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Flood (1990) - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
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1. Theme From Flood
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A Amaj7D E
N.C.
Why is the world in love again?
A Amaj7 F#7
Why are we marching hand in hand?
Bm F#7 D E
Why are the ocean levels rising up?
A Fm7
It's a brand new record for 1990
D Dmaj7 Esus4 E Amaj13
They Might Be Gi-ants' brand new album: 'Flood'
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2. Birdhouse In Your Soul
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[Intro]
C Dm Eb
I'm your only friend, I'm not your only friend
F Bb
But I'm a little glowing friend
Cm Db G
But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am...
C
[Chorus]
C C/E F
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
C/G F/A G/B
Who watches over you
C G/B F/A F Eb
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Ab
Not to put too fine a point on it
Eb Ab
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Eb Cm Ab G C F C F
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
[Verse]
C F C F
I have a secret to tell from my electrical well
C G C7 F G
It's a simple message and I'm leaving out the whistles and bells
C F C F
So the room must listen to me, filibuster vigilantly
C G C7 F G
My name is blue canary one note spelled L-I-T-E
Am F
My story's infinite
D7 F G
Like the Longines Symphonette it doesn't rest
[Chorus]
C C/E F
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
C/G F/A G/B
Who watches over you
C G/B F/A F Eb
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Ab
Not to put too fine a point on it
Eb Ab
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Eb Cm Ab G C F C F
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
[SOLO]
Am F D7 F
Am F D7 F
F#m D B7 D
E D F#m E
[Intro]
A Bm7 C
I'm your only friend, I'm not your only friend
D G
But I'm a little glowing friend
Am Bb G
But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am...
[Verse]
C F C F
There's a picture opposite me of my primitive ancestry
C G C7 F G
Which stood on rocky shores and kept the beaches shipwreck free
C F C F
Though I respect that a lot, I'd be fired if that were my job
C G C7 F G
After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts
Am F
Bluebird of friendliness
D7 F G
Like guardian angels it's always near
[Chorus]
C C/E F
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
C/G F/A G/B
Who watches over you
C G/B F/A F Eb
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Ab
Not to put too fine a point on it
Eb Ab
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Eb Cm Ab G C C/E
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
[Outro]
F C/G F/A G/B
While you're at it, keep the nightlight on inside
C G/B Am G
The birdhouse in your soul
Eb Ab
Not to put too fine a point on it
Eb Ab
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Eb Cm Ab G C
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
C/E F
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (While you're at it)
C/G F/A G/B
Who watches over you {Keep the night light on inside the
C G/B F/A F Eb
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)
Ab
Not to put too fine a point on it
Eb Ab
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Eb Cm Ab G C C/E
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (Blue canary in the)
F C/G F/A G/B
While you're at it, keep the nightlight on inside (outlet by the light switch, who watches over you)
C G/B Am G
The birdhouse in your soul (Make a little birdhouse in your soul)
Eb Ab
Not to put too fine a point on it
Eb Ab
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Eb Cm Ab G C
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
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3. Lucky Ball And Chain
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[Verse]
G Em
I lost my lucky ball & chain
C D
And now she's four years gone
G Em
Just five feet tall and sick of me
C D G
And all my rattling on
G Em
She threw away her baby-doll
C D
I held on to my pride
G Em
But I was young and foolish then
C D G
I feel old and foolish now.
B7
C G
Confidentially, she never called me baby-doll
C G
Confidentially, I never had much pride
C G
But now I rock a bar stool and I drink for two
D C D
Just pondering this time bomb in my mind.
[Verse]
G Em
I lost my lucky ball & chain
C D
And now she's four years gone
G Em
Just five feet tall and sick of me
C D G
And all my rattling on
G Em
She walked away from a happy man.
C D
I thought I was so cool.
G Em
I just stood there whistling
C D G Em
"There goes the bride" as she walked out the door
C D G G G
There goes the bride as she walked out the door
[Instrumental]
D#dim7
(climbs up the neck)
[Verse]
G Em
I could shake my tiny fist
C D
And swear I wasn't wrong,
G Em
But what's the sense in arguing
C D G
When you're all alone?
