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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2776870,"song":"By The Time You Get This","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2776870-by-the-time-you-get-this-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2776870?type=chord","rating":4.86573,"votes":15,"content":"\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the time you get this note[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe'll no longer be alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll have all gone up in smoke[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere'll be no way to reply[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'll be wondering about the world that vanished long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the words that reach you now[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat were buried underground[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGreetings to everyone in Nineteen Thirty-Seven[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt seems that you were never aware that we were here[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou're probably too busy re-joicing in the present[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo stop - and be reminded of the dark and troubled past[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the time you get this note[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe'll no longer be alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut our skulls are smiling still[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAt the thought of things to come[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe can confidently know that you'll enjoy a better world[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the evils that we faced[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWill at last be laid to rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhen the poisons of the Earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAre completely neutralized[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhen the hatred and the lies[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAre forever put aside[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]C#[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhen the voices of dissent and contradiction all abate[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd the peaceful air is filled[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]C#[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWith a silent harmony[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe can't be certain at the moment of this writing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut surely in the future there'll be no barking dogs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sound of crying babies will be thankfully forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo more will the chattering classes make a noise[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the time you get this note[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA millenium from now[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll have all gone up in smoke[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere'll be no way to reply[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we confidently know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou'll enjoy a better time[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the evils that we faced[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWill at last be laid to rest[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","E","D","Bm","F","G","C","F#m","C#","B"],"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]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}