Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: The End of the Tour
Album: John Henry
Chords
E A B F# G# C#
E——————
B——————
G——-4———6
D-2—7—4—4—6—6
A-2—7—2—4—6—4
E-0—5——2—4—-
Verse 1:
E B E A
There’s a girl with a crown and a scepter
F#|A B B7
who’s on W-L-S-D
E B E A
and she says that the scene isn’t what it’s been
F# A B B7
and she’s thinking of going home
Pre Chorus 1:
A B A B
That it’s old and it’s totally over now
E F# G# A
and it’s old and it’s over, it’s over now
A B A B
and it’s over it’s over it’s over now
A B A
I can see my-self
Chorus:
A B E
At the end of the tour
A B E
when the road disap-pears
A B E A
if there’s any more people around
F# B
when the tour runs a-ground
G# C#
and if you’re still a-round
A B E
then we’ll meet at the end of the tour
A B G# C#
The engagements are booked throught the end of the world
F# B E
so we’ll meet at the end of the tour
Verse 2: ( W/ dist )
Never apart since the day we met
out on Interstate 91
I was bent metal you were a flaming wreck
when we kissed at the over-pass
Pre Chorus 2:
I was sailing along with the people driving
themselves to distraction inside me then came a
knock on the door which was odd and the picture
abruptly changed
Chorus:
At the end of the tour
when the road disappears
if there’s anymore people around
when the tour runs aground
and if you’re still around
then we’ll meet at the end of the tour
The engagements are booked throught the end of the world
so we’ll meet at the end of the tour
Pre Chorus 3:
This was the vehicle these were the people
you opened the door and expelled all the people
This was the vehicle these were the people
you opened the door and expelled all the people
This was the vehicle these were the people
you let them go
(instrumental bridge)
[A][B]|[E][A]|[F#m][B]|[G#][C#m]|[A addB]
Chorus:
At the end of the tour
when the road disappears
if there’s anymore people around
when the tour runs aground
and if you’re still around
then we’ll meet at the end of the tour
The engagements are booked throught the end of the world
so we’ll meet at the end of the tour
A B E
and we’re never gonna tour again
A B E B E
No, we’re never gonna tour again
