---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A NERVOUS TIC MOTION OF THE HEAD TO THE LEFT - Andrew Bird ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Ridcullylives Email: popohau1@comcast.net Tuning: Standard INTRO: Dm Over prescribed G Under the mister C C/B We had survived to A7 Turn on the history channel Dm G And ask our esteemed panel C Why are we alive C/B A7 And here's how they replied Dm G You're what happens when two substances collide Dm G Am And by all accounts you really should've died E Am (with Riff 1) Am C/G Gm F E VERSE: Am C/G Stretched out on the tarmac Gm F E Six miles south of North Platte Am C/G He can't stand to look back Gm F E At sixteen tons of HazMat PRE-CHORUS: Am And it's what goes B E Undelivered A D Gm Gm/F E Undelivered CHORUS: Am C/G Gm And it's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left F It's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left E Of the what? Of the head to the left Am C/G Gm Exercise yourself 'till you're bereft F 'Cause it's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left E Of the...of the...to the... (Riff 1) (verse and prechorus same chords second time) VERSE: Splayed out on a bathmat Six miles north of South Platte And he just wants his life back What's in that paper knapsack PRE-CHORUS: It's what goes Undelivered Undelivered Am C/G Gm It's a nervous tic motion of the head to the left F E A nervous tic motion of the head (Riff 1 x2 w/ improv vocals) OUTRO: Dm Over imbibed G Under the mister C C/B Barely alive we A7 Dm Cover the blisters in flannel G Though the words we speak are banal C Not one of them's a lie C/B A7 Not one of them's a lie Dm You're what happens when G Two substances collide Dm And by all accounts Am You really should've died Riff 1: (in case any of you don't have Mr. Bird's whistling skills and would rather play on guitar) Am C/G Gm F E e|----------8-----------------------------------------8------------------| B|----8/10-----10p8-------8----8--6--5----------8/10----10p8-------------| G|-------------------5/9----------------7---------------------5--7b9--5--| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note