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Artist: They Might Be Giants Song The Mesopotamians Album: The Else Verse 1:
DmWe've been driving aGmround DmFrom one end of this tGmown to the oBbther and bCack BbBut no one's eFver seen us (BbNo one's eFver sBbeen us) BbDriving our EcFonoline Bbvan (And no one's ever heard of our band) And Cno one's ever heard of our baAnd
Chorus: D D[C#] Bm We're the Mesopota- mi - ans Bm[A G Gsus4[F#] Em A Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh Bridge: D D[C#] Bm Bm[A] G Then they wouldn't understand a word we say,
GmSo we'll scratch it all down into the F#mclay BHalf believing there will sometime come a Emday someone gives a damn AMaybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand
Chorus: We're the Mesopota-mi -ans Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh Bridge: The Mesopotam-ish sun is beating down
DmAnd making cracks in the grGmound BbBut there's nowhere else to stCand BbIn MesopoFtaBbmia, (BbNo one's ever sFeen Bbus) The kBbingdom where we sFecretlBby reign (CAnd no one's ever heard of our band) AThe land where we invisibly rule
Chorus: As the Mesopota-mi -ans Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh Bridge:
DThis is my lastBm stick of gum I'm going to Emcut it up so everybody eGlse gets some F#mExcept for Ashurbanipal who sBays my haircut maCkes me look like aMAohenjodaroan AHey, Ashurbanipal,
Chorus: I'm a Mesopota-mi -an Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh We're the Mesopota-mi -ans Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh Bridge:
"Hey, man,G I thought that you wEmere dead I thoCught you crashed your Amcar" "Em;No, man, I've been rigAht here this whole tiEmme playing baAss guitar For the Mesopotamians"
Chorus: We're the Mesopota-mi -ans Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh We're the Mesopota-mi -ans Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh