• Song:

    I Palindrome I

  • Artist:

    They Might Be Giants

  • Album:

    I Palindrome I

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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: I Palindrome I
Album: Apollo 18

( This is the riff played in the background durring the verses.)
E----------------------|----------------------|
B-3-1-0-----0-1-0-1-0--|-3-1-0-------1-0------|
G-------2-0------------|-------2-0-2-----2-0--|
D----------------------|----------------------|
A----------------------|----------------------|
E----------------------|----------------------|

Verse 1:
   D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)        Em (022000@1)          A (x02220@1)    B (x2444x@1)  G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1)Some day mother will die and I'll get the money
 D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)            Em (022000@1)    A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)  G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1)Mom leans down and says, "My sentiments exactly
Bb (x1333x@1)             G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)  you son of a bitch"  I palindrome I

Chorus:
   B (x2444x@1)G (320003@1)      Em (022000@1)    A (x02220@1) 
  (I palindrome I)   I palindrome I
  (I palindrome I)
            Bm (x24432@1)       D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) 
And I am a snake head eating the head on the opposite side
          (snake head)                                  (snake head)
             G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)    
I palindrome I  (man o man)

Verse 2:
See that bulletproof dress hanging from the clothesline
see the medical chart with the random zig-zag
Now I'll help it decide  I palindrome I

(Chorus)

Bridge ( The bass is weird here. Maybe the flatted third? ):
G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)  B (x2444x@1)    A(bass C#)   D (xx0232@1)        Em (022000@1)       D(F#)       G (320003@1) "Son I am able," she said, "though you scare me." "Watch," said I,
    A (x02220@1)    B (x2444x@1)       A(C#)      Bm(D)  Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)   A"Beloved," (x02220@1)I said, "watch me scare you though"  Said she: "Able am I, son..."

Verse 3:
See the spring of the grandfather clock unwinding
     (egad, a base tone denotes a bad age)
see the hands of my offspring making windmills
     (egad, a base tone denotes a bad age)
Dad palindrome dad. I palindrome I

(Chorus)

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