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They Might Be Giants

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.

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         D          G         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 handle critisism

      C                D
I'll show you what I know and you can

C        D             G          Em
Tell me if you think I'm getting better on the drums

C                        D
I'll leave the front unlocked 'cause

Eb                 F
I can't hear the door bell

(intro riff)
G  Em  

G 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  Em  C  D  G  Em  D


Am      C       Em       G
Someday somebody else besides 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

 
I'm interested in things I'm not a real doctor but I

C               D                    G           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 handle criticism

     C                 D
I'll show you what I know and you can

C           D            G           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  Em C  D G  Em  C  D  G
Call me Dr Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorm

Source: www.ukulele-tabs.com

Doctor Worm

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

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

# 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)

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

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!

E
I live up in apartment four
C#m
I'm on the very next floor
A                        F#m
The number's right on the door
B
If you ever get bored
B
Come knock on my door
B
The one with the four
E
I live up in apartment number four
C#m                    A         F#m
Where the sound of the drum comes from
F#m
Just follow the sound
B
That's where the four is found
E                                    C#m
You don't know me but I remember when you
                       A
Moved into flat number two
                       F#m
That was the day that I knew
                        B
That I was not the only one
B
Who might like the drum
B
That was shaking the floor
B
Of apartment four
E                             C#m
Come on up to apartment number four
                       A         F#m
Where the noise of the drum comes from
F#m
Just follow the sound
B
That's where the four is found
E

Appartament Number Four

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

This is the Malcolm in the Middle version

Chords for song
   C   D   Em  E5  G5  A5  C5  D5
A|-7---9---2---7---x---0---3---5--|
E|-8---10--3---7---0---0---3---5--|
C|-7---9---4---4---3---4---0---2--|
G|-9---11--4---4---2---2---0---2--|


Intro
C              D         Em
Yes,no, maybe,   I don't know
          C        E5
Can you repeat the question


Chorus x2
G5
you're not the boss of me now
A5
you're not the boss of me now
C5                                        D5
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big

Keyboard part second time through chorus
A|-------0--2----------0--2----------0--3--2--0--|
E|-0--3----------0--3----------0--3--------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|

Outro
G5
     Life is unfair

Boss Of Me

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

F          Dm
They call me Dr. Worm
     Bb               C
Good morning, how are you?
        F
I'm Dr. Worm
                  Dm
I'm interested in things
    Bb        C
I'm not a real Dr.
      Bb     C
But I am a real worm
        F     Dm 
I am an actual worm
    Bb          C
I live like a worm

And the rest of the song is the same thing with different lyrics.

Dr. Worm

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

A            A+           Bm          
I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
             A              D               E    F#m
called the blood of the exploited working class
            D                                     Dm                
but they've overcome their shyness.  now they're calling me 'your Highness'
        A      F#m      D       E      A   E ( F#7 every other time )
and a world screams: Kiss me, Son of God

Verse : ( Same as Chorus )
I destroyed the bond of friendship and respect
between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye
now I laugh and make a fortune off the same ones that I tortured
and a world screams: Kiss me, Son of God

Bridge:
            Bm   E(+m9)     A    
I look like Jesus, so they say
       Bm      E(+m9)      A   
but Mr Jesus is very far away
               C#                     F#m                 
now you're the only one here who can tell me if it's true
      D                     E
that you love me and I love me

Chorus:
I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
called the blood of the exploited working class
but they've overcome their shyness. now they're calling me 'your Highness'
and a world screams: Kiss me, Son of God   
yes the world screams: Kiss me, Son of God

Kiss Me Son Of God

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

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

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

# 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

Why Does The Sun Shine?

&quot;Birdhouse in Your Soul&quot; is a song by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was released in March 1990 as a single from the album Flood. It reached #3 on the United States Modern Rock Tracks chart and #6 on the UK Singles Chart and remains their highest-charting single in both countries. The song returned to the UK Singles Chart in 2010, after its use in a television advert for Clarks Shoes, peaking at #70. The song is sung from the point of view of a nightlight.

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

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