Chords for They Might Be Giants - Hopeless Bleak Despair
Tempo:
121.75 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
A
G#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I never knew what [B]
everybody meant
[C#m] By endless hopeless [B] bleak despair
[Cm] Until one day when I found out
[A#m] The first time I ever left [B] my house
[G#] It saw me and followed [C#m] me home
[F#m] And stayed with me for my [B] whole [B] life
[A] For years [E] and years [B] I wandered the [E] earth
[A] Condemned [G#m] to a life [B] of bleak [E] despair
[G#m] Then [E]
one [C#] [F#] day I [A] looked around
[E] And found [B] it had [E] disappeared
[B] I was [E] bleak despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day it disappeared
In a puff of [G#] smoke
In an uncertain [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it disappeared
All I had [B] ever wanted in my life
[C#m] Was only [B] to be free of it
[Cm] It drove away [B] my family
[F#] It made me lose [B] my [G#] job
Whenever [C#m] anybody saw [F#m] it
They'd say get [B] out of here
[A] For [G#] years and years [B] I wandered [E] the earth
Sick of [G#m] my life
[B] Looking forward [Em] to death
[G#m] Then [A]
one [C#] [F#] day I [A] looked around
[E] And found [B] it had [E] disappeared
[B] I was [E] bleak despair
[B] It was [E] always there
[A] Then [E] one day it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
[G#] In an uncertain [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it [B] disappeared
[F#m] I [D#m] was bleak [E] despair
[Bm] [C#m] [G#]
[B] [C#] [F#]
For [B] [A] years [G#m] and years [B] I wandered [E] the earth
[A] Until [E] I died [B] and went [E] to hell
But [G#] my [A] despair [C#] had ascended [F#m] to heaven
[A] That's how [E] I find you [B] got me here today
I was bleak [E] despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day [B] it disappeared
In a puff [E] of smoke
[G#] In an uncertain [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it disappeared
[B] I was bleak [E] despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day [B] it [E] disappeared
[B] In a puff of [E]
smoke
[G#] In an uncertain moonlit [A] space
[E] One day it [B] disappeared
everybody meant
[C#m] By endless hopeless [B] bleak despair
[Cm] Until one day when I found out
[A#m] The first time I ever left [B] my house
[G#] It saw me and followed [C#m] me home
[F#m] And stayed with me for my [B] whole [B] life
[A] For years [E] and years [B] I wandered the [E] earth
[A] Condemned [G#m] to a life [B] of bleak [E] despair
[G#m] Then [E]
one [C#] [F#] day I [A] looked around
[E] And found [B] it had [E] disappeared
[B] I was [E] bleak despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day it disappeared
In a puff of [G#] smoke
In an uncertain [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it disappeared
All I had [B] ever wanted in my life
[C#m] Was only [B] to be free of it
[Cm] It drove away [B] my family
[F#] It made me lose [B] my [G#] job
Whenever [C#m] anybody saw [F#m] it
They'd say get [B] out of here
[A] For [G#] years and years [B] I wandered [E] the earth
Sick of [G#m] my life
[B] Looking forward [Em] to death
[G#m] Then [A]
one [C#] [F#] day I [A] looked around
[E] And found [B] it had [E] disappeared
[B] I was [E] bleak despair
[B] It was [E] always there
[A] Then [E] one day it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
[G#] In an uncertain [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it [B] disappeared
[F#m] I [D#m] was bleak [E] despair
[Bm] [C#m] [G#]
[B] [C#] [F#]
For [B] [A] years [G#m] and years [B] I wandered [E] the earth
[A] Until [E] I died [B] and went [E] to hell
But [G#] my [A] despair [C#] had ascended [F#m] to heaven
[A] That's how [E] I find you [B] got me here today
I was bleak [E] despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day [B] it disappeared
In a puff [E] of smoke
[G#] In an uncertain [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it disappeared
[B] I was bleak [E] despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day [B] it [E] disappeared
[B] In a puff of [E]
smoke
[G#] In an uncertain moonlit [A] space
