They Might Be Giants
"Why Does The Sun Shine?"
Full Tab and lyrics
Tabbed by Erik Bartsch (Grumblecakes) 7/8/05
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, A gigantic nuclear furnace
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Where hydrogen is built into helium, At a temperature of millions of degrees
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Yo ho, it's hot
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the sun is not
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A place where we could live
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But here on Earth there'd be no life Without the light it gives
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We need its light
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We need its heat
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We need its energy
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Without the sun, without a doubt there'd be no you and me
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The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, A gigantic nuclear furnace
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[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/they-might-be-giants/19296.html ]
Where hydrogen is built into helium, At a temperature of millions of degrees
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the sun is hot
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It is so hot that everything on it is a gas: iron, copper, aluminum, and many others.
The sun is large
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If the sun were hollow, a million Earths could fit inside. And yet, the sun is only a
star.
The sun is far away
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About 93 million miles away, and that's why it looks so small.
And even when it's out of sight the sun shines night and day
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The sun gives heat
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The sun gives light
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The sunlight that we see
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The sunlight comes from our own sun's atomic energy
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Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine.
The heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions of hydrogen, carbon,
and helium.***
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, A gigantic nuclear furnace
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Where hydrogen is built into helium, At a temperature of millions of degrees
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