G Em
Sure as you can't steer a train
C D
You can't change your fate
G Em
When she told me off that day
C D G
I knew I'd lost my home.
B7
[Chorus]
C G
Confidentially, I never told you of her charms
C G
Confidentially, we never had a home
C G
But this railroad apartment was the perfect place
D C D
When she'd sit and hold me in her arms.
[Verse]
G Em
I lost my lucky ball & chain
C D
And now she's four years gone
G Em
Just five feet tall and sick of me
C D G
And all my rattling on
G Em
She walked away from a happy man.
C D
I thought I was so cool.
G Em
I just stood there whistling
C D G Em
"There goes the bride" as she walked out the door
C D G Em
There goes the bride as she walked out the door
C D G Em C D
There goes the bride as she walked out the door.
G Em C D
(repeat to fade)
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4. Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
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[Intro]
Fm C7 Fm C7
Fm C7 Fm C7
[Verse]
Fm
Istanbul was Constantinople
Fm
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
C7
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Fm
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Fm
Every gal in Constantinople
Fm
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
C7
So if you've a date in Constantinople
Fm C7 Fm
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
[Bridge]
Fm
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
C7
Why they changed it I can't say
N.C.
People just liked it better that way
{Verse]
Fm
So take me back to Constantinople
Fm
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
C7
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Fm C7
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Fm
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
[Instrumental]
Fm C7 Fm
N.C.
Whoaaaaaoh, aaaaaoh, aaaaoh Istanbul (Istanbul)
Fm C7 Fm
N.C.
Whoaaaaaoh, aaaaaoh, aaaaoh Istanbul (Istanbul)
[Bridge]
Fm
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
C7
Why they changed it I can't say
N.C.
People just liked it better that way
[Verse]
Fm
Istanbul was Constantinople
Fm
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
C7
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Fm C7
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Fm
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
[Instrumental]
Fm Fm C7 Fm
Fm
Doo doo doo, doo doo do do do do do
Fm
Doo doo doo, doo doo do do do do do
C7
Doo doo doo, doo doo do do do do do
N.C.
Doo, doo, doo-doo doo doo doo doo
Fm Fm C7
N.C.
[Verse]
Fm
So take me back to Constantinople
Fm
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
C7
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Fm C7
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Fm
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
Fm Fm
maj7
Istanbul
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5. Dead
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[Verse]
E A B E A B E
I returned a bag of groceries accidently taken off the shelf
A B E
Before the expiration date
E A B E A B E
I came back as a bag of groceries accidently taken off the shelf
A B E E7
Before the date stamped on myself
[Chorus]
A G#m F#m G#m A
Did a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket
(Did a large pro- cess-
B
And was everybody dancing on the casket
( -ion dance? )
E A Fm B
Now it's over I'm dead and I haven't done anything that I want
(Now it's o - -ver )
E A Fm D E A B
Or I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do
[Verse]
E A B E A
I will never say the word procrastinate again
B E A B E
I'll never see myself in the mirror with my eyes closed
E A B E A B E
I didn't apologize for when I was eight and I made my younger brother
A B E E7
Have to be my personal slave
[Chorus]
A G#m F#m G#m A
Did a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket
(Did a large pro- cess-
B
And was everybody dancing on the casket
( -ion dance? )
E A Fm B
Now it's over I'm dead and I haven't done anything that I want
(Now it's o - -ver )
E A Fm D E A B
Or I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do
[Bridge]
A A/G# B B7
So I won't sit at home anymore and you won't
A A/G# B B7
See my head in the window and I won't be around
A A/G# E A B7
Ever anymore and I'll be up there on the wall at the store
[Verse]
E A B E A B E
I returned a bag of groceries accidently taken off the shelf
A B E A B
Before the expiration date
E A B E A B E
I came back as a bag of groceries accidently taken off the shelf
A B E E7
Before the date stamped on myself
[Chorus]
A G#m F#m G#m A
Did a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket
(Did a large pro- cess-
B
And was everybody dancing on the casket
( -ion dance? )
E A Fm B
Now it's over I'm dead and I haven't done anything that I want
(Now it's o - -ver )
E A Fm D E A B
Or I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do
E A Fm B
Now it's over I'm dead and I haven't done anything that I want
(Now it's o - -ver )
E A Fm D E
Or I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do
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6. Your Racist Friend
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[Intro]
Em
[Chorus]
G C D
This is where the party ends.
