Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Mammal
Album Apollo 18
Verse 1:
E F#m F#m(E) D A
Glass of milk, standing in between extinction in the cold
B E A
And explosive radiating growth.
E A
So the warm blood flows
E A F#
Through the large four-chambered heart,
Chorus:
A E(G#) F#m E A E(G#) B
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have
A B C#m B(D#)
Mammal, Mammal
E F#m A B
Their names are called, they raise a paw
C#m B(D#)
The bat, the cat
E F#m
Dolphin and dog
A B
Koala bear and hog
Bridge:
A E(G#) F#m C#m
A E(G#) B
Verse 2:
E F#m F#m(E) D A
One of us might lose his hair
B E B
But you’re reminded that it once was there
F#m F#m(E) D A
From the embryonic whale
B E A
To the monkey with no tail.
E A
So the warm blood flows
E A E A
With the red blood cells, lacking nuclei
E A F#
Through the large four-chambered heart
Chorus:
A E(G#) F#m E A E(G#) B
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have
A B C#m B(D#)
Mammal, Mammal
E F#m A B
Their names are called, they raise a paw
C#m B(D#)
The bat, the cat
E F#m
Dolphin and dog
A B
Koala bear and hog
Bridge:
A E(G#) F#m C#m A E(G#) B
Placental the sister of her brother Marsupial
A E(G#) F#m E
Their cousin called Monotreme
A E(G#) B
Dead uncle Allotheria
Chorus:
A B C#m B(D#)
Mammal, Mammal
E F#m A B
Their names are called, they raise a paw
C#m B(D#) E F#m
The bat, the cat, dolphin and dog
A B C#m B(D#)
Koala bear and hog, the fox, the ox
E F#m
Giraffe and shrew
A B C#m
Echidna, caribou
