Guitar Tab:S-E-X-X-Y

From This Might Be A Wiki
S-E-X-X-Y
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: B Minor
Year: 1996
Tabbed By: j2
C#m                            Guitar intro approximation:
"Dressed only in clothes       e -----------------9----------
from her head to her toes.     B ------------9--------7-5-7~9
This is the way                G -------9--------------------
the talking part goes."        D -11-11---11---11------------
                               A ----------------------------
                               E ----------------------------
                               repeat and vary ending,
Main riff:
e ---------------------
B ---------------------
G -----4---------------
D -------3-4-4---3-4---
A -2-----------------2-
E ---------------------

S-E-X-X-Y
More than enough
           C#                D
Around the clock with nobody else
S-E-X-X-Y

There she is
Standing on the bed
Cookie in one hand, wig on her head
S-E-X-X-Y

C#             D
X because it's extra baby
C#             D
Y because it's extra baby
C#            D
Unnoticed by few, very very few
                
And that includes you

e -----------------
B -----------------
G -----------------
D -------------4-3- [back to main riff]
A -----1-1-4-4-----
E -2-2-------------

[in this next verse, preface the riff with
a walk up on the A string - A -0-1-1-]

Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Secret agent spy, come to see why
        D#
S-E-X-X-Y

[guitar solo is insane and in D#!
 bass/liveflans plays this in the background:

e ---------------------
B ---------------------
G ---------------------
D ---------------------
A -6-6---6-4---------4-
E -----------6-6---6--- x4

 then the song drops to C#, so the riff does too:

e ---------------------
B ---------------------
G ---------------------
D ---------------------
A -4-4---4-2---------2-
E -----------4-4---4--- x4 ]

One finger nail
Across your back
Baby's first gold tooth initials inscribed
S-E-X-X-Y

X because it's extra baby
Y because it's extra baby
You gotta understand
She wants to be your man
She's got another plan

Bm