Little Fictions Chords & Lyrics - Elbow

Intro Verse Chorus Instrumental & Outro
Gm: 355333 D: x00232 D: x00232 D: x00232
F#m: x4422x G: 320003 G: 320003 G: 320033 (power)
Gm': 3103xx or 3x03xx D7: x00212 A6: x04220 A7sus2 : x02003
F#m' 2x02xx Bb: x13331 Bm: 224432 (last chorus) A: x02220
D: 054000 or x00232 Bm: 224432

*The "sad strings" in some of the verses can be played like D going to a Dsus2/A: x00320
(amount of stars indicate every shift from D to Dsus2/A)
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[INTRO]
(I prefer picking all the strings simultaneously instead of strumming)

[Gm]Gm' [F#m]F#m' [Gm]Gm' [F#m]F#m'
Gm' F#m' D
Gm' F#m' D

D (hold)

[VERSE 1]
[D]A muffled battle cry acro[G]ss the kitchen table [D]
[D]A baffling contretemps that sh[G]akes the day unsta[D]ble
[D]Confessions from the cab a h[G]abit that I got from dad
The fl[D7]urry of departure in a cy[G]clone of cologne
Would often d[Bb]evastate the gate and hedge

And s[D]et our tiny teeth on edge
I s[Bb]ee it in me now and pledge
To k[D]nock it on the head that's what I'll do

D (hold)

[VERSE 2]
D G D * * * *
A muffled battle cry across the kitchen table
D G D * * * *
Bridges up portcullis down and round the Tower of Babel
[D]I'm babbling in my dreams of [G]blue berserkers coming at me
[D7]Eyes and tongues and rusty knives
And G[G]od almighty laughing at me
[Bb]From a fat boy fishing chair
I wa[D]ke to find you laughing there
It's ni[Bb]ce to know how much you care
[D]Decided I should spend my life with you[D] [D] [D] [D]

[CHORUS]
We prote[D]ct[D] our little fictions [G] [G] [A6] [A6]
Like it's all we are [D] [D]
Little w[D]il[D]derness mementos [G] [G] [A6] [A6]
But there'[D]s [D]only you and me here
[G]Fi[G]re [A6]bre[A6]athin[D]g [D]
[G]Ho[G]ld [A6]tig[A6]ht
[D]Wa[D]iting for the ori[A6]gin[A6]al m[Bm]ira[Bm]cle [A6] [A6] [D] [D]

D (hold)* * * * * * * *

[VERSE 3]
D G D * * * *
I'm trying to focus on the issues of the day please
D G D * * * *
Your paper's upside down The radio's in Chinese
[D]These little tremors that are r[G]ipping through our rituals
[D7]That friction up the interaction
[G]Emanate from quite the greatest
[Bb]Thing that ever happened to
A pa[D]ir of boozy bowerbirds
Like [Bb]me and you In other words
The a[D]lligator pear inside of you [D] [D] [D] [D]

[CHORUS]
We prote[D]ct[D] our little fictions [G] [G] [A6] [A6]
When we bow to fear[D] [D]
Little w[D]il[D]derness mementos [G] [G] [A6] [A6]
But there'[D]s [D]only you and me here

[G]Fi[G]re [A6]bre[A6]athi[D]ng[D]
[G]Ho[G]ld [A6]tig[A6]ht
[D]Wa[D]iting for the ori[A6]gin[A6]al m[Bm]ira[Bm]cle [A6] [A6] [D] [D]
[G]Fi[G]re [A6]bre[A6]athi[D]ng[D]
[G]Ho[G]ld [A6]tig[A6]ht
[D]Li[D]fe is the ori[A6]gin[A6]al m[Bm]ira[Bm]cle [A6] [A6] [D] [D]

[A6] [A6] [Bm] [Bm] [A6] [A6] [D] [D]

(only electric guitar & drums)

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[D] [G] [D]
[D] [G] [D]
[A7sus2] [G] [A] [D] (A7sus2 : x02003)
[A7sus2] [G] [A] [D]
[A] [Bm] [A] [D]

[OUTRO]
[D]Let's[G] get [D]old
[D]Dare [G]you n[D]ow
[A7sus2]Mix blo[G]od with[A] me [D]
[A7sus2]All in [G]

L[D]ove is the origi[A]nal mirac[Bm]le [A] [D]
[D]Let's [G]get [D]old
[D]Dare [G]you n[D]ow
[A7sus2]Mix blo[G]od wi[A]th me[D]

[A7sus2]All in [G]
L[D]ove is the orig[A]inal mi[Bm]racle [A] [D]
Love is the orig[A]inal mi[Bm]racle [A] [D]

D* * * * * * * *