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I Palindrome I Tab

by They Might Be Giants


Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: I Palindrome I
Album: Apollo 18

( This is the riff played in the background durring the verses.)
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Verse 1:
                                                
Some day mother will die and I'll get the money
                                                 
Mom leans down and says, "My sentiments exactly
                         
   you son of a bitch"  I palindrome I

Chorus:
                      
  (I palindrome I)   I palindrome I
  (I palindrome I)
                                                           
And I am a snake head eating the head on the opposite side
          (snake head)                                  (snake head)
                            
I palindrome I  (man o man)

Verse 2:
See that bulletproof dress hanging from the clothesline
see the medical chart with the random zig-zag
Now I'll help it decide  I palindrome I

(Chorus)

Bridge ( The bass is weird here. Maybe the flatted third? ):
                (bass )                      ()       
  "Son I am able," she said, "though you scare me." "Watch," said I,
                   ()      ()                D           
"Beloved," I said, "watch me scare you though"  Said she: "Able am I, son..."

Verse 3:
See the spring of the grandfather clock unwinding
     (egad, a base tone denotes a bad age)
see the hands of my offspring making windmills
     (egad, a base tone denotes a bad age)
Dad palindrome dad. I palindrome I

(Chorus)