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Shape Shifter

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: E Major

Year: 2015

(vocoder chords: slash denotes inversion) E/B E/G# E A/E A E/B B I've got a big old prob-lem E/G# E A/C# E/B B I've got a big old prob-lem E/G# E/B A/C# E/B B C#m I've got a big old problem A/E Bsus4 Shape shifters all around (piano chords from here out - slash denotes bass note) E E7/D Where did my world go? A/C# Am/C One minute everything is E/B A E/B A E/G# A E/B A/C# Home and friends and New York Times and lawn F#m beware the blob they said Adim How was I to know they meant the Bsus4 UPS delivery man Bsus4 The koi in the tank and the anchorwoman E A B I've got a big old problem E A B I've got a big old problem E A C#m I've got a big old problem Bsus4 Shape shifters all around A D Shape shifter, shape shifter C G You gotta quit that A D Shifting of shapes, I C G accepted what you were and then Em A Everything changed, and Em A I don't want to live in any F#m place where the people are Bsus4 shifting their shapes GUITAR INTERLUDE: left guitar: B2 up to C#3, D#3 up to B3 right guitar: E4 down to C#4, B3 up to G#4 E E/G# A C#m Bsus4 E E7/D They're such a liar A/C# Am/C They said the planet wouldn't E/B A E/B A E/G# A E/B A/C# undulate and then burst into flames F#m What used to be my house? Adim Is it that purple tentacle? Bsus4 Or is that the TV repairman? Bsus4 The clarinet? The vegetable stand? I've got a big old problem I've got a big old problem I've got a big old problem Shape shifters all around Shape shifter, shape shifter You gotta quit that Shifting of shapes I accepted what you were and then Everything changed And I don't want to live in any place where the people are shifting their shapes E E I've got a big old problem E E E I've got a big old problem A C#m I've got a big old problem Bsus4 Shape shifters all around F#m If you're someone I used to know, I sure don't Adim recognize you so I'm only Bsus4 hanging round amorphous mounds Bsus4 in the town where nothing familiar can be found I've got a big old problem I've got a big old problem I've got a big old problem Shape shifters all around (shape shifters all around) Shape shifters all around (shape shifters all around) Shape shifters all around (shape shifters all around) Bsus4 Shape shifters all around