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Mammal - They Might Be Giants
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
They Might Be Giants
Mammal (1992)
(John Linell/John Flansburgh)
From: "Apollo 18"
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CHORDS
e-B-G-D-A-E
A 0-2-2-2-0-x
A/C# x-2-2-2-4-x
Bm 2-3-4-4-2-x
Bm/A 2-3-4-4-0-x
C 0-1-0-2-3-x
C/G 0-1-0-2-x-3
D 2-3-2-0-x-x
D/A 2-3-2-x-0-x
D/F# x-2-3-0-x-2
E7 0-3-1-2-2-0
Em 0-0-0-2-2-0
Em/D 0-0-0-0-x-x
G/B x-3-0-0-2-x
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Capo 2nd fret
VERSE
D D/A
Glass of milk
Em Em/D C C/G
Standing in between extinction in the cold
A A/C# [ D ]
And explosive radiating growth
BRIDGE
D G D G
So the warm blood flows
D G E7
Through the large four-chambered heart
G D/F# Em Bm Bm/A G D/F# A
Maintaining the very high me---tabolism rate they have
CHORUS
G A G/B A/C#
Mammal, mammal
D Em
Their names are called
G A
They raise a paw
G/B A/C#
The bat, the cat
D Em
Dolphin and dog
G A
Koala bear and hog
INTERLUDE
| G D/F# | Em Bm Bm/A | G D/F# | A |
VERSE
D D/A Em Em/D
One of us might lose his hair
C C/G A A/C# D D/A
But you're reminded that it once was there
Em Em/D C C/G A A/C# [ D ]
From the embryonic whale to the monkey with no tail
BRIDGE
D G D G
So the warm blood flows
D G D G
With the red blood cells lacking nuclei
D G E7
Through the large four-chambered heart
G D/F# Em Bm Bm/A G D/F# A
Maintaining the very high me---tabolism rate they have
CHORUS
G A G/B A/C#
Mammal, mammal
D Em
Their names are called
G A
They raise a paw
G/B A/C#
The bat, the cat
D Em
Dolphin and dog
G A
Koala bear and hog
BRIDGE (part)
G D/F# Em Bm Bm/A G D/F# A
Placental the sister of her brother Marsupial
G D/F# Em Bm Bm/A G D/F# A
Their cousin called Monotreme, dead uncle Allotheria
CHORUS (+ coda)
G A G/B A/C#
Mammal, mammal
D Em
Their names are called
G A
They raise a paw
G/B A/C#
The bat, the cat
D Em
Dolphin and dog
G A
Koala bear and hog
G/B A/C#
The fox, the ox
D Em
Giraffe and shrew
G A Bm
Echidna, caribou
