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By the Time You Get This chords by 
They Might Be Giants 
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Verse 1
G
D
C
By the time you get this note
Am
Dsus4
G
We'll no longer be alive
C
We'll have all gone up in smoke
Am
D
G
There'll be no way to reply
Verse 2
Eb
F
C
You'll be wondering about the
D
G
Bb
C
world that vanished long ago
Em
D
C
And the words that reach you now
D
G
That were buried underground
D
C
Greetings to everyone in
Verse 3
Am
D
G
1937
D
C
It seems that you were never
Am
D
G
aware that we were here
Eb
F
C
D
You're probably too busy re
G
Bb
C
joicing in the present
Em
G
C
To stop and be reminded of the
D
G
dark and troubled past
Verse 4
G
D
C
By the time you get this note
Am
Dsus4
G
We'll no longer be alive
D
C
But our skulls are smiling still
Am
Dsus4
G
At the thought of things to come
Verse 5
Eb
F
C
D
We can confidently know that you'll
G
Bb
C
enjoy a better world
Em
G
C
When the evils that we faced
D
G
Will at last be laid to rest
Verse 6
Em
C
Am
When the poisons of the Earth
C
G
B
Em
Are completely neutralized
C
Am
When the hatred and the lies
G
B
Em
Are forever put aside
Verse 7
C
D
Am
When the voices of dissent and
B
Em
G
Am
contradiction all abate
C
Em
Am
And the peaceful air is filled
B
E
G
With a silent harmony
D
C
We can't be certain at the mo
Verse 8
Am
D
G
ment of this writing
D
C
But surely in the fu ture there'll
Am
D
G
be no barking dogs
Eb
F
C
D
The sound of crying babies will
G
Bb
C
be thankfully forgotten
Em
D
C
No more will the chattering
D
G
classes make a noise
Verse 9
G
D
C
By the time you get this note
Dsus4
G
A millenium from now
G
D
C
We'll have all gone up in smoke
Am
Dsus4
G
There'll be no way to reply
G
D
C
And we confidently know
Dsus4
G
You'll enjoy a better time
D
C
When the evils that we faced
Am
Dsus4
G
Will at last be laid to rest
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Em
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E
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