Measuring Cups As recorded by Andrew Bird on the album The Mysterious Production of Eggs Transcribed by Cameron Brydon (brydon5@hotmail.com) Watch Andrew Bird live on www.fabchannel.com or on www.andrewbird.net, or go to http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php to download live audio. Standard Tuning Intro Chords G - D - A - Em (X2) Verse 1 G D A Em G Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game D A Em G Come to the front of the class and we'll measure your brain D E We'll give you a complex and we'll give it a name G D A Em G Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game D A Em G Can't have the cream when the crop and the cream are the same D E Liquid or gas no more than the glass will contain Chorus G D When you talk about the hand of glory A Em A tale that's rather grim and gory G D E Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? G D E When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed Intro Chords (X2) G - D - E Verse 2 G D A I think they're gonna make you start over Em G You don't want to start over D A Put your backpack on your shoulder Em G Be the good little soldier D Take your places now E 'Cause we're all predisposed G D A Em G Measuring cups, play a new game D A Em G Front of the class, measure your brain D E Give you a complex and we'll give it a name G D When you talk about the hand of glory A Em A tale that's rather grim and gory G D E Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? G D E When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed G D A Put your backpack on your shoulder Em Be the good little soldier G D It's no different when your older E You're predisposed G Bbm That's all for questions now D The case is closed! A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. -Friedrich Nietzsche