Andrew Bird Giant of Illinois Tab
Standard Tuning, Capo 2nd Fret
[FM7] [G] [Am]
[FM7] [G] [C]
(This bit twice)
Or, alternatively, you could play it like this:
The [C]giant o[G]f Illi[Am]nois
[F] Died from a [C]blister on his [G]toe
After [C]walking all [G]day through the [Am]first winter's [F]snow
[C]Throwing [G]bits of stale [Am]bread
[F] To the la[C]st speckled [G]doves
He[C] never even [G]felt his [Am]shoe full of [F]blood
De[C]lirious with [G]pain, his bedroom [Am]walls began to [F]glow
And he[C] felt himself [G]soaring [Am]up through falling [F]snow
And [C]the sky was a [G]woman's [Am]arms
The [C]sky was a [G]woman's [C]arms
A [C]boy with [G]a club [Am]foot
[F] Had sat ne[C]xt to him in [G]school
O[C]nce upon a [G]summer's day they went [Am]wandering through the [F]woods
They [C]spotted a [G]sleeping [Am]swan
On the [F]banks[C] of a muddy [G]stream
And they [C]stormed it with [G]rocks till it [Am]collapsed in the [F]reeds
They [C]lay out on a [G]green lawn full of [Am]chocolate and [F]lemonade
But [C]under the [G]blue bowl the [Am]giant was [F]afraid
Because the [C]sky was a [G]woman's [Am]arms
The [C]sky was a [G]woman's [C]arms
Standard Tuning, Capo 2nd Fret
[FM7] [G] [Am]
e------------0----------------------------0--0-----------|
B---------1----------------0----------1---------1--0-----|
G------2----------------0---------2-------------------0--|
D---3----------------0--------2--------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------3--------------------------------------|
[FM7] [G] [C]
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-<3-|
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--------------------------------------------------------|
The [C]giant o[G]f Illi[Am]nois
[F] Died from a [C]blister on his [G]toe
After [C]walking all [G]day through the [Am]first winter's [F]snow
[C]Throwing [G]bits of stale [Am]bread
[F] To the la[C]st speckled [G]doves
He[C] never even [G]felt his [Am]shoe full of [F]blood
De[C]lirious with [G]pain, his bedroom [Am]walls began to [F]glow
And he[C] felt himself [G]soaring [Am]up through falling [F]snow
And [C]the sky was a [G]woman's [Am]arms
The [C]sky was a [G]woman's [C]arms
A [C]boy with [G]a club [Am]foot
[F] Had sat ne[C]xt to him in [G]school
O[C]nce upon a [G]summer's day they went [Am]wandering through the [F]woods
They [C]spotted a [G]sleeping [Am]swan
On the [F]banks[C] of a muddy [G]stream
And they [C]stormed it with [G]rocks till it [Am]collapsed in the [F]reeds
They [C]lay out on a [G]green lawn full of [Am]chocolate and [F]lemonade
But [C]under the [G]blue bowl the [Am]giant was [F]afraid
Because the [C]sky was a [G]woman's [Am]arms
The [C]sky was a [G]woman's [C]arms
