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The previous one wasn't 100% accurate! Dm Gm We've been driving around Dm Gm Bb C From one end of this town to the other and back Bb F/A Bb F/A Bb But no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us) Bb F/A Bb C Driving our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band) A And no one's ever heard of our band D D/C# G/B We're the Mesopota-mi -ans D/A G D/F# Em A Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh D Bm Em Then they wouldn't understand a word we say, Gm F#m So we'll scratch it all down into the clay B C Half believing there will sometime come a day Someone gives a damn A Maybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand D D/C# G/B We're the Mesopota-mi -ans D/A G D/F# Em Asus4 Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh Dm Gm 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/A Bb F/A Bb In Mesopotamia, (No one's ever seen us) Bb F/A Bb C The kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one's ever heard of our band) A The land where we invisibly rule [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/they-might-be-giants/226060.html ] D D/C# G/B As the Mesopota-mi -ans D/A G D/F# Em A Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh D Bm This is my last stick of gum Em Gm 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 a Mohenjo-daroan A Hey, Ashurbanipal, D D/C# G/B I'm a Mesopota-mi -an D/A G D/F# Em Asus4 Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh D D/C# G/B We're the Mesopota-mi -ans D/A G D/F# Em Asus4 Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh G D/F# Em G/D "Hey, man, I thought that you were dead C C/B Am C/G I thought you crashed your car" E G/D A/C# A E7 E7/G# A "No, man, I've been right here this whole time playing bass guitar For the Mesopotamians" N.C. D D/C# G/B D/A G We're the Mesopota-mi -ans D/F# Em A D D/C# G/B D/A (Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal) G D/F# Em A/G Asus4 Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh D D/C# G/B D/A We're the Mesopota-mi -ans G D/F# Em A D D Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh |