Guitar Tab:Apophenia

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Apophenia
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: E major
Year: 2015
Tabbed By: Samvall


[Tabs appear below the lyrics they are played with, chords appear above.]


How could the street light
Blink on and off and
   Spell out all your thoughts?
E|-2-----4---0---2----0-------
That thing you thought you heard me say:
 I didn’t say that thing
E|-2--4---0---2----0----
That is crazy
You’re completely crazy
   Pretty soon you’ll be telling me that you’ve
E|--------------------------------------------- 
B|---------------------------------------------
G|-----[John F]--------------------------------
D|----------------------------------4----6-----
A|--------------------4--6-------7-------------
E|-4------5----7-------------------------------

   Had enough and you’re leaving me
E|-------------------------------4--7
B|----------------4------5--7--------
G|------4-----6----------------------
D|--7--------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------


Interlude (verse):
E|------------------------------------------------------
B|-0-12----10-9--12-------0-10--0-9---0-7---0-5---4-5---
G|------------------------------------------------------
D|-------[Dan, electric solo]---------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------

E|------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------[John F]-----------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------
A|------------4--6--7-----4-----------------------------
E|---4--5--7-----------7-----5--7--4--5--2--4--0--2--0--


Picture of a hunched old lady holding a dog and
   Telling you what to do
E|-2-------4---0----2--0
Seemingly random arrangement of turbid material
   Telling you what to do
E|-2-------4---0----2--0
It’s only tea leaves
Stop being dramatic
    Next thing you’ll be saying that I’ve been
E|--------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------4-----6--
A|--------------------4--6------7-------------
E|--4----5-----7------------------------------

 Hallucinating you all along
E|----------------------4---7-
B|-------------4---5---7------
G|----4-6---------------------
D|--7-------------------------
A|----------------------------
E|----------------------------

C                  E
Everyone has got a feeling in the gut
    F
You can’t just tune it out
      Am               D   B7
Don’t look at me like that

[Interlude, double]

     It’s only tea leaves   stop being dramatic
E|------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------
G|-----[John F]-----------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------
A|----------4--6---7--6-4---4---------------------
E|-4-5----7---------------7------7-----5--4-5-4-2-

Next thing you’ll be saying that I’ve been
Hallucinating you all along

C                   E
Everyone has got an alien in the gut
    F
Someday it will emerge
      Am                D   B7
Don’t look at me like that


Middleburgh Police Department how may I direct your call?
Please speak more slowly
I’m only getting every other word
E|--2----4-------0-----2-----0
Person I don’t recognize motioning to roll down the window
I’m only getting every other word
E|--2----4-------0-----2-----0
That is crazy
You’re completely crazy
Pretty soon you’ll be telling me that you’ve
Had enough and you’re leaving me

Next thing you will say
I’ve been hallucinating you all along
Pretty soon you’ll be telling me that you’ve
Had enough and you’re leaving me