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                               Andrew Bird - Skin Is, My

                           The Mysterious Production of Eggs
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Transcribed by DasMozz
This is an odd one to transcribe. The spacing is unusual because
the song is a long series of pickup measures back to back.

[Intro Riff]


[Verse 1]

   Em     G
My skin is
         A
White as parchment
B7           Em       G        A
Drier than a downtown office building
  B7             Em    G
Where the air is tight
         A
There's time spent
B7             Em
Resting on her bones
G               A     B7
Waiting for the telephone to ring

Em      G/D     A
 Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring
B7      Em      G/D     A     B7
 Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring
Em      G/D     A
 Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring
B7      Em      G/D     A     B7
 Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring


[Verse 2]

   Em     G
My skin is
A            B7          Em        G
Cold as her toes on the bathroom floor
A            B7     Em         G
Run back to bed and slam the door
A          B7    Em    G/D
Oh what a lovely sound
A          B7           Em   G/D
 Oh how it shakes the ground
A          B7     Em    G/D
 Oh what a lovely sound
A          B7     Em    G/D
 Oh what a lovely sound
 A         B7
Oh what a lovely


[Bridge]

Am   A  Am
Skin is my
         G
It's the only thing
                    Gm
That doesn't really fly in my land
    F
And love, oh love
E  F
Is my love is
         E
It's the only thing that
      E
Butterfly in Thailand


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         X3

Let it be printed on every t-shirt in this land

On the finest of cottons and the hippest of brands

In bolder letters than the capital I
         B7                    B7
It's the only thing, it's the only thing
          B7
It's the only lonely, whoa


[Instrumental]

|: Em   G   A   B7 :| X8


[Verse 3]

   Em     G
My skin is
A          B7
  White as parchment
             Em       G      A
Drier than a downtown office building
B7               Em   G
Where the air is tight
        A
There's time spent
B7
Waiting for that
Em     G         A
 Macrame bird of prey
       B7
To come down and sing

Em     G/D     A
 La-ling la-ling la-ling
B7      Em     G/D    A    B7
 La-ling la-ling la-ling
Em     G/D     A
 La-ling la-ling la-ling
B7     Em     G/D
 La-ling la-ling la-ling

A          B7     Em    G/D
 Oh what a lovely sound
A          B7           Em   G/D
 Oh how it shakes the ground
A          B7     Em    G/D
 Oh what a lovely sound
A          B7           Em   G/D
 Oh how it shakes the ground
A          B7     Em
 Oh what a lovely sound


[Intro Riff]


[Outro]

A          B7     Em    G/D
 Oh what a lovely sound
A          B7           Em   G/D
 Oh how it shakes the ground
A          B7     Em    G/D
 Oh what a lovely sound
A          B7           Em   G/D
 Oh how it shakes the ground
A          B7     Em    G/D
 Oh what a lovely sound
A          B7     Em    G/D
A          B7     Em    G/D
A          B7     Em    G/D
A          B7     Em
 Oh what a lovely sound