{"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":1716549,"song":"Answer","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1716549-answer-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1716549?type=chord","rating":4.76172,"votes":24,"content":"Artist: They Might Be Giants\r\nSong: \"Answer\"\r\nKey of D\r\n2015\r\n\r\nExpounded on the tab over at TMBW because I feel like the bass motion in the song adds \r\na lot to the pre-chorus/chorus. I'd play that G/E as just an Em7 (020033). Also that D/B \r\nis basically a Bm, as seen in the chorus, but I play it as a Bm6 (x20032). Hit \r\nthe bass note twice and then hit the chord (1 + 2   3 + 4) to get the effect of that \r\nmotion in the prechorus.\r\n\r\nVERSE\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYear after year [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough every dream of a pony would end in tears [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe cake was lit and as you blew the candles out [/tab]\r\n\r\nYour heart refilled \r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd every year [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYour dream was killed [/tab]\r\n \r\nPRECHORUS\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D/B[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G/E[/ch]\r\nIt may take an ocean of whiskey and time[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A/C#[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nTo wash all of the letdown out of your mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/B[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A/E[/ch]         [ch]A/C#[/ch] \r\nAnd this may not be the thing you requested but I [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nAm the answer to all your prayers [/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A/C#[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll this ti - ime interested agents have been eavesdropping upstairs [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A/E[/ch]      [ch]A/C#[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nWhen will you re - cog - nize that I am the answer to all your prayers? [/tab]\r\n\r\nVERSE\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n You ordered well [/tab]\r\n\r\nThey brought you medium rare \r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou were promised fair [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd in response a clap of thunder broke the air [/tab]\r\n\r\nThe weather changed \r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sky went black [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd then it rained [/tab]\r\n\r\nPRECHORUS\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D/B[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G/E[/ch]\r\nIt may take an ocean of whiskey and time [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A/C#[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo wash all of the letdown out of your mind [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/B[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A/E[/ch]       [ch]A/C#[/ch] \r\nAnd this may not be the item you selected but I [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAm the answer to all your prayers [/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A/C#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nAll this ti - ime the surveillance machine has been all up in your affairs [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A/E[/ch]       [ch]A/C#[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]         \r\nWhen will you re - a - lize that I am the answer to all your prayers? [/tab]\r\n\r\nBRIDGE\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]                            \r\n  It might seem like a thankless existence [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut don't lose hope just yet [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYou'll be remembered for your persistence [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd this is the thanks you get[/tab]\r\n\r\nVERSE\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nYou wanted tall I came in under 5'4 [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen you asked for dark [/tab]\r\n\r\nI tend to sunburn a lot \r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs for handsome, well [/tab]\r\n\r\nCan't help you there \r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo make of it what you will [/tab]\r\n\r\nPRECHORUS\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D/B[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G/E[/ch]\r\nIt may take an ocean of whiskey and time [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A/C#[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo wash all of the letdown out of your mind [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G/B[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A/E[/ch]       [ch]A/C#[/ch] \r\nAnd I may not be the one you expected but I [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAm the answer to all your prayers [/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A/C#[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll this ti - ime interested agents have been eavesdropping upstairs [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   A/E*   [ch]A/C#[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nWhen will you get          that I am the answer to all your prayers? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A/C#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nAll this ti - ime the surveillance machine has been all up in your affairs [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A/E[/ch]    [ch]A/C#[/ch]      \r\nIt should be clear   to you by now that [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am the fi - nal answer to all your prayers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nFine.","plain_text":"Artist: They Might Be Giants\nSong: \"Answer\"\nKey of D\n2015\n\nExpounded on the tab over at TMBW because I feel like the bass motion in the song adds \na lot to the pre-chorus/chorus. I'd play that G/E as just an Em7 (020033). Also that D/B \nis basically a Bm, as seen in the chorus, but I play it as a Bm6 (x20032). Hit \nthe bass note twice and then hit the chord (1 + 2   3 + 4) to get the effect of that \nmotion in the prechorus.\n\nVERSE\n\n\n\n\nYour heart refilled \n\n\n \nPRECHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\nVERSE\n\n\nThey brought you medium rare \n\n\n\nThe weather changed \n\n\n\nPRECHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\nBRIDGE\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE\n\n\n\nI tend to sunburn a lot \n\n\nCan't help you there \n\n\nPRECHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  A  D\n\nFine.","chords":["D","G/E","D/B","Bm","G","A","A/C#","D/F#","G/B","A/E","Am","Em","F#m","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}