• Song:

    Mammal

  • Artist:

    They Might Be Giants

  • Album:

    Dial-A-Song: 20 Years o...

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                Mammal - They Might Be Giants
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

They Might Be Giants
Mammal (1992)
(John Linell/John Flansburgh)

From: "Apollo 18"

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CHORDS
       e-B-G-D-A-E
A      0-2-2-2-0-x
A/C#   x-2-2-2-4-x
Bm     2-3-4-4-2-x
Bm/A   2-3-4-4-0-x
C      0-1-0-2-3-x
C/G    0-1-0-2-x-3
D      2-3-2-0-x-x
D/A    2-3-2-x-0-x
D/F#   x-2-3-0-x-2
E7     0-3-1-2-2-0
Em     0-0-0-2-2-0
Em/D   0-0-0-0-x-x
G/B    x-3-0-0-2-x

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Capo 2nd fret

D (xx0232@1)       D/A (x00232@1)Glass of milk
Em (022000@1)      Em/D (010000@1)     C (x32010@1)               C/G (3x555x@1)Standing in between extinction in the cold
      A (x02220@1)          A/C# (042220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D      GAnd (320003@1)explosive radiating growth
       D (xx0232@1)        GSo (320003@1)the warm blood flows
            D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)       E7Through (020130@1)the large four-chambered heart
G (320003@1)  D/F# (200232@1)      Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) Bm/A (x04440@1)name="chord_320003@1">G        D/F# (200232@1)    A (x02220@1)Maintaining the very high me---tabolism rate they have

G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)  G/B (143121@7)name="chord_042220@1">A/C#
Mammal, mammal
D (xx0232@1)              Em (022000@1)Their names are called
G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)  
 They raise a paw
    G/B (143121@7)    A/C#The (042220@1)bat, the cat
D (xx0232@1)          Em (022000@1)Dolphin and dog
  G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)Koala bear and hog

| G D/F# | Em   Bm Bm/A | G D/F# | A |

D (xx0232@1)     D/A (x00232@1)    Em (022000@1)     Em/D (010000@1)One of us might lose his hair
C (x32010@1)C/G (3x555x@1)         A (x02220@1)                   A/C# (042220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D       D/A (x00232@1)     But you're reminded that it once was  there
Em (022000@1)      Em/D (010000@1)    C (x32010@1)  C/G (3x555x@1)     A (x02220@1)         A/C# (042220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D     G (320003@1)From the embryonic whale   to the monkey with no   tail
       D (xx0232@1)        GSo (320003@1)the warm blood flows
         D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)  GWith (320003@1)the red blood cells lacking nuclei
            D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)       E7Through (020130@1)the large four-chambered heart
G (320003@1)  D/F# (200232@1)      Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) Bm/A (x04440@1)name="chord_320003@1">G        D/F# (200232@1)    A (x02220@1)Maintaining the very high me---tabolism rate they have

G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)  G/B (143121@7)name="chord_042220@1">A/C#
Mammal, mammal
D (xx0232@1)              Em (022000@1)Their names are called
G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)  
 They raise a paw
    G/B (143121@7)    A/C#The (042220@1)bat, the cat
D (xx0232@1)          Em (022000@1)Dolphin and dog
  G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)Koala bear and hog

G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1)     Em (022000@1)   Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x04440@1">Bm/A G (320003@1)        D/F# (200232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
 Placental the sister of her  brother Marsupial
G (320003@1)    D/F# (200232@1)        Em (022000@1)Bm (x24432@1)   Bm/A (x04440@1)name="chord_320003@1">G         D/F# (200232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
 Their cousin called Monotreme, dead uncle Allotheria

G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)  G/B (143121@7)name="chord_042220@1">A/C#
Mammal, mammal
D (xx0232@1)              Em (022000@1)Their names are called
G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)  
 They raise a paw
    G/B (143121@7)    A/C#The (042220@1)bat, the cat
D (xx0232@1)          Em (022000@1)Dolphin and dog
  G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)Koala bear and hog
    G/B (143121@7)    A/C#The (042220@1)fox, the ox
  D (xx0232@1)       EmGiraffe (022000@1)and shrew
 G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1) BmEchidna, (x24432@1)caribou

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