They Might Be Giants - Stone cold coup detat

^F#The stars got together and extinguised the moon and sun And they reigned forever in the night sky they had won The ^Dwords assassinated the ^Ebook The ^F#kitchen cooked and ate the ^Bcook

Aw ^Byeah^C#, what is that ^Bcertain ^C#je ne sai^F#s q^Abmuoi? Aw ^Byeah, it's a ^Astone cold coup d'?^C#?tat (stone cold coup d'^F#état)

The ^F#orchestra con^C#ductor has been ^Bcaptured and ^C#tried and ^F#killed ^{C# B} And the ^F#viola now ^C#occupies the ^Bthrone that he formerly ^Afilled^C# The ^Dbark now commands the ^Etrees The ^F#queen is overruled by the ^Bbees

Aw ^Byeah^C#, it has a ^Bcertain ^C#je ne sai^F#s q^Abmuoi Aw ^Byeah, it's a ^Astone cold coup d'?^C#?tat (stone cold coup d'état)

^ABut if history is any ^Eguide It cannot be ^F#munderstood When you're not on the winning ^Bside

^F#Around the dinner table, a family says grace And the son sees the secret signal on his sister's face ^DDad smiles at his ^Ewife ^F#Daughter reaches for the k^Bnife

Aw ^Byeah^C#, it has that ^Bcertain ^C#je ne sai^F#s q^Abmuoi

Autumn ^Bleaves will ^C#burn As the ^Bseasons ^C#turn Nature's ^F#red in tooth and^Abm in claw

Aw ^Byeah^C#, what is that ^Bcertain ^C#je ne sai^F#s q^Abmuoi? Aw ^Byeah, it's a ^Astone cold coup d'?^C#?tat (stone cold coup d'^F#état)