Hide Away Folk Family 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.]
Intro:
D G D G
D G A —
Bm D G E
D A D G
Chorus:
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Hide away folk family, or else someone’s gonna get ya — someone’s gonna get ya
hide away folk family, better hide away
1.
D G D G
Tippy toe to the front door mother
D G A —
’cause there’s a guy with a long long fuse
Bm D G E
and the one thing you can’t hide is all the fear you feel inside
D A D G
as the fuse is spelling out these words
(Chorus)
2.
Tippy toe to the flat bed father
because they’re pouring out our gasoline
and sadly the cross-eyed bear’s been put to sleep behind the stairs
and his shoes are laced with irony
(Chorus)
Bridge:
D C D C/Bb
(Hello, this is Leslie Down with the daily home astrology report
Taurus: contemplate domestic turmoil
Aquarius: abandon hope for future plans)
(Chorus, backwards yabbering, et cetera.)