I’ve Got a Match by They Might Be Giants
[Convention: each chord is four beats/a full measure. A dash indicates that
the chord is held for another measuer; two chords with a slash between
them are held for two beats/half a measure each.
Capo up two frets to be in the original key.]
1.
|: D A D B7
Get out of the car — put down the phone
Em C Em A 😐
take off that stupid looking hat you wear
I’m gonna die if you touch me one more time
well I guess that I’m gonna die no matter what
Chorus:
G A
Love people are there
D / A G
the smell of love is everywhere
A G
you think it’s always sensitive and good
Em G
you think that I want to be understood
Em / Bm G / A D —
I’ve got a match — your embrace and my collapse
2.
Beat up the cat if you want someone else on the mat
I put a rock in the coffee in your coffee mug
which one of us is the one that we can’t trust?
you say that I think it’s you but I don’t agree with that
Chorus:
G A
Love people are there
D / A G
the smell of love is everywhere
A G
why can’t you be sensitive and good
Em G
why don’t you want to be understood?
Em / Bm G / A D / A G / A
I’ve got a match — your embrace and my collapse — even when we get along
Em / Bm G / A D
I’ve got a match — your embrace and my collapse
-E.M.