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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/A (x03211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)              F/A (x03211@1)BbBut (x1333x@1)no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us)
Bb (x1333x@1)         F/A (x03211@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb   CDriving (x32010@1)our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band)
    AAnd (x02220@1)no one's ever heard of our band

                D (xx0232@1)D/C# (x40232@1)G/B (143121@7)
We're the Mesopota-mi    -ans
D/A (x00232@1)   G (320003@1)        D/F# (200232@1)     Em (022000@1)     ASargon, (x02220@1)Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

D (xx0232@1)                     Bm (x24432@1)            EmThen (022000@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)             CHalf (x32010@1)believing there will sometime come a day
Someone gives a damn
AMaybe (x02220@1)when the concrete has crumbled to sand

                D (xx0232@1)D/C# (x40232@1) G/B (143121@7)
We're the Mesopota-mi    -ans
D/A (x00232@1)   G (320003@1)        D/F# (200232@1)     Em (022000@1)          Asus4Sargon, (x02230@1)Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

                   Dm (xx0231@1)          GmThe (355333@1)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)  F/A (x03211@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb                F/A (x03211@1)BbIn (x1333x@1)Mesopotamia, (No one's ever seen us)
    Bb (x1333x@1)             F/A (x03211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
The kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one's ever heard of our band)
    AThe (x02220@1)land where we invisibly rule

             D (xx0232@1)D/C# (x40232@1) G/B (143121@7)
As the Mesopota-mi    -ans
D/A (x00232@1)   G (320003@1)        D/F# (200232@1)     Em (022000@1)     ASargon, (x02220@1)Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

D (xx0232@1)             BmThis (x24432@1)is my last stick of gum 
             Em (022000@1)                   GmI'm (355333@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 a Mohenjo-daroan

AHey, (x02220@1)Ashurbanipal,
            D (xx0232@1)D/C# (x40232@1) G/B (143121@7)
I'm a Mesopota-mi    -an
D/A (x00232@1)   G (320003@1)        D/F# (200232@1)     Em (022000@1)          Asus4Sargon, (x02230@1)Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

                D (xx0232@1)D/C# (x40232@1) G/B (143121@7)
We're the Mesopota-mi    -ans
D/A (x00232@1)   G (320003@1)        D/F# (200232@1)     Em (022000@1)          Asus4Sargon, (x02230@1)Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh

             G (320003@1)          D/F# (200232@1)   Em (022000@1)  G/D"Hey, (4x3121@7)man, I thought that you were dead
  C (x32010@1)         C/B (x2555x@1)        Am (x02210@1)  C/GI (3x555x@1)thought you crashed your car"
     E (022100@1)       G/D (4x3121@7)      A/C# (042220@1)    A (x02220@1)        E7 (020130@1)    E7/G#   A"No, (x02220@1)man, I've been right here this whole time playing bass guitar
For the Mesopotamians"
N.C.            D (xx0232@1)D/C# (x40232@1) G/B (143121@7) D/A (x00232@1) GWe're (320003@1)the Mesopota-mi    -ans
 D/F# (200232@1)  Em (022000@1)       A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1) D/C# (x40232@1)G/B (143121@7)D/A(Sargon, (x00232@1)Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal)
G (320003@1)     D/F# (200232@1)     Em (022000@1)     A/G (302220@1)    Asus4Sargon, (x02230@1)Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh

                D (xx0232@1)D/C# (x40232@1) G/B (143121@7) D/AWe're (x00232@1)the Mesopota-mi    -ans
G (320003@1)     D/F# (200232@1)    Em (022000@1)     A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)       DSargon, (xx0232@1)Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh