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Brontosaurus

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: F Major

Year: 2021

This is the whole song: F C Bb F Dm C Bb F F C Bb F/C Dm F/C Bb F Bb Gm A Dm Bb Dm Bb C F C Bb F Dm C Bb F It had been go- ing so well F C Bb F/C Dm F/C Bb F And then I broke my egg- shell Bb Gm A Dm And entered the world as a brontosaurus Bb Dm Bb C Bronto- saurus bronto- saurus F C Bb F Dm C Bb F Here's my entire autobiography: I was F C Bb F/C Dm F/C Bb F Skinny at first, then I got thick, and then back to being Bb Gm A Dm Skinny again, like a bronto- Bb Dm Bb C saurus, like a brontosaurus F C Bb F Dm C Bb F Life was de- void of pur- pose F C Bb F/C Dm F/C Bb F And so I joined the cir- cus Bb Gm A Dm Somehow they found it easy to ignore us Bb Dm Bb Dm People found it easy to ignore this Bb Dm Bb C brontosaurus, bronto - saurus INSTRUMENTAL UP AN OCTAVE: F C Bb F Dm C Bb F G|---------------------------------0---------------0---2-------| D|-----0---2---3-------0---2---3-----------2---3---------------| A|-3-----------------------------------------------------------| F C Bb F/C Dm F/C Bb F Bb B|-------------------------------------------------------------1---3---| G|---------------------------------0---------------0---2---3---| D|-----0---2---3-------0---2---3-----------2---3---------------| A|-3-----------------------------------------------------------| Bb Gm A Dm You want to leave an impression, you want to Bb Dm Bb Dm express an emotion, you crave some attention Bb Gm A Dm And for this transgression you'll be repaid when Bb Dm Bb C You fall and you fail and sink into depression F C Bb F Dm C Bb F It was as dark as get out F C Bb F/C Dm F/C Bb F I went and stuck my neck out Bb Gm A Dm Wearing an expression of optimism Bb Dm Bb C Optimism and bad vision INSTRUMENTAL UP AN OCTAVE again: F C Bb F Dm C Bb F G|---------------------------------0---------------0---2-------| D|-----0---2---3-------0---2---3-----------2---3---------------| A|-3-----------------------------------------------------------| F C Bb F/C Dm F/C Bb F Bb B|-------------------------------------------------------------1---3---| G|---------------------------------0---------------0---2---3---| D|-----0---2---3-------0---2---3-----------2---3---------------| A|-3-----------------------------------------------------------| Bb Gm A Dm Do you think this tale has gone on for too long? Join the Bb Dm Bb C chorus, you can join the chorus F C Bb F Dm C Bb F Can't cut it as an art- ist F C Bb F/C Dm F/C Bb F May- be I'm too sen- si- tive Bb Gm A Dm Who would have believed skin could be so porous? Bb Dm Bb Dm Brontosaurus skin can be so porous Bb Dm Bb F Brontosaurus, bronto - saurus psst: if you are lucky enough to own a baritone guitar, i bet the instrumental could be played untransposed like this: F C Bb F Dm C Bb F A|-----------------------------------------------------0-------| E|---------0---1-----------0---1---3-------0---1---3-----------| B|-1---3---------------3---------------------------------------| F C Bb F/C Dm F/C Bb F Bb D|-----------------------------------------------------------------0---| A|-----------------------------------------------------0---1---3-------| E|---------0---1-----------0---1---3-------0---1---3-------------------| B|-1---3---------------3-----------------------------------------------|