{"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":55844,"song":"Its Not My Birthday","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/55844-its-not-my-birthday-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/55844?type=chord","rating":4.32108,"votes":25,"content":"Artist: They Might Be Giants\r\nSong: It's Not My Birthday\r\nAlbum: Miscellaneous T (EP)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell the rain falls down without my help I'm afraid[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand my lawn gets wet though I've withheld my consent[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhen this grey world crumbles like a cake[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI'll be hanging from the hope[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthat I'll never see that recipe again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs I walk I think about a new way to walk[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs I think I'm using up the time left to think[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nand this train keeps rolling off the track[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\ntrying to act like something else[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\ntrying to go where it's been uninvited[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's not my birthday, it's not today[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's not my birthday so why do you lunge out at me[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the word comes down \"Never more will be around\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough I'll wish we were there, I was less than we could bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand I'm not the only dust my mother raised[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSo I'm rattling the bars around this drink tank discreetly[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI should pour through the keyhole or evaporate completely[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nbut there'd be no percentage and there'd be no proof[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand the sound upon the roof is only water[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell the rain falls down without my help I'm afraid[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand my lawn gets wet though I've withheld my consent[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhen this grey world crumbles like a cake[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI'll be hanging from the hope[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthat I'll never see that recipe again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's not my birthday, it's not today[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's not my birthday so why do you lunge out at me[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the word comes down \"Never more will be around\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough I'll wish we were there, I was less than we could bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand I'm not the only dust my mother raised[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am not the only dust my mother raised[/tab]","plain_text":"Artist: They Might Be Giants\nSong: It's Not My Birthday\nAlbum: Miscellaneous T (EP)\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","A","Gm","Bm","E","Am","Em","C","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}