Don’t Let’s Start by They Might Be Giants
[Convention: each chord is two beats/half a measure. A dash indicates that
the chord is held for another two beats; two chords with a slash between
them are held for one beat/a quarter of a measure each.
Em+maj7 can be played 021000
Em+dom7 » 020000
Em+6 » 042000
or you can just play the second line of the chorus as: Em G A D
and the coda as: Em G D G.]
Chorus:
G C Em A
Don’t don’t don’t let’s start — this is the worst part
Em / Em+maj7 G A D
could believe for all the world that you’re my precious little girl but
G C Em A
don’t don’t don’t let’s start — I’ve got a weak heart
G C A D
and I don’t get around how you get around
1.
|: G C F D 😐
When you are alone you are the cat, you are the phone, you are an animal
the words I’m singing now mean nothing more than meow to an animal
wake up — smell the cat food in your bank account
don’t try to stop the tail that wags the hound
Em F
D world destruction — O ver and overture
G C / C7
N do I need — apostrophe-T need this torture
(Chorus)
2.
No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful
everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful
they want what they’re not and I wish they would stop saying
deputy dog dog a ding dang depa depa
deputy dog dog a ding dang depa depa
D world destruction — O ver and overture
N do I need — apostrophe-T need this torture
(Chorus)
Bridge:
|: D — — — 😐
I don’t want to live in this world any more
I don’t want to live in this world
(Chorus)
Coda: Em/Em+maj7 Em+dom7/Em+6 D G
-E.M.