Bass Tab:The Mesopotamians
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| The Mesopotamians |
| By: They Might Be Giants |
| Key: D Major |
| Year: 2007 |
| Tabbed By: jepflast |
(swing beat) [verse 1] -- no bass We've been driving around from one end of this town to the other and back, but [prechorus 1] No one's ever see us driving our Econoline van, and 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------------------------------+ |-------------------------------5--3--------------| |-1----1---1--1----1---1--1----1------3----3---3--| +-------1-----------1-----------------------3-----+ No one's ever heard of our band. We're the Mesopo- 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------+ |-------------------------| |-------------------------| +-5--5--5--5--5-----------+ [chorus] -tamians: Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------------------------------+ |-------------------------------------------------| |-5--5--4--4--2--2--------------------------------| +-------------------5--5--3--3--2--2--0--2--5--5--+ and they wouldn't understand a word we say, so we'll scratch it all down into the 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------------------------------+ |-------------------------2--2--1--1--0-----------| |-5--5--4--4--2--2--4--4--------------------------| +----------------------------------------3--3--5--+ clay, half-believing there will sometime come a day someone gives a damn. Maybe when the con- 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------------------------------+ |----------------------1--------------------------| |-------------2--2--4-----3--3--3--3--0--0--2--4--| +-2--2--2--2--------------------------------------+ -crete has crumbled to sand. We're the Mesopo- 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------+ |-------------------------| |-0--0--0--0--0-----------| +-------------------------+ -tamians: Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilga- 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------------------------2--2-0-+ |------------------------/5--5--4--4--2--4-5-------| |-5--5--4--4--2--2--0--0---------------------------| +--------------------------------------------------+ -mesh. The Mesopotamish 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-2--2--2--2--2-----------+ |-------------------------| |-------------------------| +-------------------------+ [verse 2] sun is beating down and making cracks in the ground, but there's 1 ..2.. 3 ..4.. 1 ..2 ..3 ..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +---------10--9------------------------------------------+ |-------12------10----12--10--8-----7--5--3-h5----3------| |-----------------10-------------5-----------------5--3--| +-10-----------------------------------------------------+ nowhere left to stand in 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------+ |------/5--3--2-----------| |-1----------------3---3--| +-------------------3-----+ [prechorus 2] Mesopotamia, the kingdom where we secretly reign, the 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3 ..4 .. +---------------------------------------------------+ |---------------------------------------------------| |-1----1---1--1----1---1--1----1---1--3---3/15------| +-------1-----------1-----------1---------------15--+ land where we invisibly rule as the Mesopo- 1..2..3..4..1 ..2..3..4.. +--------------------------+ |--------------------------| |------------/12-----------| +-5--5--5--5---------------+ [chorus 2] -tamians: Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2.. 3..4.. +--------------------------------------------------+ |--------------------------------------------------| |-5--5--4--4--2--2---------------------------------| +-------------------5--5--3--3--2--2--0--2-3-5--5--+ this is my last stick of gum. I'm gonna cut it up so everybody else gets some 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------------------------------+ |-------------------------2--2--1--1--0-----------| |-5--5--4--4--2--2--4--4--------------------------| +----------------------------------------3--3--5--+ except for Ashurbanipal who says my haircut makes me look like a Mohenjo-daroan 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------------------------------+ |----------------------1--------------------------| |-------------2--2--4--------3--3--3--0--0--2--4--| +-2--2--4--5--------------3-----------------------+ hey Ashurbanipal, I'm a Mesopo- 1..2..3..4..1 ..2..3..4.. +--------------------------+ |--------------------------| |-0--0--0--0-/12-----------| +--------------------------+ -tamian. Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilga- 1..2 ..3 ..4..1..2 ..3 ..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-----------------------------------------------2------+ |-----------------------------5--5--4--4--2--4-5-------| |-5-/17--16--4--2-/14--12--0-----------------------0---| +------------------------------------------------------+ -mesh. We're the Mesopo- 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--+ |-------------------------| |-------------------------| +-------------------------+ -tamians: Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and 1..2 ..3 ..4..1..2 ..3 ..4 ..1 ..2 ..3..4..1..2.. 3..4.. +----------------------------------------------------------+ |---------------------------------------------------7--7---| |-5-/17--16--4--2-/14--12--12--10--10--9--9--7--9-10-------| +----------------------------------------------------------+ Gilgamesh. Hey man I 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------+ |-------------------------| |-0--0--0--0--0-----------| +-------------------------+ [bridge] thought that you were dead. I thought you crashed your car 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------5--5--4--4--2--2--0--0---+ |-5--5--4--4--2--2--0--0---------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| +--------------------------------------------------+ no man, I've been right here this whole time playing bass guitar 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +--------------------------------------------------+ |-2--2--0--0--------------2--2--6--6--7--7--7--7\--| |-------------4--4--0--0---------------------------| +--------------------------------------------------+ for the Mesopota- we're the Mesopo- 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------+ |-------------------------| |-0--0--0--0--0-----------| +-------------------------+ [chorus 3] -tamians: (backing vocal: Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani- 1 ..2 ..3 ..4 ..1 ..2 ..3 ..4 ..1 ..2 ..3..4..1..2.. 3..4.. +-------------------------------------------------------------+ |------------------------------------------------------7--7---| |-17--17--16--16--14--14--12--12--10--10--9--9--7--9-10-------| +-------------------------------------------------------------+ -pal) Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and 1 ..2 ..3 ..4..1..2..3..4..1 ..2 ..3..4..1..2.. 3..4.. +--------------------------------------------------------+ |-----12--11--------9--7--7-----------------------7--7---| |----------------------------10--10--9--9--7--9-10-------| +-10----------9--7---------------------------------------+ Gilgamesh. We're the Mesopo- 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------+ |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| |-------------------------| +-------------------------+ -tamians: Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4..1..2.. 3..4.. +---------------------------------------------------+ |-------------------------------------2-0-----------| |-5--5--4--4--2--2--0--0-----------------4-2-0--0---| +-------------------------3--3--2--2----------------+ Gilgamesh 1..2..3..4..1..2..3..4.. +-------------------------+ |-------------------------| |-5--5--4--4--5-----------| +-------------------------+ |
