Guitar Tab:Icky

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Icky
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: G Mixolydian
Year: 2013
Tabbed By: Antgeth
With a surf rock sound, a lot of the major chords have a seventh-chord feel.

Intro, 8 bars: G (play every 2nd quarter beat)

Melodica intro (If you don't have a melodica, you can do this on an accordion or keyboard at your own setting):
G - F - D - C - B - C - D
 
Melodica lead (play the notes 2 at time for example: C/E C/F C/F C/E D/B D/B D/B, etc.): 
E - F - F - E - F - D - D - D - G - F - E - F - F - E - F - G
C - C - C - C - C - B - B - B - B - A - C - C - C - C - C - B

(Play chord every 2nd quarter beat)

G
Everybody saying "Who's that icky guy?"

I'd like to get to know him

(Melodica lead)

G
I want to be his best bud"

"No, I do, we can't both be his best bud"


(Melodica lead)


C
Who's that sucking all the oxygen

Out of the place

First name getting all up 
        D
In your last name face

G
First name getting all up in your

Last name face


(Melodica lead)


G
He's coming over to your house and

Isn't gonna leave till you loan him something


(Melodica lead)


G
You've got a nice pair of slacks which he takes but

Will only return only one of them


(Melodica lead)


C
Who's that sucking all the oxygen

Out of the place

First name getting all up 
        D
In your last name face

G
First name getting all up in your

Last name face


(Melodica lead)


Bb            C
Here, this is yours
              Bb               C
I'm done with it, I brought it back
C             D      C               D
Don't know anything about some other slack
G
I only borrowed one slack


C
Who's that knocking over everything

Within reach?

Full-time occupation listed as "life-draining leech"

Who's that sucking all the oxygen

Out of the place

First name getting all up 
                  D
In your last name face

G
First name getting all up in your

Last name face

(Melodica lead)