They Might Be Giants (TMBG) are an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 in Brooklyn, New York, United States by John Flansburgh (vocals, guitar) and John Linnell (vocals, keyboards, accordion). During TMBG's early years Flansburgh and Linnell were frequently accompanied by a drum machine. In the early nineties, TMBG became a full band. Currently, the members of TMBG are Flansburgh, Linnell, Marty Beller, Dan Miller, and Danny Weinkauf.

Fondé par John Flansburgh et John Linnell, They Might Be Giants, aussi connu sous le nom de TMBG , est un groupe de pop/rock alternatif créé à Brooklyn, New York, en 1982. Il s'est fait principalement connaître en Europe avec le célèbre générique de la série américaine Malcolm intitulé Boss of Me.

They Might Be Giants (comúnmente abreviado como TMBG) es una banda estadounidense de rock alternativo/universitario formada por John Linnell y John Flansburgh. Conocido por su experimental pop, el grupo ha sido popular en los campus universitarios estadounidenses y se ganó una reputación como banda de rock intelectual/empollón gracias a la poco convencional temática de su música, la cual a menudo contiene referencias a la historia, la ciencia, el cine, la literatura y la música de otros artistas.

G D C
G D C


G D C                    G D
Outnumbered x xxxxxxx xx one
C                   G    D    C
All xx xxx xxxxx xx this xxxx xxxx
           G   D  C
xxx'x xxxx Johnny xxxx
G D C                        G D
Men   xxxxx xx xx x xxxxxxxx mound
C                     G     D C
None xx xxxx xxxx xxx found x xxx
        G  D   C
To xxxx Johnny xxxx


A                  Em
Spending xxxx xx myself

xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
          A           B
x'x xxx x monument xx justice
                   C
Plus xxxxx x xxx'x forget x xxxx


         G   D
xxx xxxx xxx'x
C                 G  D
xxx'x xxxx xxxxxx down
C                          G D
They xxxxx'x xxx xxxxx xxx man
C                         G  D C
That xxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxx down


Interlude:
Em A C D G C A D


     G  D
xxxx xxxx
        C                 G  D
xxxxxxx golf xxxxx xx xxx moon
C               G   D
Bathroom xx xxx pants
       C                       G D C
xxx xx thinks xx'x xxxxxx xxxx me
    G D        C                G  D
x'x pointing x finger xx xx xxx face
     C                    G
xxxx can't xxxx xxxx'x xx here
D   C               G   D  C
And they xxx'x xxxx Johnny xxxx


A
  Beneath xx xxxxxxx 
   Em
xx flip xxx xxx xxx
        A             B
xxxx xx pulls xx alongside
          C
xx xxx xx gas xxx xx xxxxxxxxx


         G   D
xxx xxxx xxx'x
C                 G  D
xxx'x xxxx xxxxxx down
C                          G D
They xxxxx'x xxx xxxxx xxx man
C                         G  D C
That xxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxx down

      
         G   D
And xxxx don't
C                    G  D
Don't xxxx xxxx x'xx seen
C                    G  D
Can't xxxx xxxx'x xx here
C                          G  D C
And xxxx xxx'x xxxx xxxxxx down


Em A C D G C A D

G D C Am G

Can't Keep Johnny Down

Join Us

C
Particle man, particle man
C                  G
Doing the things a particle can
F                C     
What's he like?  It's not important
C           
Particle man

C              F    
Is he a dot or is he a speck?
     G                     C 
When he's underwater, does he get wet?
   F                  G  
Or does the water get him instead?
F              C 
Nobody knows.  Particle man

C             C 
Triangle man, Triangle man
C                  G 
Triangle man hates particle man
F                  C  
They have a fight, Triangle wins
C   
Triangle man

C             C  
Universe man, Universe man
C                  G  
Size of the entire universe man
F               C  
Usually kind to smaller man
C  
Universe man

C                       F  
He's got a watch with a minute hand,
G                      C  
Millennium hand and an eon hand
F                     G  
When they meet it's a happy land
F                C  
Powerful man, universe man

C           C  
Person man, person man
C                      G  
Hit on the head with a frying pan
F                   C  
Lives his life in a garbage can
C  
Person man

C                  F 
Is he depressed or is he a mess?
G                    C  
Does he feel totally worthless?
F                G  
Who came up with person man?
F             C  
Degraded man, person man

C             C  
Triangle man, triangle man
C                  G  
Triangle man hates person man
F                  C  
They have a fight, triangle wins
C  
Triangle man

Particle Man

Intro:
C                                       F
I'm         your    only      friend              I'm       not       your
Eb                                      G
only              friend      but       I'm            a    little
Bb                                      Eb
glowing        friend         but       really              I'm       not
Db                                      G
actually                      your      friend    but  I            am

Just Strum the (C)for a while

Choruses:
C                                       F
          Blue   canary       in   the  outlet    by   the  light     switch
C                                       F
          who       watches        over               you
C                   G                   Am                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your
Eb                                      Ab
soul      not   to  put   too      fine      a    point     on   it
Eb                                      Ab
say       I'm  the  only           bee       in   your      bonnet
Eb                  Cm                  Ab                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your
C                                       F
soul

Verses:
C                                       F
          I         have      a         se-  cret to        tell
C                                       F
          from      my        e-   lec-      tri- cal       well
C                   G                   C7
          it's a    sim-      ple       mes-      sage      and       I'm
F                                       G
leav-     ing       out       the       whistles  and       bells
C                                       F
          so   the  room      must      listen    to        me
C                                       F
          fi-  li-  bus-      ter  vi-       gi-  lant-     ly
C                   G                   C7
          my        name      is        blue      ca-  na-           ry
F                                       G
one       note      spelled   L         I         T         E
Am                                      Am+
          my        sto-      ry's      in-       fi-  nite
Am6                                     Am+
          like the  Lon-      gines     Sym-      pho- nette               it
G
doesn't             rest


Instrumental/Bridge:
Am                                      Am+
Am6                                     Am+
Am                                      Am+
Am6                                     Am+
Gbm                                     Gbm+
Gbm6                                    Gbm+
E                                       D
A                                       E 

A                                       D
I'm         your    only      friend              I'm       not       your
C                                       E
only              friend      but       I'm            a    little

G                                       C
glowing        friend         but       really              I'm       not
Bb                                      G
actually                      your      friend    but  I              am

Outro CHorus:
A                                       F
          Blue   canary       in   the  outlet    by   the  light     switch
C                                       F
          who       watches        over               you
C                   G                   Am                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your
Eb                                      Ab
soul      not   to  put   too      fine      a    point     on   it
Eb                                      Ab
say       I'm  the  only           bee       in   your      bonnet
Eb                  Cm                  Ab                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your
C                                       F
soul                          and  while          you're    at   it
C                                       F
keep      the  night     light     on             in-       side     the
C                   G                   Am                  G
bird-     house     in        your      soul

Birdhouse In Your Soul

Verse 1:
   G            Em      
I lost my lucky ball & chain
     C                   D      
And now she's four years gone
      G                 Em      
Just five feet tall and sick of me
     C              G      
And all my rattling on
      G            Em      
She threw away her baby-doll
    C           D       
I held on to my pride
    G               Em     
But I was young and foolish then
        C              G       
I feel old and foolish now.


D6
Chorus:
     C                              G       
Confidentially, she never called me baby-doll
     C                           G       
Confidentially, I never had much pride
    C                            G       
But now I rock a bar stool and I drink for two
     D              C               D     
Just pondering this time bomb in my mind.

Verse 2:
   G            Em      
I lost my lucky ball & chain
     C                   D      
And now she's four years gone
      G                 Em      
Just five feet tall and sick of me
     C              G      
And all my rattling on                   
     G                 Em            
She walked away from a happy man.
   C               D             
I thought I was so cool.
G                   Em           
I just stood there whistling
       C                   D          G       Em        
"There goes the bride" as she walked out the door
       C                 D          G       Em    C  D        
There goes the bride as she walked out the door
    
Bridge: ( Noise )

Verse 3:
I could shake my tiny fist
And swear I wasn't wrong,
But what's the sense in arguing
When you're all alone?
Sure as you can't steer a train
You can't change your fate
When she told me off that day
I knew I'd lost my home.

D6

Chorus:
Confidentially, I never told you of her charms.
Confidentially, we never had a home,
But this railroad apartment was the perfect place
When she'd sit and hold me in her arms.

(Repeat 2nd verse)
   G            Em      
I lost my lucky ball & chain
     C                   D      
And now she's four years gone
      G                 Em      
Just five feet tall and sick of me
     C              G      
And all my rattling on                   
     G                 Em            
She walked away from a happy man.
   C               D             
I thought I was so cool.
G                   Em           
I just stood there whistling
       C                   D          G       Em        
"There goes the bride" as she walked out the door
       C                 D          G       Em            
There goes the bride as she walked out the door
       C                 D          G       Em   C  D         
There goes the bride as she walked out the door

Lucky Ball And Chain

Flood

# In case the Em7-5 doesn't show this is the chord
A-1---
E-----
C-2---
G ----

Dm
Istanbul was Constantinople
Dm
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
A7
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Dm
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Dm
Every gal in Constantinople
Dm
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
A7
So if you've a date in Constantinople
Dm
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Dm
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Em7-5
Why they changed it I can't say
# Pause
People just liked it better that way

Dm
So take me back to Constantinople
Dm
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
A7
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Dm
Why did Constantinople get the works?
# Pause
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Dm Dm A7 Dm X2

Dm
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Em7-5
Why they changed it I can't say
# Pause
People just liked it better that way

Dm
Istanbul was Constantinople
Dm
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
A7
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Dm
Why did Constantinople get the works?
# Pause
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Dm
So take me back to Constantinople
Dm
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
A7
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Dm
Why did Constantinople get the works?
# Pause
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul!

Istanbul (not Constantinople)

G	Em	C	D	G
They 	call me Dr. Worm.	   Good 	morning how are 	you? I'm Dr. 	Worm

 	Em	C	D
I'm interested in 	things. I'm 	not a real 	doctor but I

 	C	G/Bb	Em
 	Am a real 	worm I am an actual 	worm.

 	C	D
I 	live like a 	worm

 	G	Em
And I 	like to play the drums 	 

 	C	D	G	Em
I 	think I'm getting 	good but I can hand	le critisi	m,

 	C	G
I'll 	show you what I 	know and you can

 	C	G/Bb	Em
 	Tell me if you 	think I'm getting better on the 	drums

 	C	D
I'll 	leave the fron un	locked 'cause

 	Eb	F
I can't 	hear the 	door bell

(intro riff)

 	G	C	G	C	G	C	G	C
(alternate between G and C)

 	G	C	G	C	G	C	G	C	G	C	G	C	G	C
 	   When 	I get 	into 	it I 	can't 	tell if 	you 	are 	watching 	me 	twirling 	the 	stick. 	 

 	Am	C	Em	G
 	When I 	give the 	signal 	my friend

 	C	Cm
 	Rabbi Bole will 	play the solo.



(chords under solo)

| G/D5 | E5 | D/A5 | G5 | A/E5 | |



 	Am	C	Em	G
 	Someday 	somebody 	else bes	ides me

 	C	Cm
Will 	call me by my 	stage name they will



Call me Dr. Worm. Good morning how are you I'm Dr. Worm.

G 
I'm interested in things. I'm not a real doctor but I

 	C	G/Bb	Em
 	Am a real 	worm I am an actual 	worm.

 	C	D
I 	live like a 	worm

 	G	Em
And I 	like to play the drums 	 

 	C	D	G	Em
I 	think I'm getting 	good but I can hand	le critisi	m,

 	C	G
I'll 	show you what I 	know and you can

 	C	G/Bb	Em
 	Tell me if you 	think I'm getting better on the 	drums

 	C	D
 	I'm not a real 	doctor but they

Eb F G (intro riff) G
Call me Dr. Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorm!

Doctor Worm

Severe Tire Damage

Dm                  Gm
We've been driving around
Dm                   Gm          Bb        C
From one end of this town to the other and back
Bb                F/A  Bb                F/A  Bb
But no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us)
Bb           F/A Bb   C
Driving our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band)
    A
And no one's ever heard of our band

                D  D/C#  G/B  
We're the Mesopota-mi    -ans
D/A     G          D/F#       Em       A
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

D                       Bm              Em
Then they wouldn't understand a word we say,
                        Gm            F#m
So we'll scratch it all down into the clay
                          B               C
Half believing there will sometime come a day
Someone gives a damn
A
Maybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand

                D  D/C#   G/B  
We're the Mesopota-mi    -ans
D/A     G          D/F#       Em            Asus4
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

                   Dm            Gm
The Mesopotam-ish sun is beating down
Dm                       Gm
And making cracks in the ground
            Bb              C
But there's nowhere else to stand
   Bb    F/A Bb                F/A  Bb
In Mesopotamia, (No one's ever seen us)
    Bb               F/A   Bb C
The kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one's ever heard of our band)
    A
The land where we invisibly rule

             D  D/C#   G/B  
As the Mesopota-mi    -ans
D/A     G          D/F#       Em       A
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

D               Bm
This is my last stick of gum 
             Em                     Gm
I'm going to cut it up so everybody else gets some
  F#m                       B               C                    A
Except for Ashurbanipal who says my haircut makes me look like a Mohenjo-daroan

A
Hey, Ashurbanipal,
            D  D/C#   G/B  
I'm a Mesopota-mi    -an
D/A     G          D/F#       Em            Asus4
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

                D  D/C#   G/B  
We're the Mesopota-mi    -ans
D/A     G          D/F#       Em            Asus4
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

             G            D/F#     Em    G/D
"Hey, man, I thought that you were dead
  C           C/B          Am    C/G
I thought you crashed your car"
     E         G/D        A/C#      A          E7      E7/G#   A
"No, man, I've been right here this whole time playing bass guitar
For the Mesopotamians"
N.C.            D  D/C#   G/B   D/A   G
We're the Mesopota-mi    -ans
 D/F#    Em         A        D   D/C#  G/B  D/A
(Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal)
G       D/F#       Em       A/G      Asus4
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh

                D  D/C#   G/B   D/A
We're the Mesopota-mi    -ans
G       D/F#      Em       A        D         D
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh

The Mesopotamians

Idlewild: A Compilation

A--0------------------------------------------------------------
E--------0-0-1-----1---------------1-1---------1-0-0-1-1---1----
C----2-2--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------0-2---0-0-2-2-3-2-0-----0-0-2-0-----------0------
                                                                 
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E--0-----0-0-1-----1---------------1-1-0-0----------------------
C----2-2-----------------------------------2--------------------
G--------------0-2---0-0-2-2-3-2-0------------------------------

Older

A|----------------7-4---------------4------------7-4---------------------
E|--------------------------------2----------------------------2-----2-0-
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2-4-2-4--2-4-2---4-2----2-4-2-----4-2---2-4-2---4-2--2--1-1--2-1-----
                                                                         
A|----------------7-4---------------4------------7-4--------7---------7-
E|--------------------------------2-------------------------------------
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2-4-2-4--2-4-2---4-2----2-4-2-----4-2---2-4-2---4-2--1-2--1-2-4--1--

Another First Kiss

Mink Car

F    Bb    F    C    F  Bb  F

    F                Bb
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas,

F                  C
a gigantic nuclear furnace

      F                      Bb
where hydrogen is built into helium

F                   C           F         Bb F
at a temperature of millions of degrees.

F                    Bb
Yo ho, it's hot, the sun is not

F                      C
a place where we could live,

    F                           Bb
but here on earth there'd be no life

F           C         F      Bb F
without the light it gives.

  F
We need it's light,

Bb
we need it's heat,

 F           C
we need it's energy.

   F                Bb
Without the sun, without a doubt,

 F                 C   F  Bb  F
there'd be no you and me.

   F                  Bb
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas,

F                C
a gigantic nuclear furnace 

      F                      Bb
where hydrogen is built into helium

 F             C           F  Bb F
at a temperature of millions of degrees.

    F      Bb
The sun is hot.


The sun is so hot that everything on it is a gas: copper, iron, aluminum, on the surface of the sun are all gas.

    F      Bb
The sun is large.


The sun is so large, a million earths could fit inside and yet, the sun's just a middle-sized star.

    F      Bb  C
The sun is far away.


It's about 93 million miles away, and that's why it looks so small.

    F             Bb
But even when it's out of sight

F         C              F      Bb  F
it shines bold night and day.

     F          
The sun gives light,

  Bb  
the sun gives heat,

   F         Bb         F
the sunlight that we see.

      F             Bb               
The sunlight comes from our own sun's

 F   C      F    Bb F
atomic energy.


Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-crushing machine. The heat and light from the sun are comes by the nuclear reaction between hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and helium.

    F                  Bb
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas,

          F                C
a gigantic nuclear furnace

        F                      Bb     
where hydrogen is built into helium

        F             C           F  Bb F
at a temperature of millions of degrees.

Why Does The Sun Shine?

# Dm* should be played including the 5th fret of the A string, either (2215)
# or (2555), though a normal Dm sounds fine as well.

  Dm       A       Dm    A 
A Shooting star is not a star
   Dm    A       Dm*
Is not a star at all.
  Dm       A        Dm* Gm
A shooting star's a mee-teor
       F       A     Dm
that's heading for a fall.

  Dm       A       Dm    A 
A shooting star is not a star
    Dm      A        Dm* 
why does it shine so bright?
    Dm       A     Dm*           Gm 
The friction as it falls through air
   F     A        Dm         
Produces heat and light.

  Dm       A       Dm  A
A shooting star or meteor
     Dm   A        Dm*
whichever name you like
    Dm     A        Dm*     Gm
the minute it comes down to earth
     F        A    Dm
it's called a meteorite

What Is A Shooting Star?

Here Comes Science

C                                       G
Sometimes      I    feel like bein'     wispy                              and
F                                       C
once in a while I   feel like bein'     dry                           but we're
E                                      F
doomed    and we're drowned   by   this feeling   we   surround       so   I
C                   G                   C
hope that I    get  old   before   I    die

Chorus:
G
ohhhhhhhhhhh 
       C                          F
It's a long long rope they use to hang you soon I hope 
      G                                 C
And I wonder why  this hasn't happened, why why why 
      C                                 F             Fm
And I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt 
      C               G              C
And I hope that I get old  before I  die


Verse 2:
Clear off the kitchen table darling
For on the kitchen table i must Lie
I'm just tired for my wife just served the banquet of my life
And I hope that I get old before I die

Chorus:
G
ohhhhhhhhhhh 
       C                          F
It's a long long rope they use to hang you soon I hope 
      G                                 C
And I wonder why  this hasn't happened, why why why 
      C                                 F             Fm
And I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt 
      C               G              C
And I hope that I get old  before I  die


Chorus:
G
ohhhhhhhhhhh 
       C                          F
It's a long long rope they use to hang you soon I hope 
      G                                 C
And I wonder why  this hasn't happened, why why why 
      C                                 F             Fm
And I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt 
      C               G              C
And I hope that I get old  before I  die

