Artist: They Might Be Giants Song: The Shadow Gorvernment Album: The Else |------------------------| |------------------------| |-12-12---12-12---12-12--| |------------------------| |-10-10---10-10---10-10--| |------------------------| G C G C Driving home from my meth lab G C G C Realized something had changed G C Looked in the sky G C Saw with my eye G C G C The moon was following me C Am G D/F# C Where's the shadow government when you need it? C Am Where's the shadow government? G Em C It's a bad, bad world G Em C It's a bad, bad world |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--| |-------------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--| Sifting through the confetti I picked up my broken phone Looked in the crack Somebody waved back Just sitting on their somebody throne Where's the shadow government when you need it? Where's the shadow government? It's a bad, bad world It's a bad, bad |------------------------| |------------------------| |-12-12---12-12---12-12--| |------------------------| |-10-10---10-10---10-10--| |------------------------| (Single notes: D-D#-E-F, one note per line) [Cowering citizens:] [The shadow government:] Up the library steps Up the library steps Up the library steps Up the library steps Up the library steps Here comes Up the library steps The Humvee Up the library steps The Humvee (N.C.) Crawling out of the flophouse I saw the mayor stealing my junk G C G C I doth protest, citizen's arrest G C G C Now my body's in his trunk Where's the shadow government when you need it? Where's the shadow government? It's a bad, bad world It's a bad, bad world It's a bad, bad |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--| |-------------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--| G C G C G C G C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------12-14-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14| |--------9^(10)^9---------12-14-12------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| C Am G Em |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-12-12---12-12---12-12---12-12--| |--------------------------------| |-10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10--| |--------------------------------|
