Climbing the Walls chords by They Might Be Giants

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Verse 1

I can't talk, I got to go

Don't call me back, I won't get the door

Got to focus on the job

'Cause I got a new job climbing the walls

Verse 2
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I was grinding my teeth,
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I was wasting my youth
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And using up my teeth
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Now I'm done chewing my nails
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Hanging my head, chasing my tail
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It got so bad I quit my job
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Then I got a new job climbing the walls
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Verse 3

Too much junk, too much junk

Can we please clear out this house?

In the trunk, in the trunk

And then we'll take it all to the dump

Then we won't need the car

'Cause we'll stay where we are

And I'll have all this room

Verse 4

I got tired of pa cing the floor

Sick of it all, I'm done with the floor

Walked away ever since I got

a new job climbing the walls

Verse 5
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I was grinding my teeth,
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I was wasting my youth
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G 
And using up my teeth
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G 
C 
Now I'm done chewing my nails
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F 
G 
Am 
Hanging my head, chasing my tail
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C 
It got so bad I quit my job
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F 
G 
Then I got a new job climbing the walls
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C 
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Dm 

Verse 6
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The deep end,
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the deep end
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People talk a lot,
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but they don't know
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They pretend, they pretend
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F 
They don't really know
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how deep it goes

Verse 7

Now I misunderstood,

Thought the wall was just good

For staring blankly at

Verse 8

I got tired of pacing the floor

Sick of it all, I'm done with the floor

Walked away ever since I got a new job

climbing the walls

Interlude 1

Verse 9
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Now I'm done chewing my nails
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G 
Am 
Hanging my head, chasing my tail
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C 
It got so bad I quit my job
Dm 
F 
G 
Am 
Then I got a new job climbing the walls
Dm 
F 
G 
Am 
Got a new job climbing the walls
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G 
Got a new job climbing
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the walls
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Am 