Biography:
Cardiacs, originally called Cardiac Arrest, was an English band formed in 1977 and led by Tim Smith (1961-2020). Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style and for their eccentric, theatrical stage shows, they have been hailed as an influence by many newer groups and artists.
As well as Smith, around 23 musicians were part of the Cardiacs over the years, including Smith's brother, Jim, and multi-instrumentalist, Sarah Cutts, who married Tim Smith in 1983.
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- All Spectacular
- An Ant
- Anything I Cant Eat
- Appealing To Venus
- Bellyeye
- Big Ship
- Dirty Boy
- Dive
- Dog
- Eat It Up Worms Hero
- Eden On The Air
- Evrything Is Easy
- Fairy Mary Mag
- Flap Off You Beak
- Foundling
- Gen
- Helen And Heaven
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- Insect Hoofs On Lassie
- Is This The Life
- Let Alone My Plastic Doll
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- March
- Odd Even
- Red Fire Coming Out From His Gills
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- She Is Hiding Behind The Shed
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- Spinney
- Stone Age Dinosaurs
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- Two Bites Of Cherry
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
(intro)
A E A E A E A E
F D
F D
B F# A E A E
A E A E A
All nineteen birds flying fast up
E A E B F# A E A E
They are dead they are not alive
A E A E A
Bad bird you flap off you beak
E A E B F# A E A E
High and mighty beady bird eye
A D F G A
Featherless me and I be all glad on my own
D F G D#
Doggy-eyed graceless in my home
G# C#
Steps in wire
F# B E A E A E
High and mighty beady bird eye
B F# A E A E
They're not alive
A E A E A E
They eat no love, they curl up in their hollow tree
A E B F# A E A E
And leak the sap that bad birds do
B F# A E A E
A D F G A
Poison in the drops of black and white pearl
D F G D#
On the 'leaving the cinema' girl
G# C#
Steps in wire
F# B E A E A E
High and mighty beady bird eye
B F# A E A E
They're not alive
B F# A E A E
A B C E
Don't linger on not pure gold in your hand
A B C E
And fly again to the end of England
C# G# B F# D F B A# F#
Sad birds flying through the famous London fog
A# F# A# F#
There is no God
B F# A E A E
There is no 'alive'
B F# A E A E
In my menagerie
(repeat chords x6)
A B C E
C# G# B F# D F B
Sad birds they are not alive
A# F# A# F#
Nineteen birds flying fast up
A# F# B F# A E A E
They are not alive
B F# A E A E
They're not alive
B F# A E A E
They're not alive
B F# A E A E
B F# A E A E
(chords repeat - fade out)
A E A E A E A E
F D
F D
B F# A E A E
A E A E A
All nineteen birds flying fast up
E A E B F# A E A E
They are dead they are not alive
A E A E A
Bad bird you flap off you beak
E A E B F# A E A E
High and mighty beady bird eye
A D F G A
Featherless me and I be all glad on my own
D F G D#
Doggy-eyed graceless in my home
G# C#
Steps in wire
F# B E A E A E
High and mighty beady bird eye
B F# A E A E
They're not alive
A E A E A E
They eat no love, they curl up in their hollow tree
A E B F# A E A E
And leak the sap that bad birds do
B F# A E A E
A D F G A
Poison in the drops of black and white pearl
D F G D#
On the 'leaving the cinema' girl
G# C#
Steps in wire
F# B E A E A E
High and mighty beady bird eye
B F# A E A E
They're not alive
B F# A E A E
A B C E
Don't linger on not pure gold in your hand
A B C E
And fly again to the end of England
C# G# B F# D F B A# F#
Sad birds flying through the famous London fog
A# F# A# F#
There is no God
B F# A E A E
There is no 'alive'
B F# A E A E
In my menagerie
(repeat chords x6)
A B C E
C# G# B F# D F B
Sad birds they are not alive
A# F# A# F#
Nineteen birds flying fast up
A# F# B F# A E A E
They are not alive
B F# A E A E
They're not alive
B F# A E A E
They're not alive
B F# A E A E
B F# A E A E
(chords repeat - fade out)
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