7#$NfUG~bbbbbb(c^c^c^c^ ch4cc cxb|d4 dTeI*esbeIdmeIeIf?eIeIeIeIeIeIParticle Man by They Might Be Giants 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + I was playing around at my cheapo casio keyboard the other day and came up with this to the bridge part of Particle Man.. G-A-B-C G-A-B-C G-A-B-C-C-C-D-C-B-A-G-G-A-G-F-E-G-G G-A-Bb-B G-A-Bb-B G-A-Bb-B-B-B-C-B-A-G-G-G-A-G-F-E-G-G repeat twice, and end the second time with E-C-C instead. When I tried to play along with the tape, I had to move this into Amin instead of Cmaj, but I'm not sure if that's just because of the pitch my keyboard has or if that's the real scale they used. The rest of the song isn't too hard to figure out if you're good at playing by ear. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by They Might Be Giants 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + >From uunet!stanford.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!indigo Mon Oct 19 18:25:36 PDT 1992 Article: 2956 of alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!indigo From: indigo@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Adam Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Subject: CRD: They Might Be Giants "Istanbul" Date: 15 Oct 1992 21:44:59 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 39 Message-ID: <1bkoorINN1g1@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucscb.ucsc.edu ISTANBUL (Not Constantinople) [by Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon] ------------------------------------------------------------ [These are the chords I remember from my piano-playing days; ] [actually, They Might Be Giants' recording of this song is in F#m, ] [not Am, but do _you_ want to play it in F#m? Not me. If you ] [must be accurate, transpose this to Em and capo up two frets. ] [The whole song isn't here, but it should be enough so that you ] [can figure out the intro and solo yourself. Oh, and the groovy ] [chord at the end is an Am(#7), which is x02110 or x06554. ] [Each chord is one measure, except "X - Y" is one measure TOTAL. ] Am Am Am Am Istanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople E7 E7 Been a long time gone, old Constantinople Am - Dm Dm - Am Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Am Am Am Am Every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople E7 E7 Am - E7 Am So if you've a date in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in Istanbul Am Am Am Am Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Bm7-5 E7 Am E7 Why they changed it I can't say, people just liked it better that way Am Am Am Am So take me back to Constantinople, no you can't go back to Constantinople E7 E7 Am Am Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople, why did Constantinople get the works? E7 Am That's nobody's business but the Turks 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- I Palindrome I by They Might Be Giants 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + I Palindrome I 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. |: D G Em A Bm G Em A :| Some day mother will die and I'll get the money Mom leans down and says, "My sentiments exactly Bb - G A you son of a bitch" - I palindrome I Chorus: |: Bm G Em A :| (I palindrome I) I palindrome I (I palindrome I) Bm D G D Em G A - And I am a snake head eating the head on the opposite side (snake head) (snake head) |: G - D - :| I palindrome I (man o man) 2. See that bulletproof dress hanging from the clothesline see the medical chart with the random zig-zag Now I'll help it decide - I palindrome I (Chorus) Bridge: G A Bm A(bass C#) D Em D(F#) G "Son I am able," she said, "though you scare me." "Watch," said I, A Bm A(C#) Bm(D) Em D G A "Beloved," I said, "watch me scare you though" - said she: "Able am I, son..." 3. See the spring of the grandfather clock unwinding (egad, a base tone denotes a bad age) see the hands of my offspring making windmills Dad palindrome dad - I palindrome I (Chorus) -E.M. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + They Might Be Giants ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Turn Around by They Might Be Giants [Convention: each chord is four beats/a full measure. A dash indicates that the chord is held for another measure; 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. G - - - I was working all night in my office, when a man I had recently killed C - D - called me up from a phone near my building, so I looked out the window at him E - Am / G C / D he had the same obsequious manner that was the reason I had him killed B Em / D A D so to calm my nerves I sang this song to him over the phone: Chorus: G - - - Turn around, turn around - there's a thing there that can be found G G7 G6 G turn around, turn around - it's a human skull on the ground C - G - human skull on the ground - turn around 2. I was out by myself in the graveyard I was doing an interpretive dance when I felt something heavy and pointed strike me in the back of my neck and then the ghost of my dance instructor pushed me down into an open grave and as dirt rained down she played a xylophone and sang me this song: (Chorus) 3. We were waving our arms out the window of a fast-moving passenger train acting in an irresponsible fashion until the engineer whose back had been turned and who we thought would find us highly amusing quickly swivelled his head around and his face which was a paper-white mask of evil sang us this song: (Chorus) -E.M. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ The Guitar by They Might Be Giants 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + From: jreese@leland.Stanford.EDU (james reese) Song: "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" Artist: They MIGHT BE Giants Album: "Apollo 18" INTRO Bassline: G--------------------------|-------------------------| D--------------------------|-------------------------| A--0----0--2--4--2--0------|--5----5--4--2--4--2-----| E--------------------------|-------------------------| The chords used are: A (barred at the 5th fret) C#m (barred at the 4th fret) D (barred at the 5th fret) E (barred at the 7th fret) INTRO and VERSES: A-C#m-D-E CHORUS ("In the spaceship...): A-D-A-E 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Narrow Your Eyes by They Might Be Giants [Convention: each chord is four beats/a full measure. A dash indicates that the chord is held for another measure; two chords with a slash between them are held for two beats/half a measure each.] 1. D - A / Bm G I don't want to change your mind - I don't want to think about your mind E A Bm E they say love is blind - I don't think you're blind You don't want to understand and I don't want to shake your father's hand and walk in the sand and act like a man Chorus: G A Bm E I get on the bus and ride past our stop - and though I'm late I can't get off G A I just can't bear to tell you some lies |: D A :| and narrow your eyes narrow your eyes 2. We'll take back everything we said - split up all the things and move ahead forget how you said to split your side off the bed Chorus: I get on my bike and ride down our block ride through the world thru the green lights but when I think of all your advice I narrow my eyes narrow my eyes Instrumental: E - - - Em A F#m B Em A D - (Repeat verse 1) Em A F#m B Now let's toast the sad cold fact our love's never coming back Em A and we'll race to the bottom of a glass |: D A :| So narrow your eyes -E.M. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + - I F I W A S N T S H Y - They Might Be Giants Words and Music by Linnell/Flansburgh Intro: ~~~~~~ |----------------------------------------| |------3---------------------------------| |--------1-------------------------------| |--2--------1----0-----------------------| |------------------4---------------------| |--------------------3----4--5--7--------| E7 E7/B A7 B7 E7 E7/B A7 B7 If I, wasn't Shy A7 D#9 chorus: E7 Eb7 A7 B7 D7 Db7 B7 It sounds Great, depends on how you make the 7ths.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Which Describes How You're Feeling by They Might Be Giants 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Which Describes How You're Feeling ---------------------------------- A D A E Which describes how you're feeling all the time A D F#m E Which describes how you're feeling all the feeling all the time Bm G A Em There's this guy in the sky and he makes you want to want to make you G Bm Sigh, like the time A D A E When you felt like you're feeling all the time A D F#m E And you sighed* at the cracks in the ceiling all the time Bm G A Em You said, "I'm feeling fine," but it didn't really rhyme, G Bm It didn't rhyme overseas A D A E Which describes how you're feeling all the time D Dm A Adim Bm F#m F E7 It... de... scribes... how... you're... feel... ing.... Second verse, same as the first, chordwise. The original demo version of this song is pretty much the same, except in the key of D. * The word on the lyric sheet here is "cried," but I think they sing "sighed." Andrew Mutchler 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + They Might Be Giants ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Subliminal by They Might Be Ginats Transcribed by Adam Lane This song has very a prominant accordian part, which uses some inverted chords and stuff, so the song (especially the intro) sounds pretty