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King Weed
By: They Might Be Giants
Copyright: 1999
Tabbed By: No Mo
Cm                          D
Professor Jiblonski has interesting thoughts
        Cm                  D
Mr. Krelwich has lots to report
  Cm                      D                  C#                       C
Another extinction's a worrisome thing, with all these species we'll lose
 Cm                               D
Professor Jiblonski says some creatures are weeds
           Cm                  D
They grab hold of life like a weed
             Cm                       D
When his examples were weeds, then I had to agree
     C#              C
But if you talk metaphorically
        Cm                  G
There's no bigger weed than me

      Bb
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         C               G        D    G
That's what they would call us human beings
      Bb
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      Bb
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         C          G       D    G
But no one'll be around to disagree 
     Bb
with me
     Dm
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 G                      G#
Roaches survived five extinctions before
    C                        B
I guess they are good, but I don't know what for
 G              G#
Dandelions can adapt and renew
   C                       D
Seems like they grow best right under my shoe
      G                        Em
What about the adaptable and rugged housefly?
       C                       B
Their life is so lousy they're too tired to die
  G                       G#
Mice can survive another ice age intact
    C                            D
A mouse can't survive a single night with my cat
      G                             G#
Now house cats, they're also right here on the list
      C                      B
Good luck to a cat with no Kibbles `n' Bits
 G                             Em
Sparrows will survive, in the sky they ascend
        C                         D
If you like eating worms, then I guess you'll have friends
 G                           Em
Worms, oh yes worms, he said they'll be around
             C                           B
And they're living like kings in their holes in the ground
 

There you have it, Mr. Koppel, that is our report
As subjective as it might seem
Professor Jiblonski's a very kind man
But don't underestimate the
King Weed
King Weed