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Mammal - They Might Be Giants
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Tuning: Standard
They Might Be Giants
Mammal (1992)
(John Linell/John Flansburgh)
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CHORDS
e-B-G-D-A-E
A 0-2-2-2-0-x
A/C# x-2-2-2-4-x
Bm 2-3-4-4-2-x
Bm/A 2-3-4-4-0-x
C 0-1-0-2-3-x
C/G 0-1-0-2-x-3
D 2-3-2-0-x-x
D/A 2-3-2-x-0-x
D/F# x-2-3-0-x-2
E7 0-3-1-2-2-0
Em 0-0-0-2-2-0
Em/D 0-0-0-0-x-x
G/B x-3-0-0-2-x
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Capo 2nd fret
DD/A
Glass of milk
EmEm/DCC/G
Standing in between extinction in the cold
AA/C#DG
And explosive radiating growth
DG
So the warm blood flows
DGE7
Through the large four-chambered heart
GD/F#EmBmBm/AGD/F#A
Maintaining the very high me---tabolism rate they have
GAG/BA/C#
Mammal, mammal
DEm
Their names are called
GA
They raise a paw
G/BA/C#
The bat, the cat
DEm
Dolphin and dog
GA
Koala bear and hog
| G D/F# | Em Bm Bm/A | G D/F# | A |
DD/AEmEm/D
One of us might lose his hair
CC/GAA/C#DD/A
But you're reminded that it once was there
EmEm/DCC/GAA/CDG
From the embryonic whale to the monkey with no tail
DG
So the warm blood flows
DGDG
With the red blood cells lacking nuclei
DGE7
Through the large four-chambered heart
GD/F#EmBmBm/AGD/F#A
Maintaining the very high me---tabolism rate they have
GAG/BA/C#
Mammal, mammal
DEm
Their names are called
GA
They raise a paw
G/BA/C#
The bat, the cat
DEm
Dolphin and dog
GA
Koala bear and hog
GD/F#EmBmBm/AGD/F#A
Placental the sister of her brother Marsupial
GD/F#EmBmBm/AGD/F#A
Their cousin called Monotreme, dead uncle Allotheria
GAG/BA/C#
Mammal, mammal
DEm
Their names are called
GA
They raise a paw
G/BA/C#
The bat, the cat
DEm
Dolphin and dog
GA
Koala bear and hog
G/BA/C#
The fox, the ox
DEm
Giraffe and shrew
GABm
Echidna, caribou