{"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":2776945,"song":"The Shadow Government","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2776945-the-shadow-government-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2776945?type=chord","rating":4.7414,"votes":6,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDriving home from my meth lab[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRealized something had changed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLooked in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaw with my eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe moon was following me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere's the shadow government when you need it?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere's the shadow government?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a bad bad world[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt's a bad bad world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSifting through the confetti,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI picked up my broken phone[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI looked in the crack[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSomebody waved back[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust sitting on their somebody throne[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere's the shadow government when you need it?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere's the shadow government?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a bad bad world[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a bad bad[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Up the library steps\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n\"Up the library steps\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Up the library steps\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Up the library steps\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D#[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Here comes the Humvee, the Humvee\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\nN.C.\r\nCrawling out of the flophouse,\r\nN.C\r\nI saw the mayor stealing my junk\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI doth protest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCitizen's arrest[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow my body's in his trunk[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere's the shadow government when you need it?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere's the shadow government?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a bad bad world[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a bad bad world[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt's a bad bad[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\nN.C.\nCrawling out of the flophouse,\nN.C\nI saw the mayor stealing my junk\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG C G C G C G C\nC   Am  G Em G","chords":["G","C","Am","Em","Bm","D","D#","E","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}