Don't Let's Start chords by
They Might Be Giants (Official Version)
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Key: G majorDifficulty: Intermediate

Intro 1

D9sus4

G

C

Em

A7

G

C

A7

D9sus4

Chorus 1
G G 
 
C C 
 
Don't don't don't let's start
Em Em 
 
A7 A7 
 
This is the worst part
Em Em 
 
Em/Eb Em/Eb 
 
Em/D Em/D 
 
Could believe  for all    the world
C#m7b5 C#m7b5 
 
D9sus4 D9sus4 
 
That you're    my precious little    girl
G G 
 
C C 
 
But don't don't don't let's start
Em Em 
 
A7 A7 
 
I've got a weak heart
G G 
 
C C 
 
And I  don't get around
A7 A7 
 
D9sus4 D9sus4 
 
how you get around

Interlude 1

G

C/E

F

D

G

C/E

F

D

Verse 1
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
When you are alone
F F 
 
D D 
 
you are the cat, you are the phone
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
You are an animal
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
The words I'm singing now
F F 
 
D D 
 
Mean nothing more than meow
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
to an animal
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
Wake up and smell the cat   food
F F 
 
D D 
 
in your bank account
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
But don't try to stop  the tail
F F 
 
D D 
 
that wags the hound
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
D, world destruction
F F 
 
Over and overture
G G 
 
N, do I need apostrophe
C7 C7 
 
T,  need this torture?

Chorus 2
G G 
 
C C 
 
Don't don't don't let's start
Em Em 
 
A7 A7 
 
This is the worst part
Em Em 
 
Em/Eb Em/Eb 
 
Em/D Em/D 
 
Could believe  for all    the world
C#m7b5 C#m7b5 
 
D9sus4 D9sus4 
 
That you're    my precious little    girl
G G 
 
C C 
 
But don't don't don't let's start
Em Em 
 
A7 A7 
 
I've got a weak heart
G G 
 
C C 
 
And I  don't get around
A7 A7 
 
D9sus4 D9sus4 
 
how you get around

Interlude 2

G

C/E

F

D

G

C/E

F

D

Verse 2
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
No one in the world ever
F F 
 
D D 
 
gets what they want
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
and that is beautiful
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
F F 
 
Everybody dies  frustrated
D D 
 
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
and sad and that is beautiful
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
They want what they're not
F F 
 
D D 
 
and I wish they would stop singing
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
Deputy dog dog a     ding dang depadepa
F F 
 
D D 
 
Deputy dog dog a  ding dang depadepa
G G 
 
C/E C/E 
 
D, world destruction
F F 
 
Over and overture
G G 
 
N, do I need apostrophe
C7 C7 
 
T,  need this torture?

Chorus 3
G G 
 
C C 
 
Don't don't don't let's start
Em Em 
 
A7 A7 
 
This is the worst part
Em Em 
 
Em/Eb Em/Eb 
 
Em/D Em/D 
 
Could believe  for all    the world
C#m7b5 C#m7b5 
 
D9sus4 D9sus4 
 
That you're    my precious little    girl
G G 
 
C C 
 
But don't don't don't let's start
Em Em 
 
A7 A7 
 
I've got a weak heart
G G 
 
C C 
 
And I  don't get around
A7 A7 
 
D9sus4 D9sus4 
 
how you get around

Bridge 1

I don't want to live in this world anymore

Chorus 4
I don't want to live in this world
G G 
 
C C 
 
Don't don't don't let's start
Em Em 
 
A7 A7 
 
This is the worst part
Em Em 
 
Em/Eb Em/Eb 
 
Em/D Em/D 
 
Could believe  for all    the world
Em/C# Em/C# 
 
D9sus4 D9sus4 
 
That you're   my precious little    girl
G G 
 
C C 
 
But don't don't don't let's start
Em Em 
 
A7 A7 
 
I've got a weak heart
G G 
 
C C 
 
And I  don't get around
A7 A7 
 
D9sus4 D9sus4 
 
how you get around
Em Em 
 
Em/Eb Em/Eb 
 
Em/D Em/D 
 
Em/C# Em/C# 
 
C C 
 
D9sus4 D9sus4 
 
G G

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ChordsD9sus4 G C Em A7...

Chords

D9sus4
G
C
Em
A7
Em/Eb
Em/D
C#m7b5
C/E
F
D
C7
Em/C#

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

D9sus4: x-x-0-0-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
A7: x-0-2-0-2-0
Em/Eb: x-x-1-0-0-0
Em/D: x-x-0-0-0-0
C#m7b5: x-4-5-4-5-x
C/E: 0-3-2-0-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
C7: x-3-2-3-1-x
Em/C#: shape not available

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

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This is the definitive original version of Don't Let's Start 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 G major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of They Might Be Giants's performance.

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