Turn Around Chords by They Might Be Giants
Tempo:
135.25 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] I was working all night in my office, when a man I had [D] recently [E] [A] killed,
called me up [Bm] from a phone near my building.
So [E] I looked out the window at him,
[F#] he had the same [B] obsequious [D#m] manner, [Bm]
that was the reason I [A] had [D] him [E] killed.
[C#] So to calm my nerves [F#m] I sang [A] this song [B] to him, over [E] the [A] phone.
Turn around, [F#m] turn around, there's a king there that can be found.
[A]
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D] Human [A] skull on the [D] ground.
[E]
Turn [A] around.
[G] [F#m] [A]
I was out by myself in the graveyard, I was doing an [D] [F#m] interpretive dance,
[D] when I felt something [G] heavy and [Bm] pointed,
[E] strike me in the back of my neck.
[F#] And then the ghost of my [B] dance [F#] instructor, [Bm]
pushed me down [C#m] into an [D] open grave.
[E]
[C#] And as dirt rained down [F#m] she played [A] a
[B] xylophone, and sang me [E] this song.
[A] Turn around, turn [D] [E] around, [A] there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D]
Human [Bm] skull [D] on the [A] ground.
Turn around.
[F#m] [A]
We were waving our arms out the window, of a fast moving passenger train.
[D]
Acting in an irresponsible [Bm] fashion, [E] until the engineer whose back had been [C#m] turned,
and [F#] who we thought would find us highly amusing, [B] quickly swiveled [C#m] his head [D] [E] around.
[C#] And his face which [F] was [F#m] a paper [E] white mask [B] of evil, sang us [E] this song.
[C#]
[A] Turn around, turn around, there's a thing [E] there that [Bm] can be [E] found.
[A] Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D] Human skull on the ground.
Turn [C#m] [F#m] around.
[G] [A]
Turn around, turn around, there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[Bm] Human skull on the ground.
[G#m] [A]
called me up [Bm] from a phone near my building.
So [E] I looked out the window at him,
[F#] he had the same [B] obsequious [D#m] manner, [Bm]
that was the reason I [A] had [D] him [E] killed.
[C#] So to calm my nerves [F#m] I sang [A] this song [B] to him, over [E] the [A] phone.
Turn around, [F#m] turn around, there's a king there that can be found.
[A]
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D] Human [A] skull on the [D] ground.
[E]
Turn [A] around.
[G] [F#m] [A]
I was out by myself in the graveyard, I was doing an [D] [F#m] interpretive dance,
[D] when I felt something [G] heavy and [Bm] pointed,
[E] strike me in the back of my neck.
[F#] And then the ghost of my [B] dance [F#] instructor, [Bm]
pushed me down [C#m] into an [D] open grave.
[E]
[C#] And as dirt rained down [F#m] she played [A] a
[B] xylophone, and sang me [E] this song.
[A] Turn around, turn [D] [E] around, [A] there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D]
Human [Bm] skull [D] on the [A] ground.
Turn around.
[F#m] [A]
We were waving our arms out the window, of a fast moving passenger train.
[D]
Acting in an irresponsible [Bm] fashion, [E] until the engineer whose back had been [C#m] turned,
and [F#] who we thought would find us highly amusing, [B] quickly swiveled [C#m] his head [D] [E] around.
[C#] And his face which [F] was [F#m] a paper [E] white mask [B] of evil, sang us [E] this song.
[C#]
[A] Turn around, turn around, there's a thing [E] there that [Bm] can be [E] found.
[A] Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D] Human skull on the ground.
Turn [C#m] [F#m] around.
[G] [A]
Turn around, turn around, there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[Bm] Human skull on the ground.
[G#m] [A]
Key:
A
E
D
Bm
F#m
A
E
D
[A] I was working all night in my office, when a man I had [D] recently [E] [A] killed,
called me up [Bm] from a phone near my building.
