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Metal Detector chords by 
They Might Be Giants 
N/A•
Verse 1
G
C
G
C
Down at the shore there's a place
G
D
G
C
G
where there's no one vacationing
D
G
C
There's just the sound of the call of the wild
G
D
A
overcoming the fear of the unknown
Verse 2
G#
C#m
And I've got something to
help you understand
E
A
Something waiting there be
E
D#
C#m
neath the sand
My metal detector
Verse 3
Is with me all of the time
E
A
C#m
B
I'm the inspector over
the mine
E
A
C#m
B
Verse 4
A
Look past the volleyball (look past
E
the ball)
Look past the squawking gull
G#m
(look past the gull)
A
F#
Ignore the mountain of discarded
G#
falderal
Verse 5
C#m
'Cause I've got something
to make you understand
E
A
Something hidden there under
E
G#
C#m
neath the land
My metal detector
Verse 6
Is with me all of the time
E
A
C#m
B
I'm the inspector over
E
A
C#m
B
E
the mine
A
C#m
Metal detector,
B
watch it shine
E
A
C#m
B
Verse 7
G
C
G
Every seashell has a story
D
G
to tell if you're listening
C
G
D
G
C
G
But underneath every shell there's a story
D
A
D
as well if you've heard enough of the sea
G
C
Then everything on the top will just
G
D
G
suddenly stop seeming interesting
C
G
D
G
C
G
D
So listen now to the sound of the things that are found
Interlude 1
underground
G
G#
C#m
E
A
C#m
B
E
A
C#m
B
A
Verse 8
A
Don't need no volleyball (don't need
E
no volleyball)
Don't need no squawking gull
G#
G#m
(don't need no squawking gull)
A
F#
Don't need to look at any bathing beauty
G#
doll (don't need to look at any doll)
Verse 9
C#m
For I've got something to help
you understand
E
A
Something waiting there be
E
G#
neath the sand
C#m
My metal detector
Is with me all of the time
F#
Verse 10
E
A
C#m
I'm the inspector over the
B
mine
E
A
C#m
B
Verse 11
A
Look past the volleyball (look past
E
the ball)
Look past the squawking gull
G#m
(look past the gull)
A
F#
Ignore the mountain of discarded
G#
falderal
Verse 12
C#m
'Cause I've got something
to make you understand
E
A
Something hidden there under
E
G#
C#m
neath the land
My metal detector
Verse 13
Is with me all of the time
E
A
C#m
B
I'm the inspector over
E
A
C#m
B
E
the mine
A
Metal detector,
C#m
B
watch it shine
E
A
C#m
B
Verse 14
E
A
C#m
B
Don't need no vol
E
leyball (don't need no volleyball)
A
C#m
Don't need no squawking gull
B
E
(don't need no squawking gull)
A
C#m
Metal detector,
B
E
A
all the time (metal detector all the time)
Outro 1
C#m
B
C#m
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Chords
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C
D
A
G#
C#m
E
D#
B
G#m
F#
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