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I Palindrome I by They Might Be Giants

[Convention: each chord is two beats/half a measure.  A dash indicates that
 the chord is held for another two beats; two chords with a slash between
 them are held for one beat/a quarter of a measure each.]


1.
|: D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)        Em (022000@1)          A (x02220@1)    Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) A:| (x02220@1)Some day mother will die and I'll get the money
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:
|: BmG        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)

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:
G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)  Bm (x24432@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)    Bm (x24432@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..."

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

Dad palindrome dad - I palindrome I


(Chorus)

-E.M.