Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song The Mesopotamians
Album: The Else


Verse 1:
Dm (xx0231@1)                GmWe've (355333@1)been driving around
Dm (xx0231@1)                  Gm (355333@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)      CFrom (x32010@1)one end of this town to the other and back
Bb (x1333x@1)          F (133211@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)  BbBut (x1333x@1)no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us)
Bb (x1333x@1)          F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)                                      
Driving our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band)
    C (x32010@1)                          AAnd (x02220@1)no one's ever heard of our band

Chorus:
                D (xx0232@1)D[C#]  BmWe're (x24432@1)the Mesopota- mi -  ans
  Bm[A     G (320003@1)      Gsus4[F#] Em (022000@1)       ASargon, (x02220@1)Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

Bridge:
D (xx0232@1)        D[C#]             BmBm[A] (x24432@1)   GThen (320003@1)they wouldn't understand a word we say,
Gm (355333@1)                                  F#mSo (244222@1)we'll scratch it all down into the clay
B (x2444x@1)                                       EmHalf (022000@1)believing there will sometime come a day someone gives a damn
AMaybe (x02220@1)when the concrete has crumbled to sand

Chorus: 
We're the Mesopota-mi -ans
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

Bridge:
The Mesopotam-ish sun is beating down
Dm (xx0231@1)                       GmAnd (355333@1)making cracks in the ground
Bb (x1333x@1)                          CBut (x32010@1)there's nowhere else to stand
Bb (x1333x@1)     FBb    Bb (x1333x@1)           F (133211@1) BbIn (x1333x@1)Mesopotamia, (No one's ever seen us)
     Bb (x1333x@1)             F (133211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)     CThe (x32010@1)kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one's ever heard of our band)
AThe (x02220@1)land where we invisibly rule

Chorus:
As the Mesopota-mi -ans
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

Bridge:
D (xx0232@1)            BmThis (x24432@1)is my last stick of gum
             Em (022000@1)                    GI'm (320003@1)going to cut it up so everybody else gets some
F#m (244222@1)                        B (x2444x@1)              C (x32010@1)                AExcept (x02220@1)for Ashurbanipal who says my haircut makes me look like aMohenjodaroan
AHey, (x02220@1)Ashurbanipal,

Chorus:
I'm a Mesopota-mi -an
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh
We're the Mesopota-mi -ans
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

Bridge:
               G (320003@1)                  Em"Hey, (022000@1)man, I thought that you were dead
     C (x32010@1)                   AmI (x02210@1)thought you crashed your car"
     Em (022000@1)                   A (x02220@1)                  Em (022000@1)         A"No, (x02220@1)man, I've been right here this whole time playing bass guitar
For the Mesopotamians"

Chorus:
We're the Mesopota-mi -ans
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
We're the Mesopota-mi -ans
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh