{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":837886,"song":"Keep A Lid On Things","artist":"Crash Test Dummies","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11599298-keep-a-lid-on-things-chords-by-crash-test-dummies/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/837886?type=chord","rating":4.42522,"votes":4,"content":"I was never a huge fan of this band until I heard this song.  It's really \r\n\r\nweird and beautiful, as is the rest of the album.  I've been messing around \r\n\r\nand playing this tune for years, and was surprised to find that no one had \r\n\r\nsubmitted this.  It's accurate, but I'll offer this suggestion: if you \r\n\r\nreally want to get the sound of the organ for the verses, only play the \r\n\r\nfifth and octave for the B major and A major chords, and play the root and \r\n\r\nfifth for the Emajor.  The best way to do this is to play the B barre chord \r\n\r\nup at the seventh fret, then move down two frets for A, and then move back\r\n\r\nup to the seventh fret for E.  When playing like this, *only play the two \r\n\r\nnotes on the A and D strings for each chord.*\r\n\r\nVERSE\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch] \r\nWho put the doggy in the doghouse?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou did, baby - you did[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nWho put your granny in the grannyhouse?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou did, baby - you did, baby[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nWho put the mad in the madhouse?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou did, baby - you did[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nWho put that junk in the junkhouse?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou did, baby - you did, baby[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS: (for the chorus, rather than just playing the two notes for each chord, \r\nplay each full chord).\r\n\r\n[tab]C#min                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKeep your eye on things while I'm gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nKeep a lid on things[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]C#min                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDon't you try everything while I'm gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nKeep a lid on things[/tab]\r\n\r\nThat's it.  Repeat until the end.","plain_text":"I was never a huge fan of this band until I heard this song.  It's really \n\nweird and beautiful, as is the rest of the album.  I've been messing around \n\nand playing this tune for years, and was surprised to find that no one had \n\nsubmitted this.  It's accurate, but I'll offer this suggestion: if you \n\nreally want to get the sound of the organ for the verses, only play the \n\nfifth and octave for the B major and A major chords, and play the root and \n\nfifth for the Emajor.  The best way to do this is to play the B barre chord \n\nup at the seventh fret, then move down two frets for A, and then move back\n\nup to the seventh fret for E.  When playing like this, *only play the two \n\nnotes on the A and D strings for each chord.*\n\nVERSE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS: (for the chorus, rather than just playing the two notes for each chord, \nplay each full chord).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat's it.  Repeat until the end.","chords":["B","A","E","D","C#min"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}