• Song:

    Number Three

  • Artist:

    They Might Be Giants

  • Album:

    Then: The Earlier Years...

Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Number Three
Album: They Might Be Giants

Chorus:
              E (022100@1)                A (x02220@1)               EThere's (022100@1)only two songs in me and I just wrote the third
            E (022100@1)                            F# (244322@1)            BDon't (x2444x@1)know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words
           E (022100@1)                          A (x02220@1)             ESpent (022100@1)my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave
        F#m (244222@1)     A (x02220@1)             B (x2444x@1)             EFor (022100@1)the two songs in me and the third one I just made

Verse 1:
   A (x02220@1)                          E (022100@1)              
A rich man once told me -"hey, life's a funny thing"
   A (x02220@1)                           B (x2444x@1)             
A poor man once told me that he can't afford to speak
    Ab (xx1114@1)                      A (x02220@1)             
Now I'm in the middle like a bird without a beak

(Chorus)

Verse 2:
So I went to the president and I asked old whats-his-name
Has he ever gotten writer's block or something like the same?
He just started talking like he was on T.V.
                E (022100@1)                   B (x2444x@1)                E"If (022100@1)there's just two songs in ya boy, what do you want from me?"

Verse 3:
So I bought myself some denim pants and a silver guitar
But I flatly told the ladies - you'll still have to call me 'sir'
'Cause I have to keep my self-respect or I'll never be a star
                    E (022100@1)                  A (x02220@1)     
Since there's just two songs in me and this is
         ENumber (022100@1)three

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