Not A Robot But A Ghost


"Not a Robot, But a Ghost" by Andrew Bird Album- Noble Beast (2009) This song has a lot of tricky timing, a key change or two, strange section lengths, etc... so listen closely to the song to hear all of that, because I've only given you the basics here. Additionally, some parts are based more on the movement of different complex instrumental and melodic lines than simple chords, so a few chord sections here are simply loose representations. Feel free to correct them if you find a better fit. Email me with questions and/or comments at Willowbrookchaps@gmail.com INTRO |: Bm6 |C#7b9 |F#m |N.C. :| REPEAT X4 VERSE 1 Bm C#7 F#m F#7 I run the numbers through the floor Bm C#7 F#m F#7 Here's how it goes, I crack the codes, I crack the codes that end the war (Fig. 1) E|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---4---4--7--7----6---6---6--4--2------| D|---------------------------------------| A|---2---2--5--5----4---4---4--2--0------| E|---------------------------------------| I crack the codes that end the war (Fig. 2) E|---------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------6--7------| G|---4---4--7--7----6---6---6------------| D|-----------------------------3--4------| A|---2---2--5--5----4---4---4------------| E|---------------------------------------| Bm The hour F#m The hour Bm The hour F#m The hour VERSE 2- Fig.1 and Fig.2 throughout Bm C#7 F#m F#7 I pushed a note under your door Bm C#7 F#m F#7 Here's how it goes, things come to blows, but we don't want this anymore Bm C#7 F#m F#7 No we don't want this anymore Bm C#7 F#m F#7 We don't want this anymore Bm C#7 F#m I crack the codes you end the war A C# D F# A C# I hear the clockwork in your core D F# Time strips the gears till you forget what they were for A C# I push the numbers through your pores D F# I crack the codes I crack the codes that end the war F#maj7 Ab C# How's my living F#maj7 Ab C# You can call F#maj7 Ab C# Encrypted numbers on F#maj7 Ab C# Bathroom stalls, there's F#maj7 Ab C# Something burning, it F#maj7 Ab C# Casts a pall, it's F#maj7 Ab C# Melting numbers right F#maj7 Ab C# Off the wall INTERLUDE- Bm F# Bm F# I run the numbers through the floor Bm F# Here's how it goes, I crack the codes, I crack the codes, you end Bm F# The war OUTRO- Repeat and fade Bm The hour, the hour, the hour, the hour, F# The hour, the hour, the hour, the hour...