So [E] I looked out the window at him,
[F#] he had the same [B] obsequious [D#m] manner, _ [Bm]
that was the reason I [A] had [D] him [E] killed.
[C#] So to calm my nerves [F#m] I sang [A] this song [B] to him, over [E] the [A] phone. _
Turn around, _ [F#m] turn around, there's a king there that can be found.
[A]
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D] Human [A] skull on the [D] ground.
[E]
Turn [A] around.
_ [G] _ [F#m] _ _ [A]
I was out by myself in the graveyard, _ I was doing an [D] [F#m] interpretive dance,
[D] when I felt something [G] heavy and [Bm] pointed, _ _
[E] strike me in the back of my neck.
[F#] And then the ghost of my [B] dance [F#] instructor, _ [Bm]
pushed me down [C#m] into an [D] open grave.
[E] _
[C#] And as dirt rained down [F#m] she played [A] a _
[B] xylophone, and sang me [E] this song.
[A] Turn around, turn [D] [E] around, [A] there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D]
Human [Bm] skull [D] on the [A] ground.
Turn around.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _
We were waving our arms out the window, of a fast moving passenger train.
_ [D]
Acting in an irresponsible [Bm] fashion, _ [E] until the engineer whose back had been [C#m] turned,
and [F#] who we thought would find us highly amusing, _ [B] quickly swiveled [C#m] his head [D] _ [E] around.
[C#] And his face which [F] was [F#m] a paper [E] white mask [B] of evil, sang us [E] this song.
[C#]
[A] Turn around, _ turn around, _ there's a thing [E] there that [Bm] can be [E] found.
[A] Turn around, _ turn around, _ it's a human skull on the ground.
[D] Human skull on the ground.
Turn [C#m] _ [F#m] around.
_ [G] _ [A] _ _
Turn around, turn around, _ there's a thing there that can be found. _
Turn around, _ turn around, it's a human skull on the ground. _
[Bm] Human skull on the ground.
_ [G#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
called me up [Bm] from a phone near my building.
So [E] I looked out the window at him,
[F#] he had the same [B] obsequious [D#m] manner, _ [Bm]
that was the reason I [A] had [D] him [E] killed.
[C#] So to calm my nerves [F#m] I sang [A] this song [B] to him, over [E] the [A] phone. _
Turn around, _ [F#m] turn around, there's a king there that can be found.
[A]
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D] Human [A] skull on the [D] ground.
[E]
Turn [A] around.
_ [G] _ [F#m] _ _ [A]
I was out by myself in the graveyard, _ I was doing an [D] [F#m] interpretive dance,
[D] when I felt something [G] heavy and [Bm] pointed, _ _
[E] strike me in the back of my neck.
[F#] And then the ghost of my [B] dance [F#] instructor, _ [Bm]
pushed me down [C#m] into an [D] open grave.
[E] _
[C#] And as dirt rained down [F#m] she played [A] a _
[B] xylophone, and sang me [E] this song.
[A] Turn around, turn [D] [E] around, [A] there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D]
Human [Bm] skull [D] on the [A] ground.
Turn around.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _
We were waving our arms out the window, of a fast moving passenger train.
_ [D]
Acting in an irresponsible [Bm] fashion, _ [E] until the engineer whose back had been [C#m] turned,
and [F#] who we thought would find us highly amusing, _ [B] quickly swiveled [C#m] his head [D] _ [E] around.
[C#] And his face which [F] was [F#m] a paper [E] white mask [B] of evil, sang us [E] this song.
[C#]
[A] Turn around, _ turn around, _ there's a thing [E] there that [Bm] can be [E] found.
[A] Turn around, _ turn around, _ it's a human skull on the ground.
[D] Human skull on the ground.
Turn [C#m] _ [F#m] around.
_ [G] _ [A] _ _
Turn around, turn around, _ there's a thing there that can be found. _
Turn around, _ turn around, it's a human skull on the ground. _
[Bm] Human skull on the ground.
_ [G#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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