Metal Detector They Might Be Giants
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#]C#m [466544]x46654
F#/C# x4667x
G#/D# x66544
F#/A# 698565
G#/C 8-11-10-787
D[G]own at the sho[C6]re there's a pla[G]ce where there's no [D/A]one vac[G]ationing
[Gsus/C] [G/B] [G9/A]
There's just the s[G]ound of the cal[G]l of the wi[G]ld overc[D/A]oming the [A]fear of
the unk[G#]nown
And I've got s[C#m]omething [F#/C#] to help you u[C#m]ndersta[F#/C#]nd
Something w[E]aiting t[A]here, ben[E]eath the san[G#/D#]d
[C#m] My m[F#/C#]etal detec[C#m]tor [F#/C#] [C#m] is with me a[F#/C#]ll of the tim[C#m]e[F#/C#]
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] Ignore the m[A]ountain of disc[F#/A#]arded folder[G#/C]al
Cause I've got s[C#m]omething [F#/C#] to make you u[C#m]nderstan[F#/C#]d
something h[E]idden there [A] undern[E]eath the la[G#/D#]nd
[C#m] My m[F#/C#]etal detec[C#m]tor [F#/C#] [C#m] is with me a[F#/C#]ll of the tim[C#m]e[F#/C#]
E! A C#m B E A C#m B
I'm the inspector over the mine
[E]Met[A]al detec[C#m]tor w[B]atch it s[E]hin[A]e[C#m] [B]
E[G]very sea she[C6]ll has a sto[G]ry to tel[D/A]l if you're lis[G]ten[Gsus/C]ing[G/B] [G9/A]
But undern[G]eath every she[C6]ll there's a sto[G]ry as wel[D/A]l if you've hea[A]rd enough
of the se[D]a.
Then everyt[G]hing on the to[C6]p will just su[G]denly sto[D/A]p sounding in[G]teresting
[Gsus/C] [G/B] [G9/A]
So listen n[G]ow to the so[Gsus/C]und of the thi[G/B]ngs that are fo[G9/A]und under (over?) the
g[G]rou[G]nd[G] [G#]
(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] Don't need to l[A]ook at any [F#/A#]bathing beauty [G#/C]doll
Don't need to look at any doll
For I've got s[C#m]omething [F#/C#] to help you u[C#m]ndersta[F#/C#]nd
Something w[E]aiting the[A]re ben[C#m]eath the sa[B]nd
[C#m] My m[F#/C#]etal dete[C#m]ctor [F#/C#] [C#m] is with me a[F#/C#]ll of the tim[C#m]e[F#/C#]
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] Ignore the m[A]ountain of disc[F#/A#]arded folder[G#/C]al
Cause I've got s[C#m]omething [F#/C#] to make you u[C#m]ndersta[F#/C#]nd
something h[E]idden ther[A]e undern[C#m]eath the la[B]nd
[C#m] My m[F#/C#]etal detec[C#m]tor [F#/C#] [C#m]is with me a[F#/C#]ll of the ti[C#m]me[F#/C#]
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]Don't n[A]eed no s[C#m]quaking g[B]ull
Don't need no squaking gull
[E]Met[A]al detec[C#m]tor a[B]ll the t[E]ime [A](vocal n[C#m]ote e[B]nds on f#[E] fo[A]r "[C#m]time"[B]...cool)
Metal detector all the time)
C#m C#m C#m C#m etc...
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