I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die

Intro:
				Dsus		-		

G		C		Em		A7

G		C		A7		Dsus


Chorus:
G		C		Em		A7                 
Don't, don't, don't let's start	    This is the worst part

Em       Em+maj7   Em+dom7            Em+6               Dsus
 Could believe for all the world that you're my precious little girl, but

G		C		Em              A7
Don't, don't, don't let's start     I've got a weak heart, and

G		C		A7		Dsus
I don't get around      how you get around


Verse 1:
Solo tabs (Alternately, play the chords given below the tabs in the place
of the high solo, or in place of both solos.)


(play two more repetitions of the above lines as verse continues):

  G           C                   F9          D
When you are alone, you are the cat, you are the phone

  G           C                   F9          D
You are an animal

  G           C                   F9          D
The words I'm singing now mean nothing more than "meow"

  G           C                   F9          D
To an animal

G		C		F9 		D7sus4
Wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account

G		C		F9		Dsus
Don't try to stop the tail that wags the hound


Em+?				Fadd9
D, world destruction		Over an overture

G				C+?	        C7
N, do I need	     apostrophe T, need this torture?


REPEAT CHORUS

Verse 2:

No one in the world ever gets what they want,

And that is beautiful

Everybody dies frustrated and sad,

And that is beautiful


They want what they're not, and I wish they would stop

Saying Deputy Dawg dog a ding dang depadepa

Deputy Dawg dog a ding dang depadepa


D, world destruction		Over an overture

N, do I need 	     apostrophe T, need this torture?


REPEAT CHORUS

Bridge:

Dsus    -       -    -       -     -       -
I don't want to live in this world anymore

- -     -       -            - - - -
I don't want to live in this woooorld


REPEAT CHORUS

Coda:

Em	Em+maj7	Em+dom7	Em+6	Cmaj7	D	G
                                                                     
A--7------------5--|---------------|-----------0---|---------------|
E------------------|---------------|-------3-------|---3-----------|
C------------------|-----------4---5---------------|---------------|
G--7-----------5---|---------------|---------------|---------------|
   G           C                   Csus        D
A--7------------5--|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E------------------|---------------|-------3-------|---------------|
C------------------|-----------4---5-----------2---|---------------|
G--7-----------5---|---------------|---------------|---------------|
   G           C                   Csus        D

Don't Let's Start

They Might Be Giants

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

F Am Dm C

    F              Am            Bb          C
The skirts go up, before the wall  among the madding crowds, 
    
     F                      Am                    Dm     C
They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
          F                      Am           Bb           C
You are a living doll riding the circle tracks  behind the walls of clocks, 
        F                      Am                   Dm     C
In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin     

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistlng part)

F Am Dm C

        F                     Am               Bb            C     
Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low  and like the rest of us,
                 F            Am               Dm     C
You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
      F                              Am         Bb                C
Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
            F                 Am                 Dm    C
And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

 Bb                         F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                            F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
 Bb                         F         C
Windows will close in the crash years 

Bb                          F        C      Dm     C
    Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (whistling part)

Bb 

F Am Dm C

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistling part)

        F                   Am            Dm                  C
And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

# (Repeat six times and end on an F)

Crash Years

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

No Bravery

Intro:  D A E A D
        D A E A D  E

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be


A little voice told me it?s all wrong
        D
Another voice told me it?s alright
  E
I used to think I was strong
    A
But lately I just lost the fight

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I got tired of bein? good
        D
Started missing that old feeling free
     E
Stop actin? like I thought I should
    A
And went on back to bein? me

  
I never meant to hurt no one
  D
I just had to have my way
           E
If there's such a thing as too much fun
A
This must be the price you pay

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D
 For a little while
E                 A                D
 You never see it comin? till it?s gone
E                     A           D
 It all happens for a reason even when it?s wrong
  E
Especially when it?s wrong


Solo: A D E A x2


Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be

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