The Lady and the Tiger chords by They Might Be Giants
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Verse 1
(A minor) The lady said to the tiger,
As they stood behind some doors,
"I'm sick of this (D major) job.
I don't know (A minor) what we're
waiting here for.
I'm turning off life sup (D major) port.
I'm putting an end to this (A minor) joke."
The tiger thought about this,
And then the (D major) ti ger spoke. (A minor)
Interlude 1
(A minor) (C major) (F sharp minor) (D major) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (D major) (A minor) (B minor)
(A minor) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (F sharp minor) (A minor) (C major) (D major) (E major) (C major) (D major) (A minor)
(B minor) (A minor)
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Verse 2
"Starving the beast, at the (G major) very (F sharp minor) least,
(C major) Will (D major) just (E minor) in crease (F sharp minor) (A minor) its hunger. (B minor) (C major)
(A minor) Go right ahead and (G major) starve (F sharp minor) me dead.
(C major) It will (D major) only (F sharp minor) make (A minor) me stronger." (B minor) (C major)
Verse 3
(A minor) The lady said,
"I'm bustin' out of this (C major) prison. (F sharp minor)
(D major) I got (C major) laser (D major) vision,
(E major) and I'm (D major) burning a hole in the (A major) wall." (A minor)
The tiger said "Wait,
you'll start a (C major) fire, (F sharp minor)
(A minor) Des (C major) troy the en (D major) tire (E major)
(D major) lady and the tiger (A minor) hall.
Verse 4
(C major) "Fe (F sharp minor) lines and dames (D major) in flames (A minor)
will (C major) hardly serve (A minor) your aims. (B minor) (C major)
Do (F sharp minor) you surmise (D major) it's wise (A minor)
to have (C major) laser beams
Emitting (A minor) from your eyes?" (B minor) (C major)
Interlude 2
(A minor) (G major) (F sharp minor) (D major) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (D major)
(A minor) (B major) (A minor) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (F sharp minor) (D major) (C major) (D major) (E minor)
(D major) (A minor) (B major) (A minor)
Verse 5
"Point taken, cat. I can (C major)
well see (F sharp minor) (D major) that (C major) our (D major) lives (E major) are
(F sharp minor) worth (D major) pro (A minor) tecting, (D major) (A minor)
But I submit it's (C major) time (F sharp minor) we quit (D major) (C major) this
(D major) hop (E minor) ing (D major) and ex (A minor) pecting. (D major) (A minor)
Verse 6
(C major) "Fe (F sharp minor) lines and (C major) dames (A minor) in (D major) flames (A major)
(A minor) will hardly serve my aims, (B major) (A minor)
(C major) But (F sharp minor) in my (C major) dreams,
It (D major) seem (A minor) s that my eyes are always
shooting laser beams." (B major) (A minor)
The (C major) hall re (A minor) mains, it
Verse 7
(G major) still (F sharp minor) contains (C major) a (D major) pair (E minor) of (F sharp minor) doors,
(D major) a (A minor) choice. (D major) (A minor)
Be (C major) hind one door, a (A minor) (G major) muffled (D major) (F sharp minor) roar,
(C major) be (D major) hind (E major) the (E minor) other, (D major) a (A major) voice. (A minor)
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