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Not A Robot, But A Ghost Chords

(ver. 1)
Andrew Bird
"Not a Robot, But a Ghost"
Album- Noble Beast (2009)

This song has a lot of tricky timing, a key change or two, strange section lengths, etc... 
so listen closely to the song to hear all of that, because I've only given you the basics here. 
Additionally, some parts are based more on the movement of different complex instrumental and 
melodic lines than simple chords, so a few chord sections here are simply loose representations. 
Feel free to correct them if you find a better fit. 

INTRO

|: Bm6   |C#7b9 |F#m   |N.C.  :| REPEAT X4

VERSE 1

Bm         C#7                F#m              F#7
I run the numbers through the floor
Bm             C#7               F#m                F#7
Here's how it goes, I crack the codes, I crack the codes that end the war

(Fig. 1)

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---4---4--7--7----6---6---6--4--2------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---2---2--5--5----4---4---4--2--0------|
E|---------------------------------------|

I crack the codes that end the war

(Fig. 2)

E|---------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------6--7------|
G|---4---4--7--7----6---6---6------------|
D|-----------------------------3--4------|
A|---2---2--5--5----4---4---4------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

    Bm
The hour
    F#m
The hour
    Bm
The hour
    F#m
The hour

VERSE 2- Fig.1 and Fig.2 throughout

Bm         C#7            F#m           F#7
I pushed a note under your door
Bm             C#7                 F#m                   F#7  
Here's how it goes, things come to blows, but we don't want this anymore
Bm             C#7                 F#m                   F#7
                                      No we don't want this anymore
Bm             C#7                 F#m                   F#7
                                         We don't want this anymore
Bm             C#7                 F#m                              
                                      I crack the codes you end the war


A        C#         D         F#          

A                            C#
I hear the clockwork in your core
D                                F#
Time strips the gears till you forget what they were for
A                               C#
I push the numbers through your pores
D                              F#
I crack the codes I crack the codes that end the war

F#maj7   Ab    C#  
How's    my    living  
F#maj7   Ab    C#
You      can   call
F#maj7   Ab    C#
Encrypted      numbers on
F#maj7   Ab    C#
Bathroom       stalls,     there's
F#maj7   Ab    C#
Something      burning,    it
F#maj7   Ab    C#
Casts    a     pall,       it's
F#maj7   Ab    C#
Melting      numbers       right
F#maj7   Ab    C#
Off      the   wall


INTERLUDE-     Bm       F#       

Bm                            F#
I run the numbers through the floor
Bm                              F#                               
Here's how it goes, I crack the codes, I crack the codes, you end
    Bm        F#
The war
     
OUTRO- Repeat and fade

    Bm
The hour, the hour, the hour, the hour,
    F#
The hour, the hour, the hour, the hour...
    
            
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