Chords for They Might Be Giants - Purple Toupee
Tempo:
135.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
E
C
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[D] [E] [C#] [F#]
[B] [E] I [C#m] [B]
[F#] [G] remember [C] a year I went [G] to camp, [C] heard about some lady [A] named Salma [D] Anson Black.
[G] Somebody put their finger [C] in the [G] President's ears.
[C] But it wasn't too [G] much later, [D] he came out with [G] guns and blood.
[D] I remember [G] the book about the [D] Dariwadi, crowned the King of Cuba.
Now that's all I can think of, [C] but I'm sure there's [G] something else.
Way down inside me [D] I can feel it [F#] coming back.
[A] Purple [F#m] tube paint [E] will shove [C#] the way [F#m] home some [D#m] memories.
[E] That purple [A] tube paint [B] will stop [E] movies.
[A] Purple [D] tube paint [E] and gold [C#] laminate [F#m] will turn [B] history [E] into legend.
Purple [A] tube paint [B] and gold [F#] laminate.
[G] Chinese people were [C] fighting in the [G] park.
[C] We tried to [G] help them fight, no [A] one appreciated that.
[G] Martinique was mad [C] when they had Lord [G] [C] Balbotta.
[G] Ten years later they [D] were sharing the [G] same cell.
[D] I shouted out, free [G] the expo 67.
[D] So they stepped on my hair [G] and they told me I was fat.
Now I'm very big, [C] I'm a big [G] important man.
And the only thing that's different [D] underneath [E] my [A] hat.
Purple [D] tube paint [F#] will shove [C#] the way [F#] with some memories.
[E]
[A] Purple tube paint [C#] will stop the [A] dreams.
Purple [F#m] tube [E] paint and gold [Fm] laminate [F#] will turn [B] history [E] into legend.
Purple tube paint [B] and gold [F#] [F#m] laminate.
Purple [B] tube paint is [E] here to [F] stay.
[F#m] After the [B] hair has [E]
gone [A] away.
Purple brigade [B] is marching [E] from the grave.
[A#]
La [G] [A]
[C] [D#] [F] [Gm]
[A#] la [C] la la [A#]
la la [C] la la [D#] la la [F] la la la la la [A#] la la.
We're on some kind of [F] mission.
We have no location.
[D#] We have [Gm] nowhere to stay.
[G] [G#]
[D] [E] [C#] [F#]
[B] [E] I [C#m] [B]
[F#] [G] remember [C] a year I went [G] to camp, [C] heard about some lady [A] named Salma [D] Anson Black.
[G] Somebody put their finger [C] in the [G] President's ears.
[C] But it wasn't too [G] much later, [D] he came out with [G] guns and blood.
[D] I remember [G] the book about the [D] Dariwadi, crowned the King of Cuba.
Now that's all I can think of, [C] but I'm sure there's [G] something else.
Way down inside me [D] I can feel it [F#] coming back.
[A] Purple [F#m] tube paint [E] will shove [C#] the way [F#m] home some [D#m] memories.
[E] That purple [A] tube paint [B] will stop [E] movies.
[A] Purple [D] tube paint [E] and gold [C#] laminate [F#m] will turn [B] history [E] into legend.
Purple [A] tube paint [B] and gold [F#] laminate.
[G] Chinese people were [C] fighting in the [G] park.
[C] We tried to [G] help them fight, no [A] one appreciated that.
[G] Martinique was mad [C] when they had Lord [G] [C] Balbotta.
[G] Ten years later they [D] were sharing the [G] same cell.
[D] I shouted out, free [G] the expo 67.
[D] So they stepped on my hair [G] and they told me I was fat.
Now I'm very big, [C] I'm a big [G] important man.
And the only thing that's different [D] underneath [E] my [A] hat.
Purple [D] tube paint [F#] will shove [C#] the way [F#] with some memories.
[E]
[A] Purple tube paint [C#] will stop the [A] dreams.
Purple [F#m] tube [E] paint and gold [Fm] laminate [F#] will turn [B] history [E] into legend.
Purple tube paint [B] and gold [F#] [F#m] laminate.
Purple [B] tube paint is [E] here to [F] stay.
[F#m] After the [B] hair has [E]
gone [A] away.
Purple brigade [B] is marching [E] from the grave.
[A#]
La [G] [A]
[C] [D#] [F] [Gm]
[A#] la [C] la la [A#]
la la [C] la la [D#] la la [F] la la la la la [A#] la la.
We're on some kind of [F] mission.
