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Particle Man (live acoustic version)
They Might Be Giants


This is a great little tune by They Might Be Giants, but I haven't seen any tabs or chords for it out there,
so I decided to do it myself :).
This is my first attempt at doing a song--sorry for any mistakes! (but it sounds pretty close when I play it)
This was done from the live acoustic version on 120 Minutes on MTV, but it shouldn't be too different
from the album version.  Listen to the recording for strumming patterns, etc.


CParticle (x32010@1)man, particle man

C (x32010@1)              GDoing (320003@1)the things a particle can

F (133211@1)             CWhat's (x32010@1)he like? It's not important

CParticle (x32010@1)man


C (x32010@1)          FIs (133211@1)he a dot, or is he a speck?

G (320003@1)                       CWhen (x32010@1)he's underwater does he get wet?

F (133211@1)                   GOr (320003@1)does the water get him instead?

F (133211@1)           CNobody (x32010@1)knows, Particle man


(slight pause while acordian plays--guitar holds out C chord)


CTriangle (x32010@1)man, Triangle man

C (x32010@1)                GTriangle (320003@1)man hates particle man

F (133211@1)                CThey (x32010@1)have a fight, Triangle wins

CTriangle (x32010@1)man

(bridge with acordian solo--the guitar just plays C for a while, then G then C)

CUniverse (x32010@1)man, Universe man

C (x32010@1)                GSize (320003@1)of the entire universe man

F (133211@1)             CUsually (x32010@1)kind to smaller man

CUniverse (x32010@1)man


C (x32010@1)                     FHe's (133211@1)got a watch with a minute hand,

G (320003@1)                   CMillenium (x32010@1)hand and an eon hand

F (133211@1)                   GWhen (320003@1)they meet it's a happy land

F (133211@1)           CPowerful (x32010@1)man, universe man


(slight pause while acordian plays softly strum C)


CPerson (x32010@1)man, person man

C (x32010@1)                    GHit (320003@1)on the head with a frying pan

F (133211@1)                 CLives (x32010@1)his life in a garbage can

CPerson (x32010@1)man


C (x32010@1)             FIs (133211@1)he a mess or is he depressed?

G (320003@1)                  CDoes (x32010@1)he feel totally worthless?

F (133211@1)              GWho (320003@1)came up with person man?

F (133211@1)           CDegraded (x32010@1)man, person man


(slight pause while acordian plays--guitar holds out C chord)


CTriangle (x32010@1)man, triangle man

C (x32010@1)                GTriangle (320003@1)man hates person man

F (133211@1)                CThey (x32010@1)have a fight, triangle wins

CTriangle (x32010@1)man


(then the same accordian solo plays twice and the song ends)
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tabbed by Jimmy
jimmbotheman@hotmail.com