Chords for They Might Be Giants - By The Time You Get This (Official Video)
Tempo:
88.45 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
By the time you get [A] this [E] note, we'll no [A] longer be alive.
We'll have all gone up [D] in smoke, there'll be no [A] way to reply.
You'll be wondering about the world that vanished [D] long ago,
[F#m] and the words that beat you now, that were [A] buried underground.
Greetings [Dm] to [C#] everyone in
[A] 1937,
it seems that [D] you were never aware that [A] we were here.
You're probably [D] too [E] busy rejoicing [D] in the present to stop,
and be reminded of the dark and [A] troubled past.
By the time you [D] get this [B] note, we'll no longer [A] be alive.
But our skulls are [D] smiling still, [Bm] at the thought of [A] things to come.
[D] We can confidently [E] know that you'll enjoy a [Dm] better world,
when the [A] evils that we faced will at last be laid to rest.
When the poisons [Bm] of [G#m] the earth are completely [F#] neutralized,
when the hatred [G#m] and the lies are forever [F#] put aside,
when the voices [B] of [C#] dissent and contradiction [B] all abate,
and the [F#] peaceful air is filled with a silent harmony.
We [D] can't be certain at the moment [A] of this writing,
but surely [D] in the future there'll be [A] no barking dogs.
[F] The sound of [D] crying [E] babies [A] will be thankfully [D] forgotten,
[A] nor will the [D] chattering glasses [A] make a noise.
By the time you get [D] this note, [E] a [A] millennium from now,
we'll have all [B] gone up in smoke.
There'll be no [A] way to recline, and we [E] confidently [A] know,
[E] you'll enjoy a [A] better time.
When the evils that we faced will at last be laid to [E] rest.
[D#]
We'll have all gone up [D] in smoke, there'll be no [A] way to reply.
You'll be wondering about the world that vanished [D] long ago,
[F#m] and the words that beat you now, that were [A] buried underground.
Greetings [Dm] to [C#] everyone in
[A] 1937,
it seems that [D] you were never aware that [A] we were here.
You're probably [D] too [E] busy rejoicing [D] in the present to stop,
and be reminded of the dark and [A] troubled past.
By the time you [D] get this [B] note, we'll no longer [A] be alive.
But our skulls are [D] smiling still, [Bm] at the thought of [A] things to come.
[D] We can confidently [E] know that you'll enjoy a [Dm] better world,
when the [A] evils that we faced will at last be laid to rest.
When the poisons [Bm] of [G#m] the earth are completely [F#] neutralized,
when the hatred [G#m] and the lies are forever [F#] put aside,
when the voices [B] of [C#] dissent and contradiction [B] all abate,
and the [F#] peaceful air is filled with a silent harmony.
We [D] can't be certain at the moment [A] of this writing,
but surely [D] in the future there'll be [A] no barking dogs.
[F] The sound of [D] crying [E] babies [A] will be thankfully [D] forgotten,
[A] nor will the [D] chattering glasses [A] make a noise.
By the time you get [D] this note, [E] a [A] millennium from now,
we'll have all [B] gone up in smoke.
There'll be no [A] way to recline, and we [E] confidently [A] know,
[E] you'll enjoy a [A] better time.
When the evils that we faced will at last be laid to [E] rest.
[D#]
Key:
A
D
E
B
F#
A
D
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ By the time you get [A] this [E] note, we'll no [A] longer be alive.
We'll have all gone up [D] in smoke, there'll be no [A] way to reply.
You'll be wondering about the world that vanished [D] long ago,
[F#m] and the words that beat you now, that were [A] buried underground.
_ Greetings [Dm] to [C#] everyone in _
[A] 1937,
it seems that [D] you were never aware that [A] we were here.
You're probably [D] too [E] busy rejoicing [D] in the present to stop,
and be reminded of the dark and [A] troubled past.
By the time you [D] get this [B] note, we'll no longer [A] be alive.
But our skulls are [D] smiling still, [Bm] at the thought of [A] things to come.
[D] We can confidently [E] know that you'll enjoy a [Dm] better world,
when the [A] evils that we faced will at last be laid to rest.
When the poisons [Bm] of [G#m] the earth are completely [F#] neutralized,
when the hatred [G#m] and the lies are forever [F#] put aside,
when the voices [B] of [C#] dissent and contradiction [B] all abate,
and the [F#] peaceful air is filled with a silent harmony.
We [D] can't be certain at the moment [A] of this writing,
but surely [D] in the future there'll be [A] no barking dogs.
[F] The sound of [D] crying [E] babies [A] will be thankfully [D] forgotten,
[A] nor will the [D] chattering glasses [A] make a noise.
By the time you get [D] this note, [E] a [A] millennium from now,
we'll have all [B] gone up in smoke.
There'll be no [A] way to recline, and we [E] confidently [A] know,
[E] you'll enjoy a [A] better time.
When the evils that we faced will at last be laid to [E] rest.
_ [D#] _ _ _ _
_ By the time you get [A] this [E] note, we'll no [A] longer be alive.
We'll have all gone up [D] in smoke, there'll be no [A] way to reply.
You'll be wondering about the world that vanished [D] long ago,
[F#m] and the words that beat you now, that were [A] buried underground.
_ Greetings [Dm] to [C#] everyone in _
[A] 1937,
it seems that [D] you were never aware that [A] we were here.
You're probably [D] too [E] busy rejoicing [D] in the present to stop,
and be reminded of the dark and [A] troubled past.
By the time you [D] get this [B] note, we'll no longer [A] be alive.
But our skulls are [D] smiling still, [Bm] at the thought of [A] things to come.
[D] We can confidently [E] know that you'll enjoy a [Dm] better world,
when the [A] evils that we faced will at last be laid to rest.
When the poisons [Bm] of [G#m] the earth are completely [F#] neutralized,
when the hatred [G#m] and the lies are forever [F#] put aside,
when the voices [B] of [C#] dissent and contradiction [B] all abate,
and the [F#] peaceful air is filled with a silent harmony.
We [D] can't be certain at the moment [A] of this writing,
but surely [D] in the future there'll be [A] no barking dogs.
[F] The sound of [D] crying [E] babies [A] will be thankfully [D] forgotten,
[A] nor will the [D] chattering glasses [A] make a noise.
By the time you get [D] this note, [E] a [A] millennium from now,
we'll have all [B] gone up in smoke.
There'll be no [A] way to recline, and we [E] confidently [A] know,
[E] you'll enjoy a [A] better time.
When the evils that we faced will at last be laid to [E] rest.
_ [D#] _ _ _ _