The Bird Of The Bee Of The Moth chords by They Might Be Giants

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Verse 1
D 
E 
A 
D 
 (D major)  (E major)  (A major) Everyone is  (D major) crying at
A 
D 
the  (A major) dread hypnotic  (D major) flying
C 
G 
D 
Of the  (C major) bee of the  (G major) bird of the moth  (D major) 
A 
You can't  (A major) walk,
D 
A 
you can't  (D major) ramble 'cause you're  (A major) gonna have to scramble
D 
C 
G 
 (D major) From the bee  (C major) of the  (G major) bird
of the moth
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 2
Catbug is a cat,
Bm 
E 
but he's got  (B minor) bugness in his veins  (E major) 
C 
Manhouse lives with (C major) in himself with
D 
 (D major) thoughtful human brains
A 
D 
A 
 (A major) Neither one is  (D major) equal to the  (A major) challenge
D 
of the  (D major) freak we'll call
C 
G 
A 
D 
The  (C major) bee of the  (G major) bird of the moth  (A major)  (D major) 

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Verse 3

Now the moth defeats

the mouse and man

It's messing with the plan,

it can't be believed

'Cause it's just a hummingbird moth

Who's acting like a bird

that thinks it's a bee

Verse 4
A 
D 
 (A major) Got a brand new  (D major) shipment of
A 
D 
elec (A major) trical equip (D major) ment
C 
It's ad (C major) dressed to the
G 
D 
 (G major) bottom of the sea  (D major) 
A 
D 
 (A major) Send a tanger (D major) ine- coloured
A 
D 
 (A major) nuclear submar (D major) ine
C 
G 
D 
With a sticker  (C major) that says  (G major)  (D major) 'STP'

Verse 5
Bm 
Windshield wiper washer fluid spraying  (B minor) 
in the air
E 
C 
D 
 (E major) Head lice under  (C major) hats lie in the  (D major) headlights
A 
everywhere  (A major) 
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) Subatomic waves to the  (A major) underwater  (D major) caves
C 
G 
A 
D 
Of the  (C major) bee of the  (G major) bird of the moth  (A major)  (D major) 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 6
A 
D 
And the  (A major) moth defeats  (D major) 
A 
the mouse and  (A major) man
D 
A 
It's  (D major) messing with the plan,  (A major) 
D 
E 
it  (D major) can't be believed  (E major) 
A 
D 
A 
'Cause it's  (A major) just a  (D major) hummingbird  (A major) moth
D 
A 
Who's  (D major) acting like a  (A major) bird
D 
E 
that thinks  (D major) it's a bee  (E major) 

Verse 7

Is it us or it that's messed

up?

Verse 8
A 
D 
 (A major) Everyone's de (D major) forming in the
A 
D 
C 
 (A major) presence of  (D major) the swarm (C major) ing
G 
D 
Of the bee of the  (G major) bird of the moth  (D major) 
A 
Proto (A major) zoa, snakes,
D 
A 
D 
and  (D major) horses have en (A major) listed in the  (D major) forces
C 
G 
Of the  (C major) bee of the  (G major) bird of the moth
D 
Bm 
 (D major) All are irresistibly dir (B minor) ected by the section of a
E 
C 
D 
 (E major) hypnotizing  (C major) tractor beam present (D major) ing a prediction
A 
Of the sleep  (A major) of reason
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) corporation  (A major) in association  (D major) 
C 
G 
With the  (C major) bee of the  (G major) bird of