E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Andrew Bird - Skin Is, My The Mysterious Production of Eggs E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 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] Em G My skin is A White as parchment B7 Em G A Drier than a downtown office building B7 Em G Where the air is tight A There's time spent B7 Em Resting on her bones G A B7 Waiting for the telephone to ring Em G/D A Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring B7 Em G/D A B7 Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring Em G/D A Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring B7 Em G/D A B7 Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring [Verse 2] Em G My skin is A B7 Em G Cold as her toes on the bathroom floor A B7 Em G Run back to bed and slam the door A B7 Em G/D Oh what a lovely sound A B7 Em G/D Oh how it shakes the ground A B7 Em G/D Oh what a lovely sound A B7 Em G/D Oh what a lovely sound A B7 Oh what a lovely [Bridge] Am A Am Skin is my G It's the only thing Gm That doesn't really fly in my land F And love, oh love E F Is my love is E It's the only thing that E 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 B7 B7 It's the only thing, it's the only thing B7 It's the only lonely, whoa [Instrumental] |: Em G A B7 :| X8 [Verse 3] Em G My skin is A B7 White as parchment Em G A Drier than a downtown office building B7 Em G Where the air is tight A There's time spent B7 Waiting for that Em G A Macrame bird of prey B7 To come down and sing Em G/D A La-ling la-ling la-ling B7 Em G/D A B7 La-ling la-ling la-ling Em G/D A La-ling la-ling la-ling B7 Em G/D La-ling la-ling la-ling A B7 Em G/D Oh what a lovely sound A B7 Em G/D Oh how it shakes the ground A B7 Em G/D Oh what a lovely sound A B7 Em G/D Oh how it shakes the ground A B7 Em Oh what a lovely sound [Intro Riff] [Outro] A B7 Em G/D Oh what a lovely sound A B7 Em G/D Oh how it shakes the ground A B7 Em G/D Oh what a lovely sound A B7 Em G/D Oh how it shakes the ground A B7 Em G/D Oh what a lovely sound A B7 Em G/D A B7 Em G/D A B7 Em G/D A B7 Em Oh what a lovely sound