Are You Serious
Andrew Bird
RockMedium for beginners9 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
BDiagram coming soon
G
D
A
E
Am
Dm
C
E7
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
hide this tab e|----5------------------------5-------------------| B|----------5------5-----------------5-----5-------| G|------5----------------5-------5-------------5---| D|------------7------7----------------7-----7------| A|------------------------7------------------------| E|-5---------------------------------------------5-| Intro: E Am Dm Am Dm C G C E Verse - Pluck chords' root note followed by e and B strings Am Dm Am Used to have just one foot out the door Am Dm C Yeah, I always wanted more C G C I always was the one C E You thought would never marry Am Dm Am Used to be willfully obtuse Am Dm C (or is the word abstruse?) C G C Semantics like a noose C E Get out your dictionaries Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here Dm E I'm gonna cut to the quick E Dm This is all non-fiction Dm E Words you beat with a stick E E7 These are my true convictions Chorus E7 Am Dm So tell me, are you serious? C G Are you serious? C G C Cause every night of your life C E You'll fight for it Am Dm So mysterious C G How imperious! C G But are you serious B E When it really comes down to it? Solo - strum triplets of each chord} Am Am C C x2 Repeat Intro Am Dm Am Dm C G C E Am Dm Am I see that you're down there and I'm up here Am Dm C Your boyfriend's gone to get a beer C G C E Leaving us crystal clear lines of communications Am Dm Am Promise me you won't avert your eyes Am Dm C I drop my third-person in disguise C G C You know it's time to do or die C E No useless explanations Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here Dm E I'm gonna cut to the quick E Dm This is all non-fiction Dm E Words you beat with a stick E E7 These are my true convictions Chorus E7 Am Dm So tell me, are you serious? C G Are you serious? C G C Cause every night of your life C E You'll fight for it Am Dm So mysterious C G How imperious! C G But are you serious B E When it really comes down to it? Outro C Dm G C C Dm G C B E Am Dm Am Dm C G C E Fade Out Am Dm Are you serious? C G Are you serious? C G C Cause every night of your life C E You'll fight for it
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Chord set
B · G · D · A · E · Am · Dm · C · E7
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.