• 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         D/A
 Glass of milk
Em        Em/D       C                 C/G
 Standing in between extinction in the cold
      A            A/C# D      G
And explosive radiating growth
       D          G
So the warm blood flows
            D          G         E7
Through the large four-chambered heart
G    D/F#        Em   Bm   Bm/A G        D/F#      A
 Maintaining the very high me---tabolism rate they have

G  A    G/B A/C#
Mammal, mammal
D                Em
 Their names are called
G             A    
 They raise a paw
    G/B      A/C#
The bat, the cat
D            Em
 Dolphin and dog
  G            A 
Koala bear and hog

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

D       D/A      Em       Em/D
 One of us might lose his hair
C  C/G           A                     A/C# D       D/A
      But you're reminded that it once was  there
Em        Em/D      C    C/G       A           A/C# D     G
 From the embryonic whale   to the monkey with no   tail
       D          G
So the warm blood flows
         D         G             D    G
With the red blood cells lacking nuclei
            D          G         E7
Through the large four-chambered heart
G    D/F#        Em   Bm   Bm/A G        D/F#      A
 Maintaining the very high me---tabolism rate they have

G  A    G/B A/C#
Mammal, mammal
D                Em
 Their names are called
G             A    
 They raise a paw
    G/B      A/C#
The bat, the cat
D            Em
 Dolphin and dog
  G            A 
Koala bear and hog

G   D/F#       Em     Bm Bm/A G          D/F# A
 Placental the sister of her  brother Marsupial
G      D/F#          Em  Bm     Bm/A G         D/F# A
 Their cousin called Monotreme, dead uncle Allotheria

G  A    G/B A/C#
Mammal, mammal
D                Em
 Their names are called
G             A    
 They raise a paw
    G/B      A/C#
The bat, the cat
D            Em
 Dolphin and dog
  G            A 
Koala bear and hog
    G/B      A/C#
The fox, the ox
  D         Em
Giraffe and shrew
 G       A   Bm
Echidna, caribou
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