Tablature metal detector - They Might Be Giants

          



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  Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:51:13 -0700 (PDT)

  From: Casey Connor chconnor@hotmail.com

  Subject: t/they_might_be_giants/metal_detector.crd

  

  

  

  	Metal Detector

  	They Might Be Giants

  	from "Factory Showroom"		chconnor@hotmail.com

  

  This song is a lot simpler than I make it out to be here... Some notes:

  often the lyrics change subtly (i.e. waiting there beneath the sand vs.

  hidden there underneath the land; don't need to squaking gull vs. don't

  need no gull on the echo part, etc...) God bless tmbg.

  

  The |X |X |X format is supposed to be measures, but I think I may switch

  unannounced between whole and half-measures in this. You'll get it.

  

  |X/Y means chord X with note Y in the bass.

  

  I probably shouldn't have written everything as sharps, but I don't know

  anything about music theory.

  

  Some of the voicings here are hard, but they're worth it for that

  thoughtful Giants effect.

  

  	/---------- Low E

  	V

  

  C6	x32033

  D/A	x00232

  Gsus/C	x30013 or x30033 or G6sus4/C as x32033 (=C or C6)... whatever ...

  G/B	x20033

  G9/A	x00033

  G#	466544

  C#m	x46654

  F#/C#	x4667x

  G#/D#	x66544

  F#/A#	698565

  G#/C	8-11-10-787

  

  

  |G            |C6             |G                  |D/A   |G

  Down at the shore there's a place where there's no one vacationing

  

  |Gsus/C | G/B |G9/A

  

                   |G             |G         |G      |D/A      |A

  There's just the sound of the call of the wild overcoming the fear of

  

        |G#

  the unknown

  

               |C#m      |F#/C#          |C#m   |F#/C#

  And I've got something     to help you understand

            |E      |A       |E          |G#/D#

  Something waiting there, beneath the sand

  

  |C#m   |F#/C#    |C#m |F#/C# |C#m         |F#/C#       |C#m    |F#/C#

    My   metal detector          is with me all of the time

  

  |E!   |A    |C#m    |B         |E    |A   |C#m   |B

    I'm the inspector over the mine

  

  |A

    Look past the volleyball

                     Look past the ball

  |E

    Look past the squaking gull

                      Look past the gull

  

  |G#m         |A             |F#/A#      |G#/C

    Ignore the mountain of discarded folderal

  

                 |C#m     |F#/C#        |C#m    |F#/C#

  Cause I've got something  to make you understand

  

  	  |E          |A      |E         |G#/D#

  something hidden there   underneath the land

  

  |C#m    |F#/C#    |C#m |F#/C# |C#m         |F#/C#       |C#m  |F#/C#

    My    metal detector          is with me all of the time

  

  |E!   |A       |C#m |B        |E |A |C#m |B

    I'm the inspector over the mine

  

  |E |A      |C#m |B       |E |A |C#m |B

   Metal detector watch it shine

  

  |G          |C6         |G       |D/A           |G |Gsus/C |G/B |G9/A

  Every sea shell has a story to tell if you're listening

  

           |G            |C6             |G       |D/A           |A

  But underneath every shell there's a story as well if you've heard enough

  

          |D

  of the sea.

  

            |G            |C6           |G       |D/A         |G

  Then everything on the top will just sudenly stop sounding interesting

  

  |Gsus/C |G/B |G9/A

  

            |G          |Gsus/C       |G/B           |G9/A

  So listen now to the sound of the things that are found under (over?) the

  

  |G |G |G |G#

  ground

  

  [early years Giants samples over these chords:]

  

  |C#m |F#/C# |C#m |F#/C# |C#m |F#/C# |C#m |F#/C#

  |E |A |C#m |B |E |A |C#m |B

  

  |A

    Don't need no volleyball

                     Don't need no volleyball

  |E

    Don't need no squaking gull

                      Don't need no squaking gull

  

  |G#m            |A              |F#/A#         |G#/C   

    Don't need to look at  any     bathing beauty doll

                     Don't need to look at    any doll

  

               |C#m      |F#/C#             |C#m   |F#/C#

  For I've got something        to help you understand

  

            |E        |A    |C#m       |B

  Something waiting there beneath the sand

  

  |C#m |F#/C#   |C#m |F#/C# |C#m         |F#/C#       |C#m |F#/C#

    My metal detector         is with me all of the time

  

  |E!   |A      |C#m  |B         |E |A |C#m |B

    I'm the inspector over the mine

  

  |A

    Look past the volleyball

                     Look past the ball

  |E

    Look past the squaking gull

                      Look past the gull

  

  |G#m         |A             |F#/A#      |G#/C

    Ignore the mountain of discarded folderal

  

                 |C#m      |F#/C#         |C#m   |F#/C#

  Cause I've got something    to make you understand

  

            |E        |A      |C#m       |B

  something hidden there underneath the land

  

  |C#m |F#/C#    |C#m  |F#/C# |C#m        |F#/C#      |C#m |F#/C#

    My metal detector          is with me all of the time

  

  |E!   |A      |C#m  |B         |E |A |C#m |B

    I'm the inspector over the mine

  

  |E! |A      |C#m |B         |E |A |C#m |B

    Metal detector watch it shine

  

  |E!    |A      |C#m  |B

   Don't need no volleyball

                    Don't need no volleyball

  

  |E     |A      |C#m     |B 

   Don't need no squaking gull

                     Don't need no squaking gull

  

  |E |A      |C#m |B      |E  |A      |C#m |B       |E |A |C#m |B

   Metal detector all the time (vocal note ends on f# for "time"...cool)

  	                  Metal detector all the time)

  

  |C#m |C#m |C#m |C#m | etc...

  

   


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