Chords for They Might Be Giants - The Mesopotamians (official TMBG video)
Tempo:
131.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
Em
G
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ebm] .
[Dm] .
We've been [Gm] driving around [Dm] From one [Gm] end of this town [Bb] to the other.
[C] And back [Bb] But no one's [F] ever [Bb] seen us.
[F] [Bb] .
Driving [Am] our [C] economy And [A] no one's ever heard of our [E] band.
We're the [D] .
[Em] [D] Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, [D] and Gilgamesh.
And they [Bm] wouldn't understand a [Em] word we say So we'll [Gm] scratch it all down into [Gbm] the grave.
Half [B] believing there will sometime [C] come a day Someone gives [A] a damn.
Maybe we're in the concrete, as chrome appears in the sand.
[G] We're the [D] .
Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, and [D] .
Gilgamesh.
[Dm] The Mesopotamish sun is [Gm] beating down [Dm] And making cracks in the [Gm] ground.
But [Bb] there's nowhere [C] else to stand [Bb] In Mesopotamia.
[A] No one's ever [Bb] seen us The kingdom where [Am] we [C] secretly reign.
And no one's ever heard [A] of our band The land where the indigenous live.
[D] .
[Gbm] [G] As the [D] Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, .
[D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, [A] and [D] Gilgamesh.
This is my [Bm] last stick of gum [Em] I'm gonna cut it up so [Gm] everybody else gets [Gbm] some.
Except for [B] Ashurbanipal who says my [C] haircut Makes me look [A] like a Mohenjo -Daron.
Hey Ashurbanipal, I'm a .
[Em] Mesopotamian [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, and [D] .
[A] Gilgamesh.
We're the [D] .
[Em] [D] Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, and [A] .
Gilgamesh.
Hey [G] man, I thought that you were dead [C] I thought you'd rat your car.
[E] No, [Em] you're not [A] dead I've been here this whole [E] time playing bass [A] guitar.
We're the [D] .
Mesopotamians [Em] [D] [G] .
[D] Sargon, [Em] [A] Hammurabi, [D] Ashurbanipal.
[G] .
[D] Sargon, [Em] Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, [A] and Gilgamesh.
We're the [D] .
[A] [Bm] Mesopotamians [A] [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] [A] Ashurbanipal, [D] and Gilgamesh .
[N] .
[Dm] .
We've been [Gm] driving around [Dm] From one [Gm] end of this town [Bb] to the other.
[C] And back [Bb] But no one's [F] ever [Bb] seen us.
[F] [Bb] .
Driving [Am] our [C] economy And [A] no one's ever heard of our [E] band.
We're the [D] .
[Em] [D] Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, [D] and Gilgamesh.
And they [Bm] wouldn't understand a [Em] word we say So we'll [Gm] scratch it all down into [Gbm] the grave.
Half [B] believing there will sometime [C] come a day Someone gives [A] a damn.
Maybe we're in the concrete, as chrome appears in the sand.
[G] We're the [D] .
Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, and [D] .
Gilgamesh.
[Dm] The Mesopotamish sun is [Gm] beating down [Dm] And making cracks in the [Gm] ground.
But [Bb] there's nowhere [C] else to stand [Bb] In Mesopotamia.
[A] No one's ever [Bb] seen us The kingdom where [Am] we [C] secretly reign.
And no one's ever heard [A] of our band The land where the indigenous live.
[D] .
[Gbm] [G] As the [D] Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, .
[D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, [A] and [D] Gilgamesh.
This is my [Bm] last stick of gum [Em] I'm gonna cut it up so [Gm] everybody else gets [Gbm] some.
Except for [B] Ashurbanipal who says my [C] haircut Makes me look [A] like a Mohenjo -Daron.
Hey Ashurbanipal, I'm a .
[Em] Mesopotamian [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, and [D] .
[A] Gilgamesh.
We're the [D] .
[Em] [D] Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, and [A] .
Gilgamesh.
Hey [G] man, I thought that you were dead [C] I thought you'd rat your car.
[E] No, [Em] you're not [A] dead I've been here this whole [E] time playing bass [A] guitar.
We're the [D] .
Mesopotamians [Em] [D] [G] .
[D] Sargon, [Em] [A] Hammurabi, [D] Ashurbanipal.
[G] .
[D] Sargon, [Em] Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, [A] and Gilgamesh.
We're the [D] .
[A] [Bm] Mesopotamians [A] [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] [A] Ashurbanipal, [D] and Gilgamesh .
[N] .
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ .
We've been [Gm] driving _ around [Dm] From one [Gm] end of this town [Bb] to the _ other.
[C] And back _ [Bb] But no one's [F] ever [Bb] seen us.
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ .
Driving [Am] our [C] economy And _ _ [A] no one's ever heard of our [E] band.
We're the [D] _ _ .
_ _ [Em] _ [D] Mesopotamians _ [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, _ [Em] Ashurbanipal, [D] and Gilgamesh.