We have no location.
[D#] We have [Gm] nowhere to stay.
[G] [G#]
Key:
G
E
C
A
D
G
E
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] I [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [G] _ remember [C] a year I went [G] to camp, [C] heard about some lady [A] named Salma [D] Anson Black.
[G] Somebody put their finger [C] in the [G] President's ears.
[C] But it wasn't too [G] much later, [D] he came out with [G] guns and blood.
[D] I remember [G] the book about the [D] Dariwadi, crowned the King of Cuba. _
_ Now that's all I can think of, [C] but I'm sure there's [G] something else.
Way down inside me [D] I can feel it [F#] coming back.
[A] Purple [F#m] tube paint [E] will shove [C#] the way [F#m] home some [D#m] memories.
[E] That purple [A] tube paint [B] will stop [E] movies.
[A] Purple [D] tube paint [E] and gold [C#] laminate [F#m] will turn [B] history [E] into legend.
Purple [A] tube paint [B] and gold [F#] laminate.
[G] _ Chinese people were [C] fighting in the [G] park.
[C] We tried to [G] help them fight, no [A] one appreciated that.
[G] _ Martinique was mad [C] when they had Lord [G] _ [C] Balbotta.
[G] Ten years later they [D] were sharing the [G] same cell.
[D] I shouted out, free [G] the expo 67.
[D] So they stepped on my hair [G] and they told me I was fat.
Now I'm very big, [C] I'm a big [G] important man.
And the only thing that's different [D] underneath [E] my [A] hat.
Purple [D] tube paint [F#] will shove [C#] the way [F#] with some memories.
[E] _
[A] Purple tube paint [C#] will stop the [A] dreams.
Purple [F#m] tube [E] paint and gold [Fm] laminate [F#] will turn [B] history [E] into legend.
Purple tube paint [B] and gold [F#] _ [F#m] laminate.
Purple [B] tube paint is [E] here to [F] stay.
_ [F#m] After the [B] hair has [E]
gone [A] away.
Purple brigade [B] is marching [E] from the grave. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _
La [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ [D#] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A#] _ _ la [C] la la _ [A#] _ _
la _ _ la [C] la la [D#] la la [F] la la la la la [A#] la la. _
We're on some kind of [F] mission.
We have no location.
[D#] We have [Gm] nowhere to stay.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] I [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [G] _ remember [C] a year I went [G] to camp, [C] heard about some lady [A] named Salma [D] Anson Black.
[G] Somebody put their finger [C] in the [G] President's ears.
[C] But it wasn't too [G] much later, [D] he came out with [G] guns and blood.
[D] I remember [G] the book about the [D] Dariwadi, crowned the King of Cuba. _
_ Now that's all I can think of, [C] but I'm sure there's [G] something else.
Way down inside me [D] I can feel it [F#] coming back.
[A] Purple [F#m] tube paint [E] will shove [C#] the way [F#m] home some [D#m] memories.
[E] That purple [A] tube paint [B] will stop [E] movies.
[A] Purple [D] tube paint [E] and gold [C#] laminate [F#m] will turn [B] history [E] into legend.
Purple [A] tube paint [B] and gold [F#] laminate.
[G] _ Chinese people were [C] fighting in the [G] park.
[C] We tried to [G] help them fight, no [A] one appreciated that.
[G] _ Martinique was mad [C] when they had Lord [G] _ [C] Balbotta.
[G] Ten years later they [D] were sharing the [G] same cell.
[D] I shouted out, free [G] the expo 67.
[D] So they stepped on my hair [G] and they told me I was fat.
Now I'm very big, [C] I'm a big [G] important man.
And the only thing that's different [D] underneath [E] my [A] hat.
Purple [D] tube paint [F#] will shove [C#] the way [F#] with some memories.
[E] _
[A] Purple tube paint [C#] will stop the [A] dreams.
Purple [F#m] tube [E] paint and gold [Fm] laminate [F#] will turn [B] history [E] into legend.
Purple tube paint [B] and gold [F#] _ [F#m] laminate.
Purple [B] tube paint is [E] here to [F] stay.
_ [F#m] After the [B] hair has [E]
gone [A] away.
Purple brigade [B] is marching [E] from the grave. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _
La [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ [D#] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[A#] _ _ la [C] la la _ [A#] _ _
la _ _ la [C] la la [D#] la la [F] la la la la la [A#] la la. _
We're on some kind of [F] mission.
We have no location.
[D#] We have [Gm] nowhere to stay.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _