By the Time You Get This

By the Time You Get This easy guitar chords by They Might Be Giants

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E A D G B E

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Fret 2

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Capo
  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Am

  • Dsus4

  • Eb

    6
  • F

  • Bb

  • Em

  • B

    2
  • E

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Am

  • Dsus4

  • Eb

    6
  • F

  • Bb

  • Em

  • B

    2
  • E

  • Verse 1
    By the 
    time 
    you 
    get 
    this 
    note 

    We'll no 
    longer 
    be 
    alive 

    We'll have 
    all 
    gone 
    up 
    in 
    smoke 

    There'll be 
    no 
    way 
    to 
    reply 

    Verse 2
    You'll be 
    wonder
    ing 
    about 
    the 

    world 
    that 
    vanished 
    long 
    ago 

    And the 
    words 
    that 
    reach 
    you 
    now 

    That were 
    buried 
    under
    ground 

    Greet
    ings 
    to 
    everyone 
    in 
    Verse 3

    1937 

    It seems 
    that 
    you 
    were 
    never 

    aware 
    that 
    we 
    were 
    here 

    You're 
    prob
    ably 
    too 
    busy 
    re

    joicing 
    in 
    the 
    present 

    To stop 
    and 
    be 
    re
    minded 
    of 
    the 

    dark 
    and 
    troubled 
    past 

    Verse 4
    By the 
    time 
    you 
    get 
    this 
    note 

    We'll no 
    longer 
    be 
    alive 

    But our 
    skulls 
    are 
    smiling 
    still 

    At the 
    thought 
    of 
    things 
    to 
    come 

    Verse 5
    We can 
    confid
    ently 
    know 
    that 
    you'll 

    en
    joy 
    better 
    world 

    When the 
    evils 
    that 
    we 
    faced 

    Will at 
    last 
    be 
    laid 
    to 
    rest 

    Verse 6
    When the 
    poisons 
    of 
    the Earth 

    Are 
    com
    pletely 
    neutral
    ized 

    When the 
    hatred 
    and 
    the 
    lies 

    Are forever 
    put 
    aside 

    Verse 7
    When the 
    voices 
    of 
    dis
    sent 
    and 

    contra
    diction 
    all 
    abate 

    And the 
    peaceful 
    air 
    is 
    filled 

    With a silent 
    harmony 

    We can
    't 
    be certain 
    at 
    the mo
    Verse 8

    ment 
    of 
    this 
    writing 

    But surely 
    in 
    the 
    fu
    ture 
    there'll 

    be 
    no 
    barking 
    dogs 

    The sound 
    of 
    crying 
    babies 
    will 

    be 
    thankfully 
    forgot
    ten 

    No 
    more 
    will 
    the chattering 

    classes 
    make 
    noise 

    Verse 9
    By the 
    time 
    you 
    get 
    this 
    note 

    A milleni
    um 
    from 
    now 

    We'll have 
    all 
    gone 
    up 
    in smoke 

    There'll be 
    no 
    way 
    to 
    reply 

    And we 
    confid
    ently 
    know 

    You'll enjoy 
    better 
    time 

    When the 
    evils 
    that 
    we 
    faced 

    Will at 
    last 
    be 
    laid 
    to 
    rest 

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