Ana Ng chords by
They Might Be Giants (Official Version)
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Key: E minorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

Em

C

D

Em

C

D

Verse 1
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Make a hole with a gun perpendicular
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
To the name of this this
D D 
 
E E 
 
in a desk- top globe
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Exit wound in for eign nation
D D 
 
Showing the home of the one
C C 
 
D D 
 
this was written for
Em Em 
 
My apartment looks
C C 
 
D D 
 
up side down from there
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Water spirals the wrong way out the sink
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
And her voice is a backwards record
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
It's like a whirlpool and it never ends

Chorus 1
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Ana Ng and I are getting old
C C 
 
G G 
 
And we still haven't walked in the glow
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
of each others majestic presence
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Listen Ana hear my words
C C 
 
They're the ones you would think
G G 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
I would say if  there was a me for you

Verse 2
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
All alone at the sixty four World's Fair
C C 
 
D D 
 
Eighty dolls singing small world after all
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Who was at the Dupont Pa vilion
D D 
 
C C 
 
Why was the bench still warm?
D D 
 
Who had been there?
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Or the time when the storm
D D 
 
tangled up the wire
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
To the horn on the pole at the bus depot
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
And in the back of the edge of hearing
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
These are the words the voice was repeating

Chorus 2
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Ana Ng and I are getting old
C C 
 
G G 
 
And we still haven't walked in the glow
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
of each others majestic presence
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Listen Ana hear my words
C C 
 
They're the ones you would think
G G 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
I would say if  there was a me for you

Bridge 1

C

D

When I was driving once

G

D

C

I saw this painted on a bridge

D

I don't want the world

G

D

C

I just want your half

Verse 3
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
They don't need me here
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
and I know you're there
C C 
 
Where the world goes by
D D 
 
like the humid air
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
And it sticks like a bro ken record
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Everything sticks like a bro ken record
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Everything sticks until it goes away
D D 
 
And the truth is
C C 
 
D D 
 
we don't know anything

Chorus 3
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Ana Ng and I are getting old
C C 
 
G G 
 
And we still haven't walked in the glow
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
of each others majestic presence
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Listen Ana hear my words
C C 
 
They're the ones you would think
G G 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
I would say if  there was a me for you
Bb Bb 
 
C C

Chorus 4
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Ana Ng and I are getting old
C C 
 
G G 
 
And we still haven't walked in the glow
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
of each others majestic presence
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Listen Ana hear my words
C C 
 
They're the ones you would think
G G 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
I would say if  there was a me for you
Bb Bb 
 
C C

Chorus 5
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Ana Ng and I are getting old
C C 
 
G G 
 
And we still haven't walked in the glow
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
of each others majestic presence
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Listen Ana hear my words
C C 
 
They're the ones you would think
G G 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
I would say if  there was a me for you
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
[Repeats chorus and fades]

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsEm C D E Am...

Chords

Em
C
D
E
Am
G
Bb

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

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This is the definitive original version of Ana Ng by They Might Be Giants, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E minor. It suits players who want to learn Ana Ng the way They Might Be Giants intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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