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Author: They Might Be Giants
Sung by: John Flansburgh and Peter Permain Thomson
Length: 0: 0
On Albums: They Might Be Giants, Then: The Earlier Years, Selections From The 2-CD Retrospective, Ana Ng, (She Was a) Hotel Detective, Video Compilation, Don't Let's Start, The Videos 1986-1989, Miscellaneous T: the B Side/Remix Compilation

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Played in drop D tuning and has a bit of a swing feel. 
I can't put the timing in perfectly, so you'll have to
figure it out for yourself. It shouldn't be to hard with all the notes.

Dropped D tuning is from low to high: DADGBE

Chorus:

                                   repeat 3x I think
A                              D (tie)                           G
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|()_-------------------------------------|-------------------------------()|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----7--7--------------------7___________|-7------------------5------------|
|()--7--7-------0---3--------5___________|-5----0-3-0-3-0-----5----------()|
|----7--7----5---------------------------|--------------------5------------|

A
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|----7----------|----2-------------|
|----7----------|----2-------------|
|----7----------|----2-------------|


 G                                        A                               
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------8--------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------7--------------------|---------------------------------|
|---5---------------5--------------------|-(G up one whole step)|----------|
|---5------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---5------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

She's got her ears to the wall/ And she's tappin' the calls/ 

G
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

If you got a secret boy,

E
|----------------------------------------|---
|----------------------------------------|---
|----------------------------------------|---
|--2--------2----------------------------|---
|--2--------2----------------------------|---
|--2--------2----------------------------|---

Forget about it...........   'Cause she's a


(Chorus)

G       bend 7th fret 3rd string
|----------------------------------------|
|-------5------5--------5----------------|
|------*7*----*7*-------7----------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

A shuffle
|------------------------------|------------------------12-------|
|------------------------------|---------10----------------------|
|------------------------------|--------*12*--*12*---------------|
|-----2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2----------|----5----------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------|----5----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----5----------------------------|



A shuffle
|----------------------------------------|---------------13------13----|
|----------------------------------------|--------11-----11------11----|
|----------------------------------------|-------*13*---*13*-----13----|
|----------------------------------------|---5-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---5-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---5-------------------------|

A shuffle
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


      hammer and pull these 2 over and over again.
      for these 2 measures
|----15-17-15-17-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


G            A
She says she likes my face

G            A
She says she owns the place

E                    E
Forget about it... "Cause she's a

Chorus
           A      .
A   |     | / / / |



transcribed by Jeremy Mathews


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