Turn Around

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[Verse 1]
A
I was working all night in my office, when a man I had recently killed
D E
called me up from a phone near my building, so I looked out the window at him
F# Bm A D E
he had the same obsequious manner that was the reason I had him killed
C# F#m E B E
so to calm my nerves I sang this song to him over the phone:
[Chorus]
A
Turn around, turn around - there's a thing there that can be found
A A7 A6 A
turn around, turn around - it's a human skull on the ground
D Dm A
human skull on the ground - turn around
[Verse 2]
A
I was out by myself in the graveyard, I was doing an interpretive dance
D E
when I felt something heavy and pointed strike me in the back of my neck
F# Bm A D E
and then the ghost of my dance instructor pushed me down into an open grave
C# F#m E B E
and as dirt rained down she played a xylo-phone, and sang me this song:
[Chorus]
A
Turn around, turn around - there's a thing there that can be found
A A7 A6 A
turn around, turn around - it's a human skull on the ground
D Dm A
human skull on the ground - turn around
[Verse 3]
A
We were waving our arms out the window of a fast-moving passenger train
D E
acting in an irresponsible fashion, until the engineer whose back had been turned,
F# Bm A D E
and who we thought would find us highly amusing, quickly swivelled his head around
C# F#m E B E
and his face which was a paper-white mask of evil, sang us this song:
[Chorus]
A
Turn around, turn around - there's a thing there that can be found
A A7 A6 A
turn around, turn around - it's a human skull on the ground
D Dm A
human skull on the ground - turn around

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Turn Around Chords by They Might Be Giants

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