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Artist: They Might Be Giants Song The Mesopotamians Album: The Else Verse 1: Dm Gm We've been driving around Dm Gm Bb C From one end of this town to the other and back Bb F Bb F Bb But no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us) Bb F Bb Driving our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band) C A And no one's ever heard of our band Chorus: D D[C#] Bm We're the Mesopota- mi - ans Bm[A G Gsus4[F#] Em A Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh Bridge: D D[C#] Bm Bm[A] G Then they wouldn't understand a word we say, Gm F#m So we'll scratch it all down into the clay B Em Half believing there will sometime come a day someone gives a damn A Maybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand Chorus: We're the Mesopota-mi -ans Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/they-might-be-giants/204631.html ] Bridge: The Mesopotam-ish sun is beating down Dm Gm And making cracks in the ground Bb C But there's nowhere else to stand Bb F Bb Bb F Bb In Mesopotamia, (No one's ever seen us) Bb F Bb C The kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one's ever heard of our band) A The land where we invisibly rule Chorus: As the Mesopota-mi -ans Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh Bridge: D Bm This is my last stick of gum Em G I'm going to cut it up so everybody else gets some F#m B C A Except for Ashurbanipal who says my haircut makes me look like aMohenjodaroan A Hey, Ashurbanipal, Chorus: I'm a Mesopota-mi -an Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh We're the Mesopota-mi -ans Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh Bridge: G Em "Hey, man, I thought that you were dead C Am I thought you crashed your car" Em A Em A "No, man, I've been right here this whole time playing bass guitar For the Mesopotamians" Chorus: We're the Mesopota-mi -ans Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh We're the Mesopota-mi -ans Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh |