Author: They Might Be Giants
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Length: 0: 0
On Albums: Unreleased Songs
E B A
They are crowding the stage of these hallowed confines
B A B
Representing the parties that here are enshrined
B E
the one hundred-odd figures of men
B E B E
wearing suits, who in sum constitute
A B E
the assembly of the House of Mayors
F#m7 F#m7(G#)
Stacked in columns and rows
F#m7(A)
Dressed in period clothes
B B(C#) B(D#)
here a wig, there a pince-nez affixed to a nose
E B A B
E
And the full complement's in attendance at the House of Mayors
E A
(House of Mayors) House of Mayors
F#m B
(House of Mayors) House of Mayors
E(G#) A(C#)
(House of Mayors) House of Mayors
D B
(House of Mayors) House of Mayors
A E A B A E A
And they're all up there, on the stage
B A E A B A E A
And we're introduced to them all
B A E A B A E A
And they're all still standing up there
B A E A B A E A
When the last tour exits the hall
As the creaking automatons all lurch
Into action, and act out historical deeds
And make speeches, sign legislation
And turn their heads and blink their eyes
Though the room has a faintly musty smell
You forget where you are, you are under their spell
And the spell that was cast is the ballad for the House of Mayors
E A F#m B E(G#) A(C#) D B
A E A B A E A B A E A B A E A
B A E A B A E A
They are all still standing in there
B A E A B A E A
In the dark in there, in the night
E A E B
Similarity lurks under styles of moustache
A E B
These anemic, loyal, ???*
C#m G#m A
With a woman attending in fashion
B E B
In fashion; if some other face
E A
Looked too much out of place
E B E
Would it spoil it for everyone else?
F#m7 F#m7(G#) F#m7(A) F#m7
Some express disappointment when leaving the hall
B B(C#) B(D#) B
Some feel cheated or mad--bear in mind, one and all
E B A B
The next act of the show is an infinite row
E B E A
Of unoccupied chairs, in a big room upstairs
E B E
In the House Of The Yet-To-Be Mayors
Instrumental:
E B E A E B E
E B E A E B
C#m G#m B - E
Notes
*Need help here.
Transcribed by Rob Fishel
