Effigy Lyrics

Effigy - Andrew Bird
Capo: 3
(Intro)
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If you come to find me affable
Build a replica for me
Would the idea to you be laughable
Of a pale facsimile
So when you come to burn an effigy
It should keep the flies away
And when you learn to burn this effigy
C G Am D Dm G G#(note)
It should be for the hours that slip away, slip away
It could be you, it could be me
Working the door, drinking for free
Carrying on with your conspiracies
Filling the room with a sense of unease
Fake conversations on a nonexistent telephone
Like the words of a man who's spent a little too much time alone
When one has spent too much time alone
Interlude: C F G C F C G
So when you come to burn an effigy
It should keep the flies away
If you long to burn an effigy
C G Am D Dm G G#(note)
It should be of a man whose has lost his way, slips away
It could be you, it could be me
Working the door, drinking for free
Carrying on with your conspiracies
Filling the room with a sense of unease
Fake conversations on a nonexistent telephone
Like the words of a man who's spent a little too much time all alone
When one has spent too much time alone
F Am G#(note) F
F Am G#(note) F
E G E F G B C (all notes)