By the Time You Get This chords by They Might Be Giants
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Verse 1
(G major) By the time you (D major) get this (C major) note
We'll no (A minor) longer (Dsus4) be alive (G major)
We'll have all gone up in (C major) smoke
There'll be (A minor) no way (D major) to reply (G major)
Verse 2
You'll be (E flat major) wonder (F major) ing about (C major) the
(D major) world that (G major) vanished (B flat major) long ago (C major)
And the (E minor) words that (D major) reach you (C major) now
That were buried (D major) underground (G major)
Greet (D major) ings to (C major) everyone in
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Verse 3
(A minor)
(D major) (G major) 1937
It seems that (D major) you were (C major) never
aware (A minor) that (D major) we were (G major) here
You're prob (E flat major) ably (F major) too (C major) busy (D major) re
joicing (G major) (B flat major) in the (C major) present
To stop (E minor) and (G major) be re (C major) minded of the
dark and (D major) troubled (G major) past
Verse 4
By the (G major) time you (D major) get this (C major) note
We'll no (A minor) longer (Dsus4) be alive (G major)
But our skulls are (D major) smiling still (C major)
At the (A minor) thought of (Dsus4) things to (G major) come
Verse 5
We can (E flat major) confid (F major) ently (C major) know that (D major) you'll
en (G major) joy a (B flat major) better (C major) world
When the (E minor) evils (G major) that we (C major) faced
Will at last be (D major) laid to (G major) rest
Verse 6
When the (E minor) poisons (C major) of (A minor) the Earth
(C major) Are (G major) completely (B major) neutral (E minor) ized
When the hatred (C major) and the (A minor) lies
(G major) Are forever (B major) put aside (E minor)
Verse 7
When the (C major) voices (D major) of dis (A minor) sent and
(B major) contra (E minor) diction (G major) all abate (A minor)
And the (C major) peaceful (E minor) air is (A minor) filled
With a silent (B major) harmony (E major) (G major)
We can (D major) 't be certain (C major) at the mo
Verse 8
(A minor)
ment (D major) of this (G major) writing
But surely (D major) in the (C major) fu ture there'll
be (A minor) no (D major) barking (G major) dogs
The sound (E flat major) of (F major) crying (C major) babies (D major) will
be (G major) thankfully (B flat major) forgot (C major) ten
No (E minor) more (D major) will the chattering (C major)
classes (D major) make a (G major) noise
Verse 9
By the (G major) time you (D major) get this (C major) note
A milleni (Dsus4) um from (G major) now
We'll have (G major) all gone (D major) up in smoke (C major)
There'll be (A minor) no way (Dsus4) to reply (G major)
And we (G major) confid (D major) ently (C major) know
You'll enjoy a (Dsus4) better (G major) time
When the evils (D major) that we (C major) faced
Will at (A minor) last be (Dsus4) laid to (G major) rest
By the Time You Get This
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