Cardiff Giant

these lead lines are played over the chords throughout most of the song : E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G | - - 11 - 11 - - 14 - 11 - 9~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 - 11 - - 14 - 11 - 9 - 7~ - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A F#m D ragged robbins for the curtain call A F#m D wrapped in ribbons on the trailer door A F#m D carved initials in a concrete footstall A F#m D on the imitation marble floor A F#m D we’re the boxtop admissions and their throwaways , A F#m D strewn across tobacco roads A F#m D with their wormwood shots and their snake oil plots A F#m D drunk sheepshank con men and their sycophants A F#m D and i A F#m D i often wonder if i’ve already died [ guitar drops out; only bass/Drums play for a frame ] A F#m D out at elbows by the encore A F#m D but there’s a citadel inside A F#m D where i’ll go and shape my heart like yours , A F#m D as you shape yours like mine A F#m D where we’re the spiraling arms of all galaxies A F#m D and we’re the microscopic sand A F#m D suffering from delusions of ungrandeur on middling display A F#m D A F#m D beside the cardiff giant with the alabaster eyes A F#m D A F#m D i often wonder if i’ve already died A F#m D i often wonder if i’ve already died , [ Bridge ] : repeat 4 xa or if the ’i’ A if the ’i’ A D is an unintelligible lie [ Outro ] : A off we flew like swarms of hornets F#m D ’woken up’ from winter’s rest A to colonize with plastic pulp F#m D our neighbor’s perfect paper nest A while all year round potter wasp F#m D has buzzed her unhinged song A you can hear its creaking in our floorboards F#m D megalomania’s only mania if you’re wrong A , F#m , D x2 A ( strummed a few times during the instrumental Outro ) A : E | - - - | F#m : E | - 2 - | D : E | - 2 - | B | - 2 - | B | - 2 - | B | - 3 - | G | - 2 - | G | - 2 - | G | - 2 - | D | - 2 - | D | - 4 - | D | - 0 - | A | - 0 - | A | - 4 - | A | - - - | E | - - - | E | - 2 - | E | - - - |