Two Way Action
Andrew Bird
RockMedium for beginners7 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
C
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
hide this tab INTRO e|---2-----------------| B|-3---------2------0--| G|---------2------0----| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| D,G (3x) D D G I've been driving all night D G Bathing in florescent light D G Am Of a western Tennessee gas station D G With a pack of two-way action D G I'm subsisting on a fraction D G Am And I close my eyes and pretend C G I'm on vacation D But the light bleeds through A And it's all green-blue There goes my imagination D,G (3x) D G My return fills me with dread D G Will my house plants be all dead D G Am My significant be with another D G I say OK where was I D G But I can't repress a sigh D G And I think I'm gonna Am C G Yeah I think I'm gonna call my mother D Let the subject wander A To issues of blonde hair Or something or other D,G (2x) D C Like a bad haircut D Or a glass of cold water C Some of the things D You wouldn't ordinarily thought a C D Will all be lost if you let it in C D Maybe I'll never ever feel it again D,G,D,G,D,D,Am (x2) D,A Instrumental (Guitar solo): Alternate between D and G. D G I've been driving all night D G Bathing in florescent light D G Am Of a western Tennessee gas station D G With a pack of two-way action D G I'm subsisting on a fraction D G Of what used to be a sugar-free Am C G Half-melted bag of Tastations D That hard candy sensation A It's sweeping the nation D G And it puts my mind in traction D G I'm subsisting on a fraction D G Am And I close my eyes and pretend C G I'm on vacation D But while it melts in my mouth A I'm still driving south In a TV Nation D,G(x2) D C Like a bad haircut D Or a glass of cold water C D Shouldn't I say what I really shouldn't oughta C You spend half a day in D Some of these places C Like a flash of white light D That's in front of our faces C D A state of peristalsis or a parastatic stasis C And we're off to the races D C Oh yeah and we're off to the races D C Oh yeah and we're off to the races D C Yeah and we're off to the races
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Chord set
B · G · D · A · E · Am · C
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.