• Song:

    Ana Ng

  • Artist:

    They Might Be Giants

  • Album:

    Live

Song :: "Ana Ng"
Artist :: They Might Be Giants
Album :: Lincoln (1988)
Tabbed By :: Brandon Karcic
Loosely based on previous tab by KingCrimsonRHCP

My favorite TMBG song, and one of my favorite music videos too. The previous tab was
good, but I'm fairly certain this one is perfect, and can be played right along with the
track. At the end of the chorus, the "Am G C G" get one strum a piece on the beat, and 
they're a little quick. Practice it a couple times to get the movement down, and it's not too
rough. Otherwise, fun and easy song.

Standard Tuning

:: INTRO ::

Em C D
Em C D

:: VERSE 1 ::

Em (022000@1)                C (x32010@1)       DMake (xx0232@1)a hole with a gun perpendicular
Em (022000@1)                  C (x32010@1)       DTo (xx0232@1)the name of this town in a desktop globe
E (022100@1)              Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G    C (x32010@1)GExit (320003@1)wound in a foreign nation
D (xx0232@1)                      C (x32010@1)          DShowing (xx0232@1)the home of the one this was written for
Em (022000@1)                C (x32010@1)    DMy (xx0232@1)apartment looks upside down from there
Em (022000@1)                C (x32010@1)      DWater (xx0232@1)spirals the wrong way out the sink
E (022100@1)                 Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
And her voice is a backwards record
D (xx0232@1)                    C (x32010@1)    DIt's (xx0232@1)like a whirlpool and it never ends

:: CHORUS ::

G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)                     CAna (x32010@1)Ng and I are getting old and we still haven't walked
G (320003@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)             C (x32010@1)  DIn (xx0232@1)the glow of each other's majestic presence
G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)                    CListen (x32010@1)Ana hear my words, they're the ones you would think
G (320003@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)    DI (xx0232@1)would say if there was a me for you

:: VERSE 2 ::

Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
All alone at the '64 World's Fair
Em (022000@1)                    C (x32010@1)        DEighty (xx0232@1)dolls yelling "Small girl after all"
E (022100@1)               Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C GWho (320003@1)was at the Dupont Pavilion?
D (xx0232@1)                      C (x32010@1)           DWhy (xx0232@1)was the bench still warm? Who had been there?
Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)          DOr (xx0232@1)the time when the storm tangled up the wire
Em (022000@1)                 C (x32010@1)        DTo (xx0232@1)the horn on the pole at the bus depot
E (022100@1)                     Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)GAnd (320003@1)in the back of the edge of hearing
D (xx0232@1)                            C (x32010@1)        DThese (xx0232@1)are the words that the voice was repeating:

:: CHORUS ::

G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)                     CAna (x32010@1)Ng and I are getting old and we still haven't walked
G (320003@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)             C (x32010@1)  DIn (xx0232@1)the glow of each other's majestic presence
G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)                    CListen (x32010@1)Ana hear my words, they're the ones you would think
G (320003@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)    DI (xx0232@1)would say if there was a me for you

:: BRIDGE ::

C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)    CWhen (x32010@1)I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge:
C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)       C"I (x32010@1)don't want the world, I just want your half"

(Similar to Verse Chords)

Em (022000@1)                C (x32010@1)         DThey (xx0232@1)don't need me here, and I know you're there
Em (022000@1)                  C (x32010@1)          DWhere (xx0232@1)the world goes by like the humid air
E (022100@1)                   Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   C (x32010@1)GAnd (320003@1)it sticks like a broken record
D (xx0232@1)                       Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   C (x32010@1)GEverything (320003@1)sticks like a broken record
D (xx0232@1)                  Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   C (x32010@1)  GEverything (320003@1)sticks until it goes away
D (xx0232@1)                   C (x32010@1)        DAnd (xx0232@1)the truth is, we don't know anything

:: OUTRO CHORUS ::

G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)                     CAna (x32010@1)Ng and I are getting old and we still haven't walked
G (320003@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)             C (x32010@1)  DIn (xx0232@1)the glow of each other's majestic presence
G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)                    CListen (x32010@1)Ana hear my words, they're the ones you would think
G (320003@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)    DI (xx0232@1)would say if there was a me for you

Bb  C

G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)                     CAna (x32010@1)Ng and I are getting old and we still haven't walked
G (320003@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)             C (x32010@1)  DIn (xx0232@1)the glow of each other's majestic presence
G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)                    CListen (x32010@1)Ana hear my words, they're the ones you would think
G (320003@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)    DI (xx0232@1)would say if there was a me for you

Bb C (Repeat Chorus to fade)

Enjoy!
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