Guitar Tab:Stone Cold Coup D'État

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Stone Cold Coup D'État
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: F Sharp Major
Year: 2013
Tabbed By: Antgeth

verse 1 and 3 guitar/bass:
D|---------2-------|-1-----0---------|---------2-------|-1-----0---------|
A|-----------------|-------------4---|-----------------|-------------4---|
E|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
stars got together to extinguish the moon and sun                   and they

D|---------2-------|-1-----0---------|---------2-------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-------------4---|-0---------------|-4-----2-----0---|
E|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
reigned forever in the night sky they had won


F#5
The stars got together and extinguised the moon and sun
                                                   A     C#
And they reigned forever in the night sky they had won
    D                      E
The words assassinated the book
    F#6                        B
The kitchen cooked and ate the cook

B C# B C#

   B   C#             B       C#       F# G#m
Aw yeah, what is that certain je ne sais quoi?
   B            A                  C#                      
Aw yeah, it's a stone cold coup d'état 

F# C# B C# 
F# C# B C# 

    F#           C#              B            C#        F#     C# B  C#
The orchestra conductor has been captured and tried and killed
        F#        C#           B                    C# A     C#
And the viola now occupies the throne that he formerly filled
    D                     E
The bark now commands the trees
    F#6                       B
The queen is overruled by the bees

B C# B C#

   B   C#         B       C#       F# G#m
Aw yeah, it has a certain je ne sais quoi
   B            A                  C#                      
Aw yeah, it's a stone cold coup d'état


A                     E
But if history is any guide
             F#m
It cannot be understood
                               B     G#  C#
When you're not on the winning side

F#5
Around the dinner table, a family says grace
                                                   A     C#
And the son sees the secret signal on his sister's face
D                 E
Dad smiles at his wife
F#6                       B
Daughter reaches for the knife


B C# B C#

   B   C#            B       C#         F# G#m
Aw yeah, it has that certain je ne sais quoi

       B           C#
Autumn leaves will burn
       B       C#
As the seasons turn
         F#                  G#m
Nature's red in tooth and in claw


   B   C#             B       C#         F# G#m
Aw yeah, what is that certain je ne sais quoi?
   B            A                  C#
Aw yeah, it's a stone cold coup d'état 

F# C# F#