Painbirds (Mark Linkous)
Sparklehorse
Good Morning Spider (1999)
Chord Bank:
Em (022000)
Am (x02210)
D (xx0232)
C (x32010)
Goddamn it's so very hot
Supposed to come a rain but it's not
Oh yeah,
Here come the painbirds
Oh yeah,
Here come the painbirds
Spiral down those hateful dears
Between our skins and burning spheres
Oh yeah,
Here come the painbirds
Oh yeah,
Here come the painbirds
(instrumental verse)
(repeat either 1st or 2nd verse - they're sung simultaneously on record)
Chorus x2 ("Oh yeah, here come the painbirds" part, but you knew that)
Chorus lead riff (on 2nd bar of C chord)
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--12----------------------------|
D|--12h14p12--------------12-12~--|
A|----------12h14p12-12h14--------|
E|--------------------------------|
h|= hammer-on
p|= pull-off
~|= sustain or light vibrato
Great song, real simple.