Skin Is My
Andrew Bird
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Bird - Skin Is My The Mysterious Production of Eggs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcribed by DasMozz This is an odd one to transcribe. The spacing is unusual because the song is a long series of pickup measures back to back. [Intro Riff] [Verse 1] My skin is White as parchment Drier than a downtown office building Where the air is tight There’s time spent Resting on her bones Waiting for the telephone to ring Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring [Verse 2] My skin is Cold as her toes on the bathroom floor Run back to bed and slam the door Oh what a lovely sound Oh how it shakes the ground Oh what a lovely sound Oh what a lovely sound Oh what a lovely [Bridge] Skin is my It’s the only thing That doesn’t really fly in my land And love oh love Is my love is It’s the only thing that Butterfly in Thailand A: --2--2-0---2-222 E: 0---3----2------ X3 Let it be printed on every t-shirt in this land On the finest of cottons and the hippest of brands In bolder letters than the capital I It’s the only thing it’s the only thing It’s the only lonely whoa [Instrumental] |: :| X8 [Verse 3] My skin is White as parchment Drier than a downtown office building Where the air is tight There’s time spent Waiting for that Macrame bird of prey To come down and sing La-ling la-ling la-ling La-ling la-ling la-ling La-ling la-ling la-ling La-ling la-ling la-ling Oh what a lovely sound Oh how it shakes the ground Oh what a lovely sound Oh how it shakes the ground Oh what a lovely sound [Intro Riff] [Outro] Oh what a lovely sound Oh how it shakes the ground Oh what a lovely sound Oh how it shakes the ground Oh what a lovely sound / / / Oh what a lovely sound