• Song:

    A Self Called Nowhere

  • Artist:

    They Might Be Giants

  • Album:

    John Henry

Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: A Self Called Nowhere 
Album: John Henry 
                                                                   
Verse 1:
    Gm (355333@1)                   DI'm (xx0232@1)sitting  on  the  curb    by   the 
F (133211@1)                  Eempty (022100@1) parking  lot      of   the
Cm (x3101x@1)              D4 (xx0233@1)     D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)   Estore (022100@1) where they let  me  play  the organ
    Am (x02210@1)                     Amw/ (x02210@1)major 7
I'm waiting for  my   ride      
     Cm (x3101x@1)                  Ebm (x43121@3)          BbBt (x1333x@1)I want to wait  inside        of  the  store
            E (022100@1)                Bbwhere (x1333x@1)they let  me play   the  Organ
                                                                
Pre Chorus:
        Ebm (xx4342@1)                         FBut (133211@1)I'm thinking  of  a  wooden   chair   
       Ebm (xx4342@1)                         FIn (133211@1)the room  at the top  of the  stair
         Ebm (x43121@3)                     N.C.
And I'm looking down the stairwell    
                    
at   the  vanishing

Chorus: 
Gb (244322@1)                            Edot (022100@1)   on  the map  of  the  spot
                     EbLet (x43121@3) me   take  you  there   
           Gb (244322@1)                   E (022100@1)The dotted line  surrounding the mind
                  Ebof (x43121@3)a self-called nowhere
                    Gb (244322@1)                EIt's (022100@1)a thing named "it" in a bottomless pit
                  EbYou (x43121@3)can't see it there
             Gb (244322@1)                EThe (022100@1)sunken head that lies in the bed 
                   Ebof (x43121@3)a self-called nowhere

Bridge: ( Chorus chords )

Verse 2:
Standing in my yard
where they tore down the garage
to make room for the torn down garage
I'm looking for my car
But I must've sold my car
when I needed to buy an electric organ

Pre Chorus:
But I'm thinking  of  a  wooden   chair
In the room  at the top  of the  stair
And I'm looking down the stairwell
at 

Chorus:
the vanishing dot on the map of the spot
Let me take you there
The dotted line surrounding the mind
of a self-called nowhere
It's a thing named "it" in a bottomless pit
You can't see it there
The sunken head that lies in the bed
of a self-called nowhere

Bridge: ( Chorus chords )

Chorus W/ Phaser:
the vanishing dot on the map of the spot
Let me take you there
The dotted line surrounding the mind
of a self-called nowhere
It's a thing named "it" in a bottomless pit
You can't see it there
The sunken head that lies in the bed
of a self-called nowhere

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