C D G C D G D C D
I can't stand here listening to you and your racist friend.
G C D C D G
I know politics bore you, but I feel like a hypocrite talking to you
C D G
and your racist friend
[Verse]
Em
It was the loveliest party that I've ever attended
Em
if anything was broken I'm sure it could be mended
Em
my head can't tolerate this bobbing and pretending
Em
N.C.
listen to some bullet-head and the madness that he's saying
[Chorus]
G C D
This is where the party ends.
C D G C D G D C
I'll just sit here wondering how you can stand by your racist friend
D G C D C D G
I know politics bore you, but I feel like a hypocrite talking to you
C D G
you and your racist friend
[Instrumental]
Em Em Em Em
D G A G Em A
D G A G Em A
D G A G Em A
D G A D
[Chorus]
G C D
This is where the party ends.
C D G C D G D C D
I can't stand here listening to you and your racist friend.
G C D C D G
I know politics bore you, but I feel like a hypocrite talking to you
C D G
and your racist friend
[Verse]
Em
Out from the kitchen to the bedroom to the hallway
Em
your friend apologizes, he could see it my way
Em
he let the contents of the bottle do the thinking
Em
N.C.
can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding
[Chorus]
G C D
This is where the party ends.
C D G C D G D C D
I can't stand here listening to you and your racist friend.
G C D C D G
I know politics bore you, but I feel like a hypocrite talking to you
C D G
and your racist friend
G C D G
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7. Particle Man
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[Verse 1]
A E
Particle Man, Particle Man, doing the things a particle can
D A
what's he like, it's not important, Particle Man
A D
Is he a dot or is he a speck
E A
When he's underwater does he get wet?
D E
Or does the water get him instead?
D A
Nobody knows, Particle Man
[Chorus]
A E
Triangle Man, Triangle Man, Triangle Man hates Particle Man,
D A
they have a fight, Triangle wins, Triangle Man
[Instr]
A E A
[Verse 2]
A E
Universe Man, Universe Man, Size of the entire universe man
D A
Usually kind to smaller man, Universe Man
D E A
He's got a watch with a minute hand, millennium hand, and an eon hand
D E D A
And when they meet it's a happy land. Powerful man, Universe man
[Verse 3]
A E
Person man, Person man, Hit on the head with a frying pan
D A
Lives his life in a garbage can, Person man
D E A
Is he depressed, or is he a mess? Does he feel totally worthless?
D E D A
Who came up with Person man? Degraded man, Person man
[Chorus]
A E
Triangle Man, Triangle Man, Triangle Man hates Person Man,
D A
they have a fight, Triangle wins, Triangle Man
[Instr]
A E A
A E A
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8. Twisting
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[Intro]
G F C D G F C D
[Verse]
G F C D
She set your goldfish free
G F C D
and now she's sighing
G F C D
blew out your pilot light
G F C D
and made a wish
C Bb C Bb
She doesn't have to have her D.B.'s record back now
G F C D
but there's not a lot of things that
G F C D
she'll take back
[Chorus]
C D
She wants to see you again
(She wants)
C D
She wants to see you again
(She wants)
G C F G
Slowly twisting
C F C G
(Twisting) in the wind
G C F G
(Twisting) Twisting, twisting
C F C G
(Twisting) in the wind
[Verse]
G F C D
She's not your satellite
G F C D
she doesn't miss you
G F C D
so turn off your smoke machine
G F C D
and Marshall stack
C Bb C Bb
she doesn't have to have her Young Fresh Fellows tape back now
G F C D
there's not a lot of things that
G F C D
she'll take back
[Chorus]
C D
She wants to see you again
(She wants)
C D
She wants to see you again
(She wants)
G C F G
Slowly twisting
C F C G
(Twisting) in the wind
G C F G
(Twisting) Twisting, twisting
C F C G
(Twisting) in the wind
[Instrumental]
