Guitar Tab:Purple Toupee

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Purple Toupee

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: Mainly in G major

Year: 1988

Tabbed By: E.M.

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Intro: A D E C# F#m B E A B E 1. G - C G I remember the year I went to camp C G A D heard about some lady named Selma and some blacks G - C G somebody put their fingers in the president's ears C G D G and it wasn't too much later they came out with Johnson's Wax D - G - I remember the book depository D - G - where they crowned the king of Cuba G - C G That's all I can think of but I'm sure there's something else C G D E way down inside me I can feel it coming back Chorus: A D E C# F#m B Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down E A B E (purple toupee when summer brings you down) A D E C# F#m B Purple toupee and gold lamé will turn your brain around E A B E (purple toupee and gold lamé) 2. Chinese people were fighting in the park we tried to help them fight no one appreciated that Martin X was mad when they outlawed bell bottoms ten years later they were sharing the same cell I shouted out, "Free the Expo '67" till they stepped on my hair and they told me I was fat Now I'm very big I'm a big important man and the only thing that's different is underneath my hat (Chorus) F#m B E C#7 Purple toupee is here to stay F#m B E E7/D after the hair has gone away A - B - E the purple brigade is marching from the grave Bb F Ebadd9 Bb La la la la la la la F La la la la la la la la Ebadd9 La la la Bb We're on some kind of mission F we have an obligation Ebadd9 we have to wear toupees G ----- [Here's some alternate chords that may be a bit easier... or perhaps not. :) In any case, capo up 2] G C D B Em A D G A D 1. F - Bb F Bb F G C F - Bb F Bb F C F C - F - C - F - F - Bb F Bb F C D Chorus: |: G C D B Em A D G A D :| Em A D B Em A D C G - A - D Ab Eb Db F 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +