Guitar Tab:It's Not My Birthday

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It's Not My Birthday

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: D Major

Year: 1989

Tabbed By: E.M.

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1. D G Asus4 Well the rain falls down without my help I'm afraid D G Asus4 and my lawn gets wet though I've withheld my consent D G Gm when this grey world crumbles like a cake D Bm I'll be hanging from the hope G E A - that I'll never see that recipe again 2. As I walk I think about a new way to walk as I think I'm using up the time left to think and this train keeps rolling off the track trying to act like something else trying to go where it's been uninvited Chorus: D - - - It's not my birthday, it's not today D - A - it's not my birthday so why do you lunge out at me D Am Em Asus4 when the word comes down "Never more will be around" D D7/C G Gm though I'll wish we were there, I was less than we could bear Em Em/G A7sus4 A7 and I'm not the only dust my mother raised Bridge: |: D - D7 - So I'm rattling the bars around this drink tank discreetly G - E A :| I should pour through the keyhole or evaporate completely but there'd be no percentage and there'd be no proof and the sound upon the roof is only water (Repeat verse 1) (Chorus) Coda: G A D - I am not the only dust my mother raised 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Chorus lead guitar e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------9--11-13--13-14-16-| D|-7--9--11--11-12-14----7--9--11--11-12-14--7--9--11--11-12-14-| A|-5--7--9---9--10-12----5--7--9---9--10-12---------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-7--9--11-5--7--9----7--9--11---11-12-14---| A|-5--7--9--3--5--7----5--7--9----9--10-12---| E|-------------------------------------------| Flans' Guitar Chorus e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-6----6-7--------| D|--------4----4----5-7----------4----4----5-7------------4----4----5-7----7----------------------| A|-5----7-----------------5----7-------------------5----7-----------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Flans' Guitar "Though I wish we were there..." e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------4--6-7----------| D|------4---------2----4--5-7--------------------| A|-5--7------3--5--------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------|