(drum solo for 2 bars)
G F C D G F C D
C D C D
G F C D G F C D
[Chorus]
C D
She wants to see you again
(She wants)
C D
She wants to see you again
(She wants)
G C F G
Slowly twisting
C F C G
(Twisting) in the wind
G C F G
(Twisting) Twisting, twisting
C F C G
(Twisting) in the wind
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9. We Want A Rock
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[Intro]
C G D G
( x 4 )
[Verse]
Am Am7 D D7 G Gmaj7 C Cmaj7
Where was I? I forgot the point that I was making
Am Am7 B B7 Em Em7
I said if I was smart that I would save up for a piece of string
C G D G
And a rock to wind the string around
[Chorus]
C G D G
Everybody wants a rock to
C G D G
Wind a piece of string around
C G D G
Everybody wants a rock to
C G D G
Wind a piece of string around
[Bridge]
A B C D
Throw the crib door wi-ide
G D C
Let the people crawl inside
A B C D
Someone in this to-own
G D C
Is trying to burn the playhouse down
[Chorus]
C G D G
They want to stop the ones who want
C G D G
A rock to wind a string around
C G D G
But everybody wants a rock to
C G D G
Wind a piece of string around
[Bridge]
A B C D
Throw the crib door wi-ide
G D C
Let the people crawl inside
A B C D
Someone in this to-own
G D C
Is trying to burn the playhouse down
[Chorus]
C G D G
They want to stop the ones who want
C G D G
A rock to wind a string around
C G D G
But everybody wants a rock to
C G D G
Wind a piece of string around
[Verse]
Am Am7 D D7 G Gmaj7 C Cmaj7
If I were a carpenter, I'd hammer on my piglet, I’d
Am Am7 B B7 Em Em7
Collect the seven dollars and I'd buy a big prosthetic forehead
C G D G
And wear it on my real head
[Chorus]
C G D G
Everybody wants prosthetic
C G D G
Foreheads on their real heads
C G D G
Everybody wants prosthetic
C G D G
Foreheads on their real heads
[Bridge]
A B C D
Throw the crib door wi-ide
G D C
Let the people crawl inside
A B C D
Someone in this to-own
G D C
Is trying to burn the playhouse down
[Chorus]
C G D G
They want to stop the ones who want
C G D G
Prosthetic foreheads on their heads
C G D G
But everybody wants prosthetic
C G D G
Foreheads on their real heads
[Solo]
Em Em7CG DG
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Em Em7CG DE
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[Bridge]
A B C D
Throw the crib door wi-ide
G D C
Let the people crawl inside
A B C D
Someone in this to-own
G D C
Is trying to burn the foreheads down
[Chorus]
C G D G
They want to stop the ones who want
C G D G
A rock to wind a string around
C G D G
But everybody wants a rock to
C G D G
Wind a piece of string around
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10. Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
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[Intro]
F Eb F Eb F Eb F Eb
[Verse 1]
F Eb F Eb
Mr Horrible, Mr Horrible
F Eb F Eb
Telephone call for Mr. Horrible
F Bb Gm C
But before he can talk to the ugliness men
Dm C Bb C Dm
There's some horrible business left for him to attend to
C Bb C Dm
Something unpleasant has spilled on his brain
C Bb C
As he sponges it off they say
[Verse 2]
F Eb F Eb
"Is this Horrible? Is this Horrible?
F Eb F Eb
It's the ugliness men, Mr. Horrible
F Bb
We're just trying to bug you,
Gm C
We thought that our dreadfulness
Dm C Bb C
Might be a thing to annoy you with"
[Chorus]
Bb C
But Mr. Horrible says, "I don't mind, the thing that bothers me is
F Bb F C F C F Dm G
Some-one keeps mo-ving my - y - y chair"
F Eb F Eb
[Verse 3]
F Eb F Eb
"Would you mind if we balance this glass of milk
F Eb F Eb
Where your visiting friend accidentally was killed?
F Bb Gm C
Would it be okay with you if we wrote a reminder
Dm C Bb C Dm
Of things we'll forget to do today otherwise,
C Bb C Dm C
Using a green magic marker, if it's alright
Bb C
On the back of your head?"
[Verse 4]
F Eb F Eb
Mr. Horrible, Mr Horrible
F Eb F Eb
We're not done with you yet Mr. Horrible
F Bb Gm C
You have to try on these pants so the Ugliness Men
Dm C Bb C Dm
Can decide if they're just as embarrassing as we think
C Bb C
We have to be sure about this
[Chorus]
Bb C
But Mr. Horrible says, "I don't mind, the thing that bothers me is
F Bb F C F C F Dm G
Some-one keeps mo-ving my - y - y chair"
F Bb F C F C F Dm C G Em G A
Some-one keeps mo-ving my - y - y chaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa - air
[Chorus]
Bb C
Mr. Horrible says, "I don't mind, the thing that bothers me is
F Bb F C F C F Dm G F
Some-one keeps mo-ving my - y - y chair"
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11. Hearing Aid
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[Intro]
D A Bm Bm
D A G
D A G
D A C
[Verse]
Em G A Cmaj7
Frosty the supervisor
Em G A
Lives by himself (bass run)
Em G A Cmaj7
Sometimes I feel sorry for him
Em G A
Usually I can't (bass run)
[Chorus]
Em G
I've turned off my hearing aid
F#m C#m C
Don't say the electric chair's not
Em G F#m
good enough For king-lazy-bones like myself
C#m C
[Link]
Em
[Verse 2]
Em G A Cmaj7
More coffee for me boss
Em G A Em
N.C.
'Cause I'm not as messed up as I want to be
[Chorus]
Em G
I've turned off my hearing aid
F#m C#m C
Don't sa-a-a-y the electric chair's not
Em G F#m C#m C
good enough For king-lazy-bones like myself
G A
Because Because
[Break]
D A G
D A G D A C
[Outro]
D A C
D A C
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12. Minimum Wage
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F C C7 C C7 F C C7 C C7
Minimum wage! Heeya!
G#
F C C7 C C7 F C C7 C C7
F C F
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13. Letterbox
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[Intro]
E A E A E A E A
N.C.
[Verse]
E
I'll never know what you find
A E A
when you open up your letterbox tomorrow
E
Cause the little bird never tells me anything
A E A
I want to know she's my best friend she's a sparrow
E A
F#m
And I'll never never know
A
what you never never never want to know
E A E A
when you know what you are oh
[Verse 2]
E
If I had a pair of eyes
A E A
in the back of my head for each time
E
You forgot to take out all the things you forgot to talk about
A E A
When you took a bite out of my spine.
F#m
I would have a lot of eyes on the other side
A
wouldn't I? wouldn't that just be fine?
E A E A
N.C.
[Bridge]
B C#m F#m B
Too late or soon to make noise about love and there's no time for sorrow
C#m F# B A G#m B/F#
Run around in the rain with a hole in the brain till tomo - rrow
[Verse]
E
I'll never know what you find
A E A
N.C.
when you open up your letterbox tomorrow
E
Cause the little bird never tells me anything
A E A
I want to know she's my best friend she's a sparrow
F#m
And I'll never never know
A
what you never never never want to know
E E E E E
when you know what you are oh
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14. Whistling In The Dark
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[Verse]
A Em A Em
A woman came up to me and said 'I'd like to poison your mind
A Em A Em
With wrong ideas that appeal to you, though I am not unkind'
A Em A Em
She looked at me, I looked at something written across her scalp
A Em A A7
And these are the words that it faintly said as I tried to call for help:
[Chorus]
D Em A
There's only one thing that I know how to do well
Bm G
And I've often been told that you only can do
A D
What you know how to do well
G A G A
