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
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|----7--7--------------------7___________|-7------------------5------------|
|()--7--7-------0---3--------5___________|-5----0-3-0-3-0-----5----------()|
|----7--7----5---------------------------|--------------------5------------|
A
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|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|----7----------|----2-------------|
|----7----------|----2-------------|
|----7----------|----2-------------|
G A
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|-------------------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
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If you got a secret boy,
E
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|--2--------2----------------------------|---
|--2--------2----------------------------|---
|--2--------2----------------------------|---
Forget about it........... 'Cause she's a
(Chorus)
G bend 7th fret 3rd string
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|-------5------5--------5----------------|
|------*7*----*7*-------7----------------|
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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
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hammer and pull these 2 over and over again.
for these 2 measures
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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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