Sung by: John Flansburgh
Length: 2:22
On Albums: Flood
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Song: Road Movie to Berlin
Band: They Might Be Giants
CD: Flood
Transcribed by: Mark Taylor MTaylor@Data.Basix.Com
[Uploaded: Thu Jun 2 20:28:44 PDT 1994]
F (1 measure) A (1 m.) D (2 m.)
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Bb Bb Bb A Bb Bb Bb A
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Bb Bb Bb C B Bb A
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(no notes) F A
We're in a road movie to Berlin.
D Bb
Can't drive out the way we drove in.
A
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
Bb
and we'll go.
(no notes) F A
We were once so close to Heaven.
D Bb
Peter came out and gave us medals.
A Bb
Declaring us the nicest of the damned.
F A
Time won't find the lost.
D
It'll sweep up our skeleton bones.
Bb A Bb
So take the wheel and I will take the pedals.
BREAK
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(no notes) F A
We're in a road movie to Berlin.
D Bb
Can't drive out the way we drove in.
A
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
Bb
and we'll go.
Road movie to Berlin by They Might Be Giants
[Convention: each chord is four beats/a full measure. A dash indicates that
the chord is held for another measure; two chords with a slash between
them are held for two beats/half a measure each.]
1.
|: F A D Bb
We're in a road movie to Berlin - can't drive out the way we drove in
A - Bb - :|
so sneak out this glass of bourbon and we'll go
We were once so close to heaven - Peter came out and gave us medals
declaring us the nicest of the damned
F A D -
Time won't find the lost, it'll sweep up our skeleton bones
Bb A Bb -
so take the wheel and I will take the pedals
Instrumental:
/-3-\
C/B/Bb A / F
G / E D
Bb - / A /-3-\
Bb A Bb C/B/Bb A
We're in a road movie to Berlin
can't drive out the way we drove in
so sneak out this glass of bourbon and we'll go
-E.M.
Song: Road Movie to Berlin
Band: They Might Be Giants
CD: Flood
Transcribed by: Mark Taylor MTaylor@Data.Basix.Com
F (1 measure) A (1 m.) D (2 m.)
--------1---------------0----------2----
--------1---------------2----------3----
--------2---------------2----------2----
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Bb Bb Bb A Bb Bb Bb A
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--3--3--3---2------3--3--3---2----------
--3--3--3---2------3--3--3---2----------
--3--3--3---2------3--3--3---2----------
--1--1--1---0------1--1--1---0----------
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Bb Bb Bb C B Bb A
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(no notes) F A
We're in a road movie to Berlin.
D Bb
Can't drive out the way we drove in.
A
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
Bb
and we'll go.
(no notes) F A
We were once so close to Heaven.
D Bb
Peter came out and gave us medals.
A Bb
Declaring us the nicest of the damned.
F A
Time won't find the lost.
D
It'll sweep up our skeleton bones.
Bb A Bb
So take the wheel and I will take the pedals.
BREAK
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(no notes) F A
We're in a road movie to Berlin.
D Bb
Can't drive out the way we drove in.
A
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
Bb
and we'll go.
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