Metal Detector chords by
They Might Be Giants

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Key: G major

Verse 1

Down at the shore there's a place

where there's no one vacationing

There's just the sound of the call of the wild

overcoming the fear of the unknown

Verse 2
G# G# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
And I've got something to
help you understand
E E 
 
A A 
 
Something waiting there be
E E 
 
D# D# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
neath the sand
My metal detector

Verse 3
Is with me all of the time
E E 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
I'm the inspector over
the mine
E E 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 

Verse 4
A A 
 
Look past the volleyball (look past
E E 
 
the ball)
Look past the squawking gull
G#m G#m 
 
(look past the   gull)
A A 
 
F# F# 
 
Ignore the mountain of discarded
G# G# 
 
falderal

Verse 5
C#m C#m 
 
'Cause I've got something
to make you understand
E E 
 
A A 
 
Something hidden there under
E E 
 
G# G# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
neath the land
My metal detector

Verse 6
Is with me all of the time
E E 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
I'm the inspector over
E E 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
the mine
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Metal detector,
B B 
 
watch it shine
E E 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B

Verse 7
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Every seashell has a story
D D 
 
G G 
 
to tell if you're listening
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
But underneath every shell there's a story
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
as well if you've heard enough of the sea
G G 
 
C C 
 
Then everything on the top will just
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
suddenly stop seeming interesting
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
So listen now to the sound of the things that are found

Interlude 1

underground

C#m

Verse 8
A A 
 
Don't need no volleyball (don't need
E E 
 
no volleyball)
Don't need no squawking gull
G# G# 
 
G#m G#m 
 
(don't need no squawking gull)
A A 
 
F# F# 
 
Don't need to look at any bathing beauty
G# G# 
 
doll (don't need to look at any doll)

Verse 9
C#m C#m 
 
For I've got something to help
you understand
E E 
 
A A 
 
Something waiting there be
E E 
 
G# G# 
 
neath the sand
C#m C#m 
 
My metal detector
Is with me all of the time
F# F# 
 

Verse 10

C#m

I'm the inspector over the

mine

C#m

Verse 11
A A 
 
Look past the volleyball (look past
E E 
 
the ball)
Look past the squawking gull
G#m G#m 
 
(look past the   gull)
A A 
 
F# F# 
 
Ignore the mountain of discarded
G# G# 
 
falderal

Verse 12
C#m C#m 
 
'Cause I've got something
to make you understand
E E 
 
A A 
 
Something hidden there under
E E 
 
G# G# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
neath the land
My metal detector

Verse 13
Is with me all of the time
E E 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
I'm the inspector over
E E 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
the mine
A A 
 
Metal detector,
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
watch it shine
E E 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B

Verse 14
E E 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
Don't need no    vol
E E 
 
leyball (don't need no volleyball)
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Don't need no squawking gull
B B 
 
E E 
 
(don't need no squawking gull)
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Metal detector,
B B 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
all the time (metal detector all the time)

Outro 1

C#m

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