{"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":953524,"song":"The Mesopotamians","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/953524-the-mesopotamians-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/953524?type=chord","rating":4.58818,"votes":6,"content":"The previous one wasn't 100% accurate!\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWe've been driving around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom one end of this town to the other and back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F/A[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F/A[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F/A[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDriving our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd no one's ever heard of our band[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/C#[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  \r\nWe're the Mesopota-mi    -ans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen they wouldn't understand a word we say,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSo we'll scratch it all down into the clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHalf believing there will sometime come a day[/tab]\r\nSomeone gives a damn\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nMaybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/C#[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]  \r\nWe're the Mesopota-mi    -ans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nSargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe Mesopotam-ish sun is beating down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd making cracks in the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut there's nowhere else to stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F/A[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F/A[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIn Mesopotamia, (No one's ever seen us)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F/A[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one's ever heard of our band)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe land where we invisibly rule[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/C#[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]  \r\nAs the Mesopota-mi    -ans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThis is my last stick of gum [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI'm going to cut it up so everybody else gets some[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nExcept for Ashurbanipal who says my haircut makes me look like a Mohenjo-daroan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHey, Ashurbanipal,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/C#[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]  \r\nI'm a Mesopota-mi    -an[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nSargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/C#[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]  \r\nWe're the Mesopota-mi    -ans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nSargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\n\"Hey, man, I thought that you were dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/B[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI thought you crashed your car\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]A/C#[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]/[ch]G#[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"No, man, I've been right here this whole time playing bass guitar[/tab]\r\nFor the Mesopotamians\"\r\n[tab]N.C.            [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/C#[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe're the Mesopota-mi    -ans[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D/C#[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\n(Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A/G[/ch]      [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nSargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/C#[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nWe're the Mesopota-mi    -ans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh[/tab]","plain_text":"The previous one wasn't 100% accurate!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSomeone gives a damn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor the Mesopotamians\"","chords":["Dm","Gm","Bb","C","F/A","A","D","D/C#","G/B","D/A","G","D/F#","Em","Bm","F#m","B","Asus4","G/D","C/B","Am","C/G","E","A/C#","E7"],"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]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"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]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"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]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}