weak on just guitar. Intro A Verse A D As I got hit by a car there was a message for me A D As I went through the windshield I noticed something Chorus Bm D E Bm D E Sublininal, In an unnoticable way, Important, and hard to see A D A D Subliminal Subliminal Subliminal Subliminal (Play intro here) Verse While lying there in my bed there was a message for me As I went through the pillow I noticed something (chorus) A D A D Subliminal, subliminal A D A D Stare into the subliminal for as long as you can 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Twisting by They Might Be Giants 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Twisting by They Might Be Giants [Convention: each chord is one beats/a quarter measure. A dash indicates that the chord is held for another beat.] 1. |: G F C D :| (x4) She set your goldfish free and now she's sighing blew out your pilot light and made a wish C - Bb - C - Bb - She doesn't have to have her dB's record back now |: G F C D :| but there's not a lot of things that she'll take back Chorus: |: C - D - :| She wants to see you again she wants to see you again |: G C F G Slowly twisting C F C G :| in the wind 2. She's not your satellite - she doesn't miss you so turn off your smoke machine and Marshall stack she doesn't have to have her Young Fresh Fellas tape back there's not a lot of things that she'll take back (Chorus) Instrumental: (no chords for 2 bars) |: G F C D :| |: C - D - :| |: G F C D :| (Chorus) -E.M. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + A D Bm E We could be sleeping in the flowers, We could sleep all afternoon C F Dm E You'd proclaim that your an island, I proclaim that I'm one too A ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]= ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]D Bm E Then we float into the harbor, With just piers and boats around C F ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]= ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]Dm E I declare that I am England, You declare that I have drowned INTERLUDE (This part is tough to show rythm as there are no words, but basically the guitar just plays one note on the high E string) e5-5-5-55-55-5-55-5-5-5-55-55-5-5e This is the rythm I use with each = dash or 5 Equals a sixteenth note but I think you can figure it out Then the bass does somthing like this: G-------------------0-|----------------0----G D---------------2--2--|------------2--2-----D A---0---3---5---------|0-0-3---5------------A E---------------------|---------------------E Repeat these figures twice, then back to the verse Am F C E I got a ride, home with a drunk guy Am F C(hit and mute) How ungreatful I must have seemed Am F C E He showed me how, to spin my head round and round Chorus and interlude Solo(Play the chords for the verse over the solo) Chorus(Extend the chorus to fade with this...) A D We could be sleeping in the flowers = Bm C Tell my boss that I've been fired A D We'll be sleeping in the flowers Bm C tell my boss i'm fired 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ See The Constellation by They Might Be Giants 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + From: ALane123@aol.com Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 19:06:26 -0400 See The Constelation by They Might Be Giants Transcribed by Adam Lane I think it's all power chords, but your guess is as good as mine The Riff: Play this twice E--------------------------|-----------------------E B--------------------------|-----------------0-----B G-----0------0---0---0-----|----0------0---0---0---G D------0--3----2---0-------|-----0--3----2---------D A----------------------3p2-|-----------------------A E--3-----------------------|-3---------------------E F/G F/G F/G F/G I lay my head_ On the railroad track_ Stare at the sky_ All painted up_ D G Your train is gone, won't be comin' back (CHORUS) D C G - C A See the constellation, ride across the sky G D C A G D C G No cigar no lady on his arm, just a guy made of dots and lines G D C G Just a guy made of dots and lines Two years ago_ Moved from my town_ I was looking up_ Past the city lights_ But the city lights got in my way (CHORUS) (For this verse, there is no guitar, the base is playing F and G in the same rythm as the chords in the other verses) I found my mind_ On the ground below_ I was looking up_ It was looking back_ I was in the sky all dressed in black (CHORUS:Which is extended with...) G D C - F Just a guy made of dots_ and_ lines_ (Some improv here, then play the riff over this) Can you hear what I see in the sky? At the end, there's something going on with a G chord. 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