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 ---------------------------------------------------| -1--3--1-1---------------------------------1-3-1---| ------------2---0-2-0-------------------2----------| --------------3--------3--0-----3--3-3-------------| ----------------------------3-3--------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| Where hydrogen is built into helium, At a temperature of millions of degrees ---------------------------------------------------| -1--3--1-1-----------------------------------------| ------------2---0-2-0-------------------2-----0----| --------------3--------3--0-----3--3-3-----3-----3-| ----------------------------3-3--------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| Yo ho, it's hot -----------------| --3--1-----------| -------2---------| ---------3-------| -----------------| -----------------| the sun is not -----------------| --3--1-----------| -------2---------| ---------3-------| -----------------| -----------------| A place where we could live ----------------| --3--1----------| -------2-0---0--| -----------3----| ----------------| ----------------| But here on Earth there'd be no life Without the light it gives -----------------------------------------------| ------------------------1-1-1-1----------------| -------0-2---0-2-3---0-------------------------| ----3------3---------------------3-------------| --3--------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| We need its light -----------------| --3--1-----------| -------2---------| ---------3-------| -----------------| -----------------| We need its heat -----------------| --3--1-----------| -------2---------| ---------3-------| -----------------| -----------------| We need its energy ----------------| --3--1----------| -------2-0---0--| -----------3----| ----------------| ----------------| Without the sun, without a doubt there'd be no you and me -----------------------------------------------| ------------------------1-1-1-1----------------| -------0-2---0-2-3---0-------------------------| ----3------3---------------------3-------------| --3--------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, A gigantic nuclear furnace ---------------------------------------------------| -1--3--1-1---------------------------------1-3-1---| ------------2---0-2-0-------------------2----------| --------------3--------3--0-----3--3-3-------------| ----------------------------3-3--------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| Where hydrogen is built into helium, At a temperature of millions of degrees ---------------------------------------------------| -1--3--1-1-----------------------------------------| ------------2---0-2-0-------------------2-----0----| --------------3--------3--0-----3--3-3-----3-----3-| ----------------------------3-3--------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| the sun is hot -----------------| --3--1-----------| -------2---------| ---------3-------| -----------------| -----------------| It is so hot that everything on it is a gas: iron, copper, aluminum, and many others. The sun is large -----------------| --3--1-----------| -------2---------| ---------3-------| -----------------| -----------------| If the sun were hollow, a million Earths could fit inside. And yet, the sun is only a star. The sun is far away ----------------| --3--1----------| -------2-0---0--| -----------3----| ----------------| ----------------| 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 -----------------------------------------------| ------------------------1-1-1-1----------------| -------0-2---0-2-3---0-------------------------| ----3------3---------------------3-------------| --3--------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| The sun gives heat -----------------| --3--1-----------| -------2---------| ---------3-------| -----------------| -----------------| The sun gives light -----------------| --3--1-----------| -------2---------| ---------3-------| -----------------| -----------------| The sunlight that we see ----------------| --3--1----------| -------2-0---0--| -----------3----| ----------------| ----------------| The sunlight comes from our own sun's atomic energy -----------------------------------------------| ------------------------1-1-1-1----------------| -------0-2---0-2-3---0-------------------------| ----3------3---------------------3-------------| --3--------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| 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 ---------------------------------------------------| -1--3--1-1---------------------------------1-3-1---| ------------2---0-2-0-------------------2----------| --------------3--------3--0-----3--3-3-------------| ----------------------------3-3--------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| Where hydrogen is built into helium, At a temperature of millions of degrees ---------------------------------------------------| -1--3--1-1-----------------------------------------| ------------2---0-2-0-------------------2-----0----| --------------3--------3--0-----3--3-3-----3-----3-| ----------------------------3-3--------------------| ---------------------------------------------------|
