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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Rabid Child
Album: They Might Be Giants
Ab   D
(lord, please don't take me away)
Verse:
Bb           D            Eb         C    Ab     D
Rabid Child stays at home talks on a cb
Bb              D            Eb         C    Ab     D
truckers pass calling out their handles to the kid
Bb              D            Eb         C    Ab     D
Chess Piece Face and the Big Duluth call her every day
Bb              D            Eb         C    Ab     D
"hammer down" and "rabbit ears" are the only words they know
Bridge:
Ab           Ab          Ab           Ab           Ab
Hammer down, Hamer Down, Rabbit ears, Hammer down, Rabbit ears
Ab           Ab           Ab
Hammer down, Rabbit ears, Hammer down
Verse:
Bb                 D               Eb               C
  If you pass the Rabid Child say "hammer down" for me
Outro:
Ab         D
the Rabid Child
           Bb
the Rabid Child
           Bb
the Rabid Chiiiiiiiiiiiild

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Free chords for Rabid Child by They Might Be Giants. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Rabid Child
Album: They Might Be Giants
Verse:
Bridge:
Verse:
Outro:

Rabid Child Chords by They Might Be Giants

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