[E] One day it [B] disappeared
Key:
B
E
A
G#
C#m
B
E
A
_ _ I never knew what [B]
everybody _ meant
[C#m] By endless _ hopeless [B] bleak _ _ despair
[Cm] Until one day when I found out
_ [A#m] The first time I ever left [B] my _ house
_ [G#] It saw me and followed [C#m] me home
_ [F#m] And stayed with me for my [B] whole _ [B] life
[A] For years [E] and years [B] I wandered the [E] earth
_ [A] Condemned [G#m] to a life [B] of bleak [E] despair
[G#m] Then _ [E]
one [C#] _ [F#] day I [A] looked around
[E] And found [B] it had _ [E] disappeared
[B] I was [E] bleak despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day it _ disappeared
In a puff of [G#] smoke
In an uncertain [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it disappeared
_ _ All I had [B] ever wanted in my life
[C#m] Was only [B] to be free of it
[Cm] It drove away [B] my family
[F#] It made me lose [B] my _ _ [G#] job
Whenever [C#m] anybody saw [F#m] it
They'd say get [B] out of _ here
[A] For [G#] years and years [B] I wandered [E] the earth
Sick of [G#m] my life
[B] Looking forward [Em] to death
[G#m] Then [A]
one [C#] _ [F#] day I [A] looked around
[E] And found [B] it had _ [E] disappeared
[B] I was [E] bleak despair
[B] It was [E] always there
[A] Then [E] one day it _ disappeared
In a puff of smoke
[G#] In an uncertain [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it _ _ _ [B] disappeared _
_ [F#m] I [D#m] was bleak [E] despair _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
For [B] _ _ _ _ [A] years [G#m] and years [B] I wandered [E] the earth
[A] Until [E] I died [B] and went [E] to hell
But [G#] my [A] despair [C#] had ascended [F#m] to heaven
[A] That's how [E] I find you [B] got me here today
I was bleak [E] despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day [B] it disappeared
In a puff [E] of smoke
[G#] In an uncertain _ [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it _ disappeared
[B] I was bleak [E] despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day [B] it [E] disappeared
[B] In a puff of [E]
smoke
[G#] In an uncertain moonlit [A] space
[E] One day it [B] disappeared _ _ _ _ _
everybody _ meant
[C#m] By endless _ hopeless [B] bleak _ _ despair
[Cm] Until one day when I found out
_ [A#m] The first time I ever left [B] my _ house
_ [G#] It saw me and followed [C#m] me home
_ [F#m] And stayed with me for my [B] whole _ [B] life
[A] For years [E] and years [B] I wandered the [E] earth
_ [A] Condemned [G#m] to a life [B] of bleak [E] despair
[G#m] Then _ [E]
one [C#] _ [F#] day I [A] looked around
[E] And found [B] it had _ [E] disappeared
[B] I was [E] bleak despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day it _ disappeared
In a puff of [G#] smoke
In an uncertain [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it disappeared
_ _ All I had [B] ever wanted in my life
[C#m] Was only [B] to be free of it
[Cm] It drove away [B] my family
[F#] It made me lose [B] my _ _ [G#] job
Whenever [C#m] anybody saw [F#m] it
They'd say get [B] out of _ here
[A] For [G#] years and years [B] I wandered [E] the earth
Sick of [G#m] my life
[B] Looking forward [Em] to death
[G#m] Then [A]
one [C#] _ [F#] day I [A] looked around
[E] And found [B] it had _ [E] disappeared
[B] I was [E] bleak despair
[B] It was [E] always there
[A] Then [E] one day it _ disappeared
In a puff of smoke
[G#] In an uncertain [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it _ _ _ [B] disappeared _
_ [F#m] I [D#m] was bleak [E] despair _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
For [B] _ _ _ _ [A] years [G#m] and years [B] I wandered [E] the earth
[A] Until [E] I died [B] and went [E] to hell
But [G#] my [A] despair [C#] had ascended [F#m] to heaven
[A] That's how [E] I find you [B] got me here today
I was bleak [E] despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day [B] it disappeared
In a puff [E] of smoke
[G#] In an uncertain _ [A] moonlit space
[E] One day it _ disappeared
[B] I was bleak [E] despair
It was always there
[A] Then [E] one day [B] it [E] disappeared
[B] In a puff of [E]
smoke
[G#] In an uncertain moonlit [A] space
[E] One day it [B] disappeared _ _ _ _ _