My Sister's Tiny Hands

By Andrew Bird

Written by The Handsome Family; this is Andrew Bird's cover. The intro is a slight variation on Travis picking — the rest can carry on fingerpicked or strummed.

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[Verse] Eb Bb/D Cm We came in this world together Bb Cm Legs wrapped around each other Ab My cheek against my sister's Eb Bb/D Cm Bb Cm We were born like tangled vine

[Verse] Eb Bb/D Cm We lived along the river Bb Cm Where the black clouds never lingered Ab The sunlight spread like honey Eb Bb/D Cm Bb Cm Through my sister's tiny hands

[Verse] Eb Bb/D Cm But while picking sour apples Bb Cm In the wild waving grasses Ab Sister stumbled in the brier Eb Bb/D Cm Bb Cm And was bitten by a snake

[Chorus] Bb Cm Every creature casts a shadow Bb Eb Under the sun's golden fingers Bb Cm And as the sun sinks past the waving grass Bb Cm Some shadows are dragged along

[Solo] Eb Bb/D Cm Bb Cm Ab Eb Bb/D Cm Bb Cm

[Verse] Eb Bb/D Cm So alone, I took to drinking Bb Cm Bottles of cheap whiskey Ab And I staggered through the backwoods Eb Bb/D Cm Bb Cm Killing snakes with a sharpened stick

[Verse] Eb Bb/D Cm Oh, but still I heard her laughing Bb Cm In the wild waving grasses Ab Still her tiny hands went splashing Eb Bb/D Cm Bb Cm At the river's sparkling shore

[Verse] Eb Bb/D Cm So I took my rusty gas can Bb Cm And an old iron shovel Ab And I set the woods to blaze Eb Bb/D Cm Bb Cm And choked the river up with stones

[Chorus] Bb Cm Every creature casts a shadow Bb Eb Under the sun's golden fingers Bb Cm And as the sun sinks past the waving grass Bb Cm Some shadows are dragged along