Giant of Illinois Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird Giant of Illinois Tab
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
Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.azchords.com. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. To remove this song please click here.
