{"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":55212,"song":"Purple Toupee","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/55212-purple-toupee-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/55212?type=chord","rating":4.45828,"votes":16,"content":"Artist: They Might Be Giants\r\nSong: Purple Toupee\r\nAlbum: Lincoln\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n(W/ Talk Box) [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI remember the year I went to camp[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHeard about some lady named Selma and some blacks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomebody put their fingers in the president's ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it wasn't too much later they came out with Johnson's Wax[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI remember the book depository[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere they crowned the king of Cuba[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's all I can think of but I'm sure there's something else[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWay down inside me I can feel it coming back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nPurple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch] \r\n(purple toupee when summer brings you down)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\npurple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n(purple toupee and gold lame)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChinese people were fighting in the park[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe tried to help them fight no one appreciated that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMartin X was mad when they outlawed bell bottoms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTen years later they were sharing the same cell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI shouted out \"Free the Expo '67\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTil they stepped on my hair and they told me I was fat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm very big I'm a big important man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the only thing that's different is underneath my hat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nPurple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch] \r\n(purple toupee when summer brings you down)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\npurple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n(purple toupee and gold lame)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nPurple toupee is here to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nafter the hair has gone away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthe purple brigade is marching from the grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nLa la la la la la la[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nLa la la la la la la[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nLa la la[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWe're on some kind of mission[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nwe have an obligation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nwe have to wear toupees[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Artist: They Might Be Giants\nSong: Purple Toupee\nAlbum: Lincoln\n\n[Intro]\nA D E C# F#m B\n(W/ Talk Box) E A B E\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nBb Bb F F Eb\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG","chords":["A","D","E","C#","F#m","B","G","C","F#","Bb","F","Eb"],"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]},"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]}}}