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Author: They Might Be Giants
Sung by: John Linnell
Length: 1:12
On Albums: Then: The Earlier Years, Lincoln

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Intro: (guitar notes, not chords)
G-G-G-G-G-A-B-G

Verse 1:

C      Am      D           C              G     Am
I like people, they're the ones who can't stand

C           D              G
They're the ones who can't stand

C     Am    D       C           G     Am
I see smoke signals coming from them

C            D          G
They say, "We are out of furniture"


Chorus:

D/F#  G           Am         D/F#
Stand on your own head for a change

             G       Am
Give me some skin to call my own

D/F#  G           Am         D/F#
Stand on your own head for a change

             G       Am
Give me some skin to call my own


Verse 2:

C   Am      D            C             G     Am
You made my day, now you have to sleep in it

C       D                G
Now you have to sleep in it

C Am       D         C            G       Am
I love the world and if I have to sue for custody,

C      D            G
I will sue for custody


Chorus:

D/F#  G           Am         D/F#
Stand on your own head for a change

             G       Am
Give me some skin to call my own

D/F#  G           Am         D/F#
Stand on your own head for a change

             G       Am
Give me some skin to call my own

D/F#  G           Am
Stand on your own head

D/F#  G           Am         D/F#
Stand on your own head for a change

D/F#  G           Am
Stand on your own head 



transcribed by Josh Woodward


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