Guitar Tab:Shoehorn With Teeth

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Shoehorn With Teeth
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: E♭ Major, played live in D
Year: 1988
#32;Note: This tab for the album mix, but They play it live a step lower in D major.

 Intro:
 
 Eb                  Fm          Bb
 
            Eb(bass walkdown to Bb)      Eb
 He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
 Eb                             Ab      Bb
 People should get beat up  for stating their beliefs
            Eb(walkdown)      Eb
 He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
            Ab               Bb   Eb
 Because he knows there's no such thing
 
           Ab
 He asks a girl if they can both sit in a chair 
        Eb
 But he doesn't get nervous
 Fm               Bb
 She's not really there
 
            Eb(walkdown)            Eb
 He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
            Ab            Bb      Eb
 Because he knows there's no such thing
 
          Ab
 Tour the world in a heavy metal band
          Eb
 But they run out of gas
     Fm              Bb
 The plane can never land
 
 He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
 People should get beat up  for stating their beliefs
 He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
 Because he knows there's no such thing
 
            Ab
 What's the sense in ever thinking about the tomb
             Eb            Fm               Bb
 When you're much too busy returning to the womb?
 
 He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
 People should get beat up  for stating their beliefs
 He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
 Because he knows there's no such thing
 
 transcribed by Josh Woodward