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Author: They Might Be Giants
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On Albums: Unreleased Songs

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(verse)
D				     

D

D
         If you had     such a  checkered   pa------st,      then

D
How come    you're living    to-day? 

D
    I   never  wanted  to      bring it up

D

  But what's the writing on your fore---head    say?


Em	 Em	  Em	   Em	    Em(mj7) Em(mj7) Em(mj7) Em(mj7)
        Wide  awake and    lost,       I don't      feel

Em	 Em      Em      Em	     G       G       G       G
Any         thing    at         all.

Em	 Em	  Em	   Em	    Em(mj7) Em(mj7) Em(mj7) Em(mj7)
        This    sex  a-----ppeal,        I can't    be-

Em	 Em      Em      Em	     G       G       G       G
lieve   that's what it's    called.


(chrous)
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	 D
	 Hey!        Here comes somebody's   bo------dy,     who
G				
Threw me away,              The one and on-ly   liv-----ing 

D ***see bass line at bottom***
doll. I ne--------------ver      liked  the col----der 

***bass line at bottom***
side    of   her.           Or  a-------ny--bo--dy.



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D

D

D
    I   never    tired of   the  puppet     shows           'cause

D
I like      the way that they   talk.

D
    I   never  wanted  to      bring it up

D

  But what's the writing on your fore---head    say?


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Em	 Em	  Em	   Em	    Em(mj7) Em(mj7) Em(mj7) Em(mj7)
        My      biggest     ex------pec-----ta------tions   put

Em	 Em      Em      Em	     G       G       G       G
    Me       on      her     train.

Em	 Em	  Em	   Em	    Em(mj7) Em(mj7) Em(mj7) Em(mj7)
        My      biggest     ex------pec-----ta------tions   bring

Em	 Em      Em      Em	     G       G       G       G
    Me      home    a-------gain.


(chorus)
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	 D
	 Hey!        Here comes somebody's   bo------dy,     who
G				
Threw me away,              The one and on-ly   liv-----ing 

D ***see bass line at bottom***
Doll. I ne--------------ver      liked  the col----der 

***bass line at bottom***
Side    of   her.           Or  a-------ny--bo--dy.


Bass line
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D       D       C#      C#      C       C       B       B   
doll. I ne--------------ver      liked  the col----der 

A#      A#       A       A       G#     G#       G      G
side    of   her.           Or  a-------ny--bo--dy.



transcribed by Mike Lebovitz