And they [Bm] wouldn't understand a [Em] word we say So we'll [Gm] scratch it all down into [Gbm] the grave.
Half [B] believing there will sometime [C] come a day Someone gives [A] a damn.
Maybe we're in the concrete, as chrome appears in the sand.
[G] We're the [D] _ _ .
_ _ _ Mesopotamians _ [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] _ Ashurbanipal, and _ [D] _ .
Gilgamesh.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] The Mesopotamish sun is [Gm] beating _ down [Dm] And making cracks in the [Gm] ground.
But [Bb] there's nowhere [C] else to _ stand [Bb] In _ Mesopotamia.
_ [A] No one's ever [Bb] seen us The kingdom where [Am] we [C] secretly reign.
And no one's ever heard [A] of our band The land where the indigenous live.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ .
[Gbm] _ [G] As the [D] Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, _ .
[D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, [A] and [D] Gilgamesh.
This is my [Bm] last stick of gum [Em] I'm gonna cut it up so [Gm] everybody else gets [Gbm] some.
Except for [B] Ashurbanipal who says my [C] haircut Makes me look [A] like a Mohenjo _ -Daron.
_ Hey Ashurbanipal, I'm a _ _ .
_ _ [Em] _ Mesopotamian [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, _ [Em] _ Ashurbanipal, and _ [D] _ _ .
[A] _ _ Gilgamesh.
We're the [D] _ _ .
_ _ [Em] _ [D] Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, _ [Em] Ashurbanipal, and [A] _ _ .
Gilgamesh.
_ Hey [G] man, I thought that you were dead [C] I thought you'd rat your car.
_ [E] No, [Em] you're not [A] dead I've been here this whole [E] time playing bass [A] _ _ _ guitar.
We're the _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ .
Mesopotamians [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ .
[D] Sargon, _ [Em] _ [A] Hammurabi, _ [D] Ashurbanipal.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ .
[D] Sargon, [Em] Hammurabi, _ Ashurbanipal, [A] and _ _ _ Gilgamesh.
We're the _ [D] _ _ .
[A] _ _ [Bm] Mesopotamians [A] _ [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, _ [Em] _ _ [A] Ashurbanipal, [D] and _ Gilgamesh _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ .
We've been [Gm] driving _ around [Dm] From one [Gm] end of this town [Bb] to the _ other.
[C] And back _ [Bb] But no one's [F] ever [Bb] seen us.
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ .
Driving [Am] our [C] economy And _ _ [A] no one's ever heard of our [E] band.
We're the [D] _ _ .
_ _ [Em] _ [D] Mesopotamians _ [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, _ [Em] Ashurbanipal, [D] and Gilgamesh.
And they [Bm] wouldn't understand a [Em] word we say So we'll [Gm] scratch it all down into [Gbm] the grave.
Half [B] believing there will sometime [C] come a day Someone gives [A] a damn.
Maybe we're in the concrete, as chrome appears in the sand.
[G] We're the [D] _ _ .
_ _ _ Mesopotamians _ [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, [Em] _ Ashurbanipal, and _ [D] _ .
Gilgamesh.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] The Mesopotamish sun is [Gm] beating _ down [Dm] And making cracks in the [Gm] ground.
But [Bb] there's nowhere [C] else to _ stand [Bb] In _ Mesopotamia.
_ [A] No one's ever [Bb] seen us The kingdom where [Am] we [C] secretly reign.
And no one's ever heard [A] of our band The land where the indigenous live.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ .
[Gbm] _ [G] As the [D] Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, _ .
[D] Hammurabi, [Em] Ashurbanipal, [A] and [D] Gilgamesh.
This is my [Bm] last stick of gum [Em] I'm gonna cut it up so [Gm] everybody else gets [Gbm] some.
Except for [B] Ashurbanipal who says my [C] haircut Makes me look [A] like a Mohenjo _ -Daron.
_ Hey Ashurbanipal, I'm a _ _ .
_ _ [Em] _ Mesopotamian [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, _ [Em] _ Ashurbanipal, and _ [D] _ _ .
[A] _ _ Gilgamesh.
We're the [D] _ _ .
_ _ [Em] _ [D] Mesopotamians [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, _ [Em] Ashurbanipal, and [A] _ _ .
Gilgamesh.
_ Hey [G] man, I thought that you were dead [C] I thought you'd rat your car.
_ [E] No, [Em] you're not [A] dead I've been here this whole [E] time playing bass [A] _ _ _ guitar.
We're the _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ .
Mesopotamians [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ .
[D] Sargon, _ [Em] _ [A] Hammurabi, _ [D] Ashurbanipal.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ .
[D] Sargon, [Em] Hammurabi, _ Ashurbanipal, [A] and _ _ _ Gilgamesh.
We're the _ [D] _ _ .
[A] _ _ [Bm] Mesopotamians [A] _ [G] Sargon, [D] Hammurabi, _ [Em] _ _ [A] Ashurbanipal, [D] and _ Gilgamesh _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ .
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