Guitar Tab:Penguine

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Penguine
By: [[[[El Grupo De Rock And Roll]] ([[They Might Be Giants]])]]
Key: A Major
Year: 1982
intro, palm muted
E|-0-2-4-5-|


A          F#m
   Penguine, penguine
D               E
   All alone in dark
A          F#m
   Standing, sleeping
D                       E
   Looks for a place to park

D                   E
   He knows there's trouble ahead
D                       E
   There's been trouble before
A           F#m
   Penguine, penguine
D        E      A
   No one understands


chromatic solo over A & D
8 bars, with this rhythm:
A     D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4

e|-8-----6-5-------------8-|
B|---5-6-----0---1/6-6-5-8-|
G|-----------5---2/7-7-6-9-|

e|-9-12-11-12---15-14-12-9-|
B|-9-------12---------12-9-|
G|-------------------------|

e|-9-12-12-15-12---15-14-12-10-12------|
B|-9----12----12---------12-10----10\7-|
G|-------------------------------------|


A           F#m
   Penguine, penguine
D               E
   All alone in dark
A           F#m
   Standing, sleeping
D                       E      A
   There is no place to park


outro
e|-10-9-7-9-7---8-5---10-9-7-9-7-5-|
B|------7-9---7------------7-9-----|

(note: the recording sits between the keys of A and Bb, 
the solo's open B suggests it was recorded in A)