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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1090423,"song":"Meet The Elements","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1090423-meet-the-elements-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1090423?type=chord","rating":4.88066,"votes":19,"content":"[ch]Dadd4[/ch]   x5403x\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dadd4[/ch]\r\nIron is a metal, you see it every day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dadd4[/ch]\r\nOxygen, eventually, will make it rust away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dadd4[/ch]\r\nCarbon in its ordinary form is coal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dadd4[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCrush it together, and diamonds are born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCome on come on and meet the elements[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMay I introduce you to our friends, the elements?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Dadd4[/ch]\r\nNeon's a gas that lights up the sign for a pizza place[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Dadd4[/ch]\r\nThe coins that you pay with are copper, nickel, and zinc[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Dadd4[/ch]\r\nSilicon and oxygen make concrete bricks and glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dadd4[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow add some gold and silver for some pizza place class[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCome on come on and meet the elements[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI think you should check out the ones they call the elements[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTeam up with other elements making compounds when they combine[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr make up a simple element formed out of atoms of the one kind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\nBalloons are full of helium, and so is every star[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\nStars are mostly hydrogen, which may someday fill your car[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E5[/ch]              [ch]D5[/ch]                   [ch]B5[/ch]\r\nHey, who let in all these elephants?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C5[/ch]                    [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nDid you know that elephants are made of elements?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dadd4[/ch]\r\nElephants are mostly made of four elements[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Dadd4[/ch]\r\nAnd every living thing is mostly made of four elements[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlants, bugs, birds, fish, bacteria and men[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAre mostly carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCome on come on and meet the elements[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou and I are complicated, but we're made of elements[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTeam up with other elements making compounds when they combine[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr make up a simple element formed out of atoms of the one kind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCome on come on and meet the elements[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCheck out the ones they call the elements[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Dadd4   x5403x\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG C D  G","chords":["Dadd4","G","C","Am","D","Em","C/D","E5","D5","B5","C5"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}