• Song:

    Swamp

  • Artist:

    Talking Heads

  • Album:

    Popular Favorites 1976-...

A5                        C5 
Now lemme tell you a story 
A5                    C5 
The devil he has a plan 
A5                          C5 
A bag a' bones in his pocket 
A5                 D5 A5 
Got anything you want 
   C5   A5       C5   A5 
No dust and no rocks 
              C5 A5 
The whole thing is over 
                 C5 A5            C5 A5 
All these beauties in solid motion 
                 C5 A5        D5        A5 
All those beauties, gonna swallow you up 
 

A5 
Hi hi hi hi hi, 

One time too many 

Too far to go 

I, we come to take you home 

(as above) 

And when they split those atoms 

It's hotter than the sun 

Blood is a special substance 

They gonna pray for that man 
 
So wake up young lovers 

The whole thing is over 

Watch but touch monkeys 

All that blood, gonna swallow you whole 
 
Hi hi hi hi hi 

What's that?  Who's driving? 

Where we goin'?  Who knows? 

I, we come to take you home 
 

D5              C5  D5             C5 
How many people do you think I am 
D5                     C5 
Pretend I am somebody else 
D5              C5 D5                    C5 D5 
You can pretend I'm and old millionaire 
D5                               C5 
A millionaire washing his hands 
D5               C5 D5                    C5 
Rattle the bones, dreams that stick out 
  D5                        C5 B5 D5 
A medical chart on the wall 
D5            C5    D5                      C5 
Soft violence and hands touch your throat 
D5                      C5 
Ev'ryone wants to explode 
 

A5              C5 A5         C5 
And when your hands get dirty 
A5           C5  A5        C5 A5 
Nobody knows you at all 
A5                              C5  A5 
Don't have a window to slip out of 
A5          C5      A5 
Lights on, nobody home 
 
(as above) 
Click, click, see ya later 
Beta, beta, no time to rest 
Pika, pika, risky business 
All that blood, will never cover that mess. 
 
Hi hi hi hi hi 
So soft hard feelings 
What's that?  Who's driving? 
No tricks lets go 
I, we come to take you home 
I, we come to take you home 
Hi hi hi hi hi 
etc.
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