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Metal Detector
They Might Be Giants

Intro:   G  C  G  D

G       /   C               G      /            D                    G / C  G / D
Down at the shore there's a place where there's no one vacationing
                 G        /   C           G     /  D
there's just the sound of the call of the wild overcoming the
Em            Ebm
fear of the unknown

             C#m /   F#m           C#m / F#m
and I've got something to help you understand
          C#m  /  A       C#m   /   Ab
something waiting there beneath the sand:
C#m / F#m    C#m  / F#m   C#m   /      F#m        C#m /  F#m
  My metal detector         is with me all of the time
E    A     F#m     B        E    A   F#m   B
 I'm the inspector over the mine

A
 Look past the volley ball
E
 Look past the squawking gull
Ab           A              A            Ab
  Ignore the mountain of discarded falderal

and I've got something to help you understand
something waiting there beneath the sand:
My metal detector is with me all of the time
I'm the inspector over the mine
E   A    F#m     B        E     A   F#m   B
 Metal detector: watch it shine

G     /  C           G     /  D              G     /   C  G / D
Every seashell has a story to tell if you're listening
         G        /  C               G     /  D
but underneath every shell there's a story as well if you've
Em                  Ebm
heard enough of the sea
          G        /   C             G     /  D            G   /
       C   G / D
then everything on the top will just suddenly stop seeming interesting
          G      /   C            G           /   D
so listen now to the sound of the things that are found underground

|: C#m / F#m  :|

E   A    F#m     B        E     A   F#m   B

Don't need no volley ball
Don't need no squawking gull
Don't need to look at any bathing beauty doll

for I've got something to help you understand
something waiting there beneath the sand:
My metal detector is with me all of the time
I'm the inspector over the mine

Look past the volley ball
Look past the squawking gull
Ignore the mountain of discarded falderal

Cause I've got something to help you understand
something hidden there beneath the sand:
My metal detector is with me all of the time
I'm the inspector over the mine
Metal detector: watch it shine

Don't need no volley ball
Don't need no squawking gull
E   A    F#m    B       E     A   F#m   B
 Metal detector all the time

Ending: C#m