Guitar Tab:Brontosaurus

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Brontosaurus
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: F Major
Year: 2021
This is the whole song:
F C Bb F Dm C Bb F
F C Bb F/C Dm F/C Bb F
Bb  Gm   A    Dm
Bb  Dm   Bb   C


F       C       Bb      F       Dm      C       Bb      F
   It      had      been   go-      ing    so       well
F       C       Bb    F/C       Dm      F/C       Bb      F
   And     then     I      broke    my     egg-     shell
Bb              Gm              A               Dm
   And          entered   the   world   as   a  brontosaurus
Bb              Dm              Bb              C
        Bronto-       saurus    bronto-      saurus 

F         C     Bb  F  Dm  C    Bb    F
Here's my entire autobiography: I was
F      C       Bb     F/C     Dm     F/C      Bb      F
Skinny at first, then I got thick, and then back to being
Bb Gm   A            Dm
Skinny again, like a bronto-
Bb      Dm     Bb        C
saurus, like a brontosaurus


F       C       Bb      F       Dm      C       Bb      F
   Life    was      de-    void     of     pur-     pose
F       C       Bb      F/C      Dm    F/C       Bb      F
   And     so       I      joined   the    cir-     cus
Bb     Gm             A       Dm
   Somehow they found it easy to ignore us
Bb        Dm         Bb      Dm         
   People found it easy to ignore this
Bb           Dm         Bb    C
   brontosaurus, bronto - saurus

INSTRUMENTAL UP AN OCTAVE:
   F       C       Bb      F       Dm      C       Bb      F
G|---------------------------------0---------------0---2-------|
D|-----0---2---3-------0---2---3-----------2---3---------------|
A|-3-----------------------------------------------------------|

   F       C       Bb      F/C     Dm     F/C       Bb      F       Bb
B|-------------------------------------------------------------1---3---|
G|---------------------------------0---------------0---2---3---|
D|-----0---2---3-------0---2---3-----------2---3---------------|
A|-3-----------------------------------------------------------|

Bb             Gm         A             Dm
   You want to leave an impression, you want to
Bb             Dm          Bb             Dm
   express an emotion, you crave some attention
Bb             Gm             A              Dm
   And for this transgression you'll be repaid when
    Bb               Dm        Bb        C
You fall and you fail and sink into depression


F       C       Bb      F       Dm      C       Bb      F
   It      was      as     dark     as     get      out
F       C       Bb     F/C       Dm     F/C       Bb      F
   I       went     and    stuck    my     neck     out
Bb      Gm      A           Dm
   Wearing an expression of optimism
Bb     Dm       Bb     C
   Optimism and bad vision

INSTRUMENTAL UP AN OCTAVE again:
   F       C       Bb      F       Dm      C       Bb      F
G|---------------------------------0---------------0---2-------|
D|-----0---2---3-------0---2---3-----------2---3---------------|
A|-3-----------------------------------------------------------|

   F       C       Bb      F/C     Dm     F/C       Bb      F       Bb
B|-------------------------------------------------------------1---3---|
G|---------------------------------0---------------0---2---3---|
D|-----0---2---3-------0---2---3-----------2---3---------------|
A|-3-----------------------------------------------------------|

Bb                Gm            A          Dm 
Do you think this tale has gone on for too long? Join the
Bb         Dm           Bb      C
   chorus, you can join the chorus


F       C       Bb      F       Dm      C       Bb      F
   Can't   cut      it     as       an     art-     ist
F       C       Bb      F/C       Dm     F/C       Bb      F
   May-    be       I'm    too      sen-   si-      tive
Bb        Gm        A                 Dm
   Who would have believed skin could be so porous?
Bb       Dm          Bb       Dm
   Brontosaurus skin can be so porous
Bb        Dm         Bb    F
Brontosaurus, bronto - saurus



psst: if you are lucky enough to own a baritone guitar, i bet the instrumental could be played untransposed like this:
   F       C       Bb      F       Dm      C       Bb      F
A|-----------------------------------------------------0-------|
E|---------0---1-----------0---1---3-------0---1---3-----------|
B|-1---3---------------3---------------------------------------|

   F       C       Bb      F/C       Dm     F/C       Bb      F       Bb
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------0---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------0---1---3-------|
E|---------0---1-----------0---1---3-------0---1---3-------------------|
B|-1---3---------------3-----------------------------------------------|