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The Mesopotamians

The Mesopotamians easy guitar chords by They Might Be Giants

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  • Dm

  • Gm

    3
  • Bb

  • C

  • F

  • A

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • Asus4

  • G

  • F#m

    2
  • B

    2
  • E

  • Dm

  • Gm

    3
  • Bb

  • C

  • F

  • A

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • Asus4

  • G

  • F#m

    2
  • B

    2
  • E

  • Verse 1
    Dm
    Gm

    We've been driving around
    Dm
    Gm

    From one end of this town to
    Bb
    C

    the other and back
    Bb
    F
    Bb

    But no one's ever seen us
    F
    Bb

    (No one's ever seen us)
    F
    Bb
    C

    Driving our Econoline van (And no

    one's ever heard of our band)
    A

    And no one's ever heard of our band
    Verse 2
    D
    A
    Bm

    We're the
    Em
    Asus4

    Mesopotamians
    G

    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    D
    Em
    Asus4
    D

    Ashurbanipal, and Gil gamesh
    A
    Then they wouldn't under
    Verse 3
    Bm

    Em

    stand a word we say
    Gm
    F#m

    So we'll scratch it all down into the clay

    Half believing there will
    B
    C

    sometime come a day
    A

    Someone gives a damn

    Maybe when the concrete has

    crumbled to sand
    D
    We're the
    Verse 4
    A
    Em
    Asus4

    Mesopotamians
    G

    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    D
    Em
    Asus4
    A

    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
    Verse 5
    Asus4
    A
    Dm

    The Mesopotamish sun
    Gm

    is beating down
    Dm
    Gm

    And making cracks in the ground
    Bb
    F
    C

    But there's nowhere else to stand
    Bb

    In Mesopotamia (No one's
    F
    Bb

    ever seen us)
    F
    Bb
    C

    The kingdom where we secretly reign

    (And no one's ever heard of our band)
    A

    The land where we invisibly rule
    Verse 6
    D
    A
    Bm
    Asus4

    As the Mesopotamians
    G

    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    D
    Em
    A
    D

    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
    Verse 7
    Bm

    This is my last stick of gum
    Em

    I'm going to cut it up so
    Gm

    everybody else gets some
    F#m
    B

    Except for Ashurbanipal, who says my haircut
    C
    A

    makes me look like a Mohenjo- Daren
    Verse 8
    A

    Hey, Ashurbanipal
    D
    A
    Em

    I'm a Mesopotamian
    Asus4
    G

    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    D
    Em

    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
    Asus4
    Verse 9
    A
    D
    A
    Em

    We're the
    Asus4

    Mesopotamians
    G
    D

    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    Em

    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
    Asus4
    Verse 10
    A


    "Hey, man,
    G
    Em
    G

    I thought that you were dead
    C

    I thought you crashed your car"
    Em
    A

    "No, man, I've been right here this
    E
    A

    whole time playing bass guitar

    For the Mesopotamians"
    Verse 11
    A
    D
    Em
    A
    Asus4

    We're the
    G
    D

    Mesopotamians
    Em

    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    A
    Asus4
    D
    A
    Em
    Asus4

    Ashurbanipal
    A
    G
    D

    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    Em
    Asus4
    A

    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
    Verse 12
    D
    A
    Bm
    Asus4

    We're the Mesopotamians
    G
    D

    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    Em
    A

    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
    D
    A

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