Particle Man (live acoustic version)
They Might Be Giants
This is a great little tune by They Might Be Giants, but I haven't seen any tabs or chords for it out there,
so I decided to do it myself :).
This is my first attempt at doing a song--sorry for any mistakes! (but it sounds pretty close when I play it)
This was done from the live acoustic version on 120 Minutes on MTV, but it shouldn't be too different
from the album version. Listen to the recording for strumming patterns, etc.
C
Particle man, particle man
CG
Doing the things a particle can
FC
What's he like? It's not important
C
Particle man
CF
Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
GC
When he's underwater does he get wet?
FG
Or does the water get him instead?
FC
Nobody knows, Particle man
(slight pause while acordian plays--guitar holds out C chord)
C
Triangle man, Triangle man
CG
Triangle man hates particle man
FC
They have a fight, Triangle wins
C
Triangle man
(bridge with acordian solo--the guitar just plays C for a while, then G then C)
C
Universe man, Universe man
CG
Size of the entire universe man
FC
Usually kind to smaller man
C
Universe man
CF
He's got a watch with a minute hand,
GC
Millenium hand and an eon hand
FG
When they meet it's a happy land
FC
Powerful man, universe man
(slight pause while acordian plays softly strum C)
C
Person man, person man
CG
Hit on the head with a frying pan
FC
Lives his life in a garbage can
C
Person man
CF
Is he a mess or is he depressed?
GC
Does he feel totally worthless?
FG
Who came up with person man?
FC
Degraded man, person man
(slight pause while acordian plays--guitar holds out C chord)
C
Triangle man, triangle man
CG
Triangle man hates person man
FC
They have a fight, triangle wins
C
Triangle man
(then the same accordian solo plays twice and the song ends)
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