Guitar Tab:Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth

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Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: C Major
Year: 2007
Tabbed By: AtionSong and Lex
Intro: Bass (A, Ab, G)


C5           F5           C5             F5
Everyone is crying at the dread hypnotic flying
       Eb5        Bb5         F5    -  
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
          C5              F5                   C5            F5
You can't walk, you can't ramble 'cause you're gonna have to scramble 
         Eb5        Bb5         F5   -
From the bee of the bird of the moth


F           -                Dm7            -
Catbug is a cat but he's got bugness in his veins
G                  Gm/Eb(or Ebmaj7) F5
Manhouse lives within himself with thoughtful human brains
C5             F5           C5               F5
Neither one is equal to the challenge of the freak we'll call
    Eb5        Bb5         C      F/C    C    F/C
The bee of the bird of the moth


        C    F/C                   C
Now the moth defeats the mouse and man
     F/C              C        F/C         G7
It's messing with the plan, it can't be believed
            C      F/C         C
'Cause it's just a hummingbird moth
      F/C           C         F/C           G7
Who's acting like a bird that thinks it's a bee


C               F             C          F
Got a brand new shipment of electrical equipment
        Eb            Bb            F   -
It's addressed to the bottom of the sea 
C            F           C         F
Send a tangerine-colored nuclear submarine
       Eb                 Bb  F  -
With a sticker that says 'S-T-P'


F                -             Dm              -
Windshield wiper washer fluid spraying in the air
G               G/F             G/E             G/D
Head lice under hats lie in the headlights everywhere
C         F            C          F
Subatomic waves to the underwater caves
       Eb         Bb          F    - 
Of the bee of the bird of the moth


Solo Chords: C  F/C  C  F/C  C  F/C  G7  Ab Bb - 

 
   E F   G C F G F   E G A B C D   E G A B C   D   C D 
E|-0-1-|-3---1-3-1-|-0-----------|-0---------|---------|-
B|-----|---1-------|-------0-1-3-|-------0-1-|-3-------|-
G|-----|-----------|---0-2-------|---0-2-----|---------|-
D|-----|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|-
A|-----|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|-
E|-----|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|-

   Eb Eb Eb F Eb D Bb F
E|----------1------------|
B|-4--1--4----4--3---1-3-|
G|-----------------3-----|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------| (repeat)


        C      F/C                 C
Now the moth defeats the mouse and man
     F/C              C        F/C        G7    -
It's messing with the plan, it can't be believed
             C     F/C         C
'Cause it's just a hummingbird moth
      F/C           C         F/C           G7  -
Who's acting like a bird that thinks it's a bee


      Ab                        Bb
Is it us or it that's messed up?
 C          F/C              C               F/C
Everyone's deforming in the presence of the swarming
      Eb5          Bb5        F/C
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
       C                F/C          C            F/C
Protozoa, snakes, and horses have enlisted in the forces
       Eb5        Bb5         F/C
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
 C             F/C          C          F/C
All are irresistibly directed by the section of a
 Eb5         Bb5          F/C
Hypnotizing tractor beam presenting a prediction
 C                     F/C          C         C/F                
Of the sleep of reason corporation in association
         Eb5        Bb5         F/C
With the bee of the bird of the moth

C (randomly play until end)