And that's be you, Be what you're like
G E7
Be like yourself,
A F
And so I'm having a wonderful time but I'd rather be
C Dm Bb C
Whistling in the dark, whistling in the dark
C Dm Bb C
Whistling in the dark, whistling in the dark
C Dm Bb C
Whistling in the dark, whistling in the dark
C Dm
There's only one thing that I like
Bb C
And that is whistling in the dark
[Link]
D Em C D
Aah aah aah aah
D Em C D
Aah aah aah aah
[Verse]
A Em A Em
A man came up to me and said 'I'd like to change your mind
A Em A Em
By hitting it with a rock," he said, 'though I am not unkind'
A Em A Em
We laughed at his little joke and then I happily walked away
A Em A A7
And hit my head on the wall of the jail where the two of us live today
[Chorus]
D Em A
There's only one thing that I know how to do well
Bm G
And I've often been told that you only can do
A D
What you know how to do well
G A G A
And that's be you, Be what you're like
G E7
Be like yourself,
A F
And so I'm having a wonderful time but I'd rather be
C Dm Bb C
Whistling in the dark, whistling in the dark
C Dm Bb C
Whistling in the dark, whistling in the dark
C Dm Bb C
Whistling in the dark, whistling in the dark
C Dm
There's only one thing that I like
Bb C
And that is whistling in the dark
[Chorus]
D Em A
There's only one thing that I know how to do well
Bm G
And I've often been told that you only can do
A D
What you know how to do well
G A G A
And that's be you, Be what you're like
G E7
Be like yourself,
A F
And so I'm having a wonderful time but I'd rather be
C Dm Bb C
Whistling in the dark, whistling in the dark
C Dm Bb C
Whistling in the dark, whistling in the dark
C Dm Bb C
Whistling in the dark, whistling in the dark
C Dm Bb C
Whistling, whistling, whistling in the dark
[Outro]
D Em C D
Aah aah aah aah
D Em C D
Aah aah aah aah
D Em C D
Whistling (whistling) whistling (whistling) Dark (dark) dark (dark)
D Em C D
Whistling (whistling) whistling (whistling) Dark (dark) dark (dark)
D Em C D
Whistling (whistling) whistling (whistling) Dark (dark) dark (dark)
D Em C D
Whistling (whistling) whistling (whistling) Dark (dark) dark (dark)
D Em C D
Whistling (whistling) whistling (whistling) Dark (dark) dark (dark)
D Em C D
Whistling (whistling) whistling (whistling) Dark (dark) dark (dark)
D Em C D
Whistling (whistling) whistling (whistling) Dark (dark) dark (dark)
D Em C D
Whistling (whistling) whistling (whistling) Dark (dark) dark (dark)....
D Em C D
D Em C D
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15. Hot Cha
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[Intro]
N.C.
[Chorus]
G Em
Hot Cha, where are you?
G A7 Em
Everybody's eyes are closed
Em G Em
I can't see why I miss you so
G Em
So Hot Cha, where are you?
[Verse 1]
G A7 Em
First time Hot Cha went away
G A7 Em
A floating island was his home
G A7 Em
Then the phone rang off the hook
Em G Em
And Hot Cha had to come back home
[Chorus]
G Em
Hot Cha, where are you?
G A7 Em
Everybody's eyes are closed
Em G Em
I can't see why I miss you so
G Em
So Hot Cha, where are you?
[Verse 2]
G A7 Em
Second time he went away
G A7 Em
Left the bathtub running over
G A7 Em
Stereo on and cooking bacon
Em
Never came back to tell us why
[Piano solo]
Em
[Bridge]
G A7
If that honey would come back
G A7
We would throw such a party
G A7
Drink and cook the prodigal son
Em
Fondue forks for everybody
[Chorus]
G Em
Hot Cha, where are you?
G A7 Em
Everybody's eyes are closed
Em G Em
I can't see why I miss you so
G Em
So Hot Cha, where are you?
G Em
Hot Cha, where are you?
G Em
Hot Cha, where are you?
