Guitar Tab:I Palindrome I

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I Palindrome I
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: D Major
Year: 1992
Tabbed By: E.M.

guitar part for the verse
e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------
D-7-5-7-5---4-5-4-5-4--------7-5-7-5---4-5-4--------
A---------7-----------5--------------7--------7-5---
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 1.
 |: D      G          Em            A   |  Bm   G   Em   A :|
 Some day mother will die and I'll get the money
 Mom leans down and says, "My sentiments exactly
 Bb      -        G          A
    you son of a bitch" - I palindrome I

 Chorus:
 |: Bm G        Em      A :|
   (I palindrome I)   I palindrome I
   (I palindrome I)

             Bm         D/A        G           D/F#     Em   G/D   A/C#   -
 And I am a snake head eating the head on the opposite side
           (snake head)                                  (snake head)

            G    -    D/A   -  
 I palindrome I  (man o nam)
            G    -    D     -  
 I palindrome I  (man o nam)

 2.
 See that bulletproof dress hanging from the clothesline
 see the medical chart with the random zig-zag
 Now I'll help it decide - I palindrome I


 (Chorus)
 (I palindrome I) I palindrome I
 (I palindrome I)

 And I am a snake head eating the head on the opposite side

            G    -    D/A   -  
 I palindrome I  (man o nam)
            G    -    D/F#  -  
 I palindrome I  (man o nam)
            Bm   -    A     -  
 I palindrome I  (man o nam)
            G    -    D     -  
 I palindrome I  (man o nam)


 Bridge:
 G      A    G/B    A/C#    |    D          Em         D/F#        G
   "Son I am able," she said, "though you scare me." "Watch," said I,
     A      Bm        A/C#       Bm/D | Em              D/F#   G     A
 "Beloved," I said, "watch me scare you though" - said she: "Able am I, son..."

3.
 See the spring of the grandfather clock unwinding
 See the hands of my offspring making windmills
 Dad palindrome dad - I palindrome I


 (Chorus)
 (I palindrome I) I palindrome I
 (I palindrome I)

 And I am a snake head eating the head on the opposite side

            Bm   -    D/A   -  
 I palindrome I  (man o nam)
            G    -    D/F#  -  
 I palindrome I  (man o nam)
            Bm   -    A     -  
 I palindrome I  (man o nam)
            G    -    D     -  
 I palindrome I  (man o nam)

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