Guitar Tab:Outside Brain

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Outside Brain

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: G Major

Year: 2026

Tabbed By: sapphirebullets

||: G A C :|| C D This is an open letter G Bm To explain myself to the finer folk C D To uphold my kind to the higher minds C G C G C G C G One refrain: outside brain G A C G Shook by the stares, I left too soon C D Lost the bet, can’t read the room G A C G C D The edges of the curtains glare in the stagnant air C D From a mineshaft to a crawlspace G Bm Across a bed of nails and broken glass C D From a jump scare to a catwalk G Bm On a tightrope over burning ash C G C G C G C G Against the grain: outside brain ||: G A C :|| G A C G I called up the trophy store C D Asked what things were going for G A C G Said I didn’t qualify C D If I left my name they’d try C D To write an open letter G Bm To explain myself to the finer folks C D To uphold my kind to the higher minds C G C G C G C G What remains: outside brain G A C G The panic of a blown-out fuse C D I can’t take much more bad news G A C G Sitting in this busted chair C D Headstrong and unprepared C D From a mineshaft to a crawlspace G Bm Across a bed of nails and broken glass C D From a jump scare to a catwalk G Bm On a tightrope over burning ash C G C G C G C G Against the grain: outside brain