G|----------0-0h2-0----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2----------2--0-----------------------------------------------------|
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E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---------------------------|
...eeeeees without
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B|----1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1--1--1--1----------------------------|
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E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---------------------------|
beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees without
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B|----1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1--1--1--1----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---------------------------|
beeeeeeeeeeeeeeees
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B|----1--1--1--1--0--0--0----------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---------------------------------------------------|
G F
Beekeeper sing of your frustration
G F
In this litigious breeze
G F
Of accidental pollination
G F
In this era without bees
G F
We keep breeding desperation
G F
In this era of thieves
G F
Who keep stealing respiration
G F
From the tenderest of trees
G F
This peculiar incantation
G F
Sure you heard it before
G F
Instead of breeding desperation
G F
Make me a pallet on your floor