Absolutely Bill’s Mood 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.]
1.
|: Bm F#m E Bm 😐
I was born in a lighthouse, my mother was the sea
I crawled to school each morning when it occurred to me
G D F# Bm
that life’s just a mood ring we’re not allowed to see
E — F# —
and this is what it said to me:
Chorus:
Bm A Bm F#m
My room’s comfortably small with rubber lining the walls
Bm E A —
and there’s someone always calling my name
Bm A Bm F#m
he calls when I’m alone and he calls when I’m not home
D — F# —
and he calls when I’m stuck out in the rain
|: Bm — / A 😐
I’m insane
2.
Now listen all you swingers, don’t you try to tag along
I know monkey see but monkey’s dead, for you it would be wrong
put a dime in my jukebox — you’ll only hear this song
and it won’t be fun for long
(Chorus)
-E.M.