Em
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16. Women And Men
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[Verse]
G C G D
When the ship runs out of ocean and the vessel runs aground
Em C D G
Land's where we know the boat is found
G C G D
Now there's nothing unexpected about the water giving out
Em C D G
"Land"'s not a word we have to shout
C D C G
But there's something beside the shoreline
G C D
Moving across the beachhead
D C G
Coming up from the shipwreck
G D
Making as if to say
[Chorus]
G C G D
Women and men
G C G D G
Women and men
G C G D
Women and men
G C G D G
Women and men
[Bridge]
D
(Women and men) Bringing with them messages of love
G C G D
And everywhere they go, love will grow
(love will grow)
D
(Women and men) When you see the faces of the women
G C D
And the men, you too will know
(you will know)
[Verse 2]
G C G D
Women and men have crossed the ocean, they now begin to pour
Em C D G
Out from the boat and up the shore
G C G D
Two by two they enter the jungle, and soon they number more
Em C D G
Three by three as well as four by four
C D C G
Soon the stream of people gets wider
G C D
Then it becomes a river
D C G
River becomes an ocean
G D
Carrying ships that bear
[Chorus]
G C G D
Women and men
G C G D G
Women and men
G C G D
Women and men
G C G D G
Women and men
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17. Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love
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E C#m6 E C#m6
E C#m6 E C#m6
Pistol shots, Gun shots
E C#m6 E C#m6
Pistol shots, Gun shots
A C#m
Bullets from a revolver
A C#m
Bullets from a gun
A C#m
Bullets through the atmosphere
F#m F#dim
Here they come
C#m C+
John, I've been bad
E F#7
And they're coming after me
F#m F+
Done someone wrong
A B6
And I fear that it was me
E C#m6
Sapphire bullets
A Cdim E C#m6 E C#m6
Bullets of pure love
E C#m6
Sapphire bullets
A Cdim E C#m6 E C#m6 E C#m6 E C#m6 E
Bullets of pure love
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18. They Might Be Giants
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N.C.
Hang on, Hang on tight
C F C F
They might be giants (boy) They might be giants
F G F G
They might be rain They might be heat They might be frying up a stalk of wheat...
C F C F
They might be giants (boy) They might be giants
F G F G
They might be brain They might be washed They might be Dr. Spock's back-up band....
(To make the merry-go-round go faster So that everyone needs to hang on tighter
N.C.
Just to keep from being thrown to the wolves)
[Chorus]
Am D Am D
Tabloid footprints in your hair Tabloid footprints everywhere
C Am F Dm7
We can't be silent 'Cause they might be giants
G Em Ab Bb
And what are we going to do unless they are
C F C F
They might be giants (boy) They might be giants
F G F G
They might be bald, They might be snow, They might be something else in the snow....
Hang on tight (Guitar Solo, bass line moves up in half steps)
F#m G G#m
C F C F
They might be giants (boy) They might be giants
F G F G
They might be fake, They might be lies, They might be big, big, fake, fake lies....
[Chorus]
Am D Am D
Tabloid footprints in your hair Tabloid footprints everywhere
C Am F Dm7
We can't be silent 'Cause they might be giants
G Em Ab Bb
And what are we going to do unless they are
C F
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
They might be giants (boy)
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19. Road Movie To Berlin
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[Intro]
F A D D7
Bb Bb Bb A Bb Bb Bb A
Bb Bb Bb C B Bb A
[Verse]
F A
N.C.
We're in a road movie to Berlin.
D7 Bb
Can't drive out the way we drove in.
A
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
Bb6
and we'll go....
[Verse]
F A
N.C.
We were once so close to Heaven.
D7 Bb
Peter came out and gave us medals.
A Bb6
Declaring us the nicest of the damned....
[Verse]
F A
Time won't find the lost.
D7
It'll sweep up our skeleton bones.
Bb A Bb
So take the wheel and I will take the pedals....
[Break]
C B Bb A F G E D7
Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb A
Bb Bb Bb A
Bb Bb Bb C B Bb A
[Verse]
F A
N.C.
We're in a road movie to Berlin.
D7 Bb
Can't drive out the way we drove in.
A
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
Bb6
and we'll go.
Flood chords and lyrics
Free chords for Flood by They Might Be Giants. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
Flood (1990) - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
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1. Theme From Flood
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2. Birdhouse In Your Soul
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[Intro]
C
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[SOLO]
Am F D7 F
Am F D7 F
F#m D B7 D
E D F#m E
[Intro]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
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3. Lucky Ball And Chain
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[Verse]
B7
[Verse]
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
B7
[Chorus]
[Verse]
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4. Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
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[Intro]
Fm C7 Fm C7
Fm C7 Fm C7
[Verse]
[Bridge]
N.C.
People just liked it better that way
{Verse]
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
N.C.
People just liked it better that way
[Verse]Flood Chords by They Might Be Giants
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