Chords for They Might Be Giants - Purple Toupee/The Famous Polka LIVE 1990
Tempo:
138.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
F#
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I love you!
[D#] Yeah!
I love you!
[N]
Okay, we're back.
[D]
[D#] I'm sorry, I don't understand your accents.
We'll just have to [G#] play the songs [B] that we were gonna play already.
I love [G#] you!
[B] We understand your [F#] accents perfectly well.
Yeah!
[D] We've waited to rock the lovely band for you.
[C] The manly men of Manchester.
But [F#] nothing is quite as [N] special as coming to a town and country and meeting the people.
[G] This next song is our soon to be available second album song.
[G#] Yeah!
It's called
[D] Purple. Purple
[F#]
[D#] [C#] [F#m]
[D#] [C#]
[E] [G] I remember you were a scarecrow
I remember sleeping in [D] silence
And I [G] just wanted to bury you [D] in the closet [G] of this here
I [C] was asking [D] myself the name
And I was onto the place
I remember the first time [G] we kissed
But I'm sorry to think of the past
There's something else I wish I could [D] do
I never did [F#] come [D] back
But you made me [C#] search
The way [F#m] we [B] started [C#m] Yeah!
[F#]
But [D] you passed me [F#] by
I [F#m] was a [F#] fool [E] to ask
I was a fool [G]
to ask
[Gm] You said that I was my [A] worst
[D] Yeah!
[G]
[C] [G] I'm telling [D] you how
I'm telling you how
I'm telling you how
I'm [G] telling you how
I'm telling you [C] how
[G] I was a [C] fool to [G] ask
[E] You said that [F#] I was [F] my [F#m] worst [G#] Yeah!
[F#] I'm telling you how
To make me [C#] horrive
But [F#] you made me search
The way [G#m] [E] we [F#m] [E] [C#]
started
[F#m] [B] [E] [B]
[Bm]
[A#]
[F] [G]
[A#]
[G]
[A#]
[D] [G]
[Gm]
[G] Oh
[C]
[G]
[Em] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[D] [C] [A] [D]
[F#] [A] [E]
[D] [Em] [Fm]
[D]
[G] [C]
[G]
[B] [C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[D]
[A] [D] [E]
[F#] [E]
[F#] [E]
[D] [G]
[C] He's gonna get you [G] soon
You're [Em] gonna get me
[G] You're [D] gonna get [G] me
You're gonna get me
[N]
You're gonna get me
[D#] Yeah!
I love you!
[N]
Okay, we're back.
[D]
[D#] I'm sorry, I don't understand your accents.
We'll just have to [G#] play the songs [B] that we were gonna play already.
I love [G#] you!
[B] We understand your [F#] accents perfectly well.
Yeah!
[D] We've waited to rock the lovely band for you.
[C] The manly men of Manchester.
But [F#] nothing is quite as [N] special as coming to a town and country and meeting the people.
[G] This next song is our soon to be available second album song.
[G#] Yeah!
It's called
[D] Purple. Purple
[F#]
[D#] [C#] [F#m]
[D#] [C#]
[E] [G] I remember you were a scarecrow
I remember sleeping in [D] silence
And I [G] just wanted to bury you [D] in the closet [G] of this here
I [C] was asking [D] myself the name
And I was onto the place
I remember the first time [G] we kissed
But I'm sorry to think of the past
There's something else I wish I could [D] do
I never did [F#] come [D] back
But you made me [C#] search
The way [F#m] we [B] started [C#m] Yeah!
[F#]
But [D] you passed me [F#] by
I [F#m] was a [F#] fool [E] to ask
I was a fool [G]
to ask
[Gm] You said that I was my [A] worst
[D] Yeah!
[G]
[C] [G] I'm telling [D] you how
I'm telling you how
I'm telling you how
I'm [G] telling you how
I'm telling you [C] how
[G] I was a [C] fool to [G] ask
[E] You said that [F#] I was [F] my [F#m] worst [G#] Yeah!
[F#] I'm telling you how
To make me [C#] horrive
But [F#] you made me search
The way [G#m] [E] we [F#m] [E] [C#]
started
[F#m] [B] [E] [B]
[Bm]
[A#]
[F] [G]
[A#]
[G]
[A#]
[D] [G]
[Gm]
[G] Oh
[C]
[G]
[Em] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[D] [C] [A] [D]
[F#] [A] [E]
[D] [Em] [Fm]
[D]
[G] [C]
[G]
[B] [C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[D]
[A] [D] [E]
[F#] [E]
[F#] [E]
[D] [G]
[C] He's gonna get you [G] soon
You're [Em] gonna get me
[G] You're [D] gonna get [G] me
You're gonna get me
[N]
You're gonna get me
Key:
G
D
C
F#
E
G
D
C
_ I love you!
_ [D#] _ Yeah!
I love you!
[N] _ _ _ _ _
Okay, we're back.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] I'm sorry, I don't understand your accents.
We'll just have to [G#] play the songs [B] that we were gonna play already.
I love _ [G#] you!
[B] We understand your [F#] accents perfectly well.
Yeah!
_ [D] _ We've waited to rock the lovely band for you.
_ [C] The manly men of Manchester.
_ But [F#] nothing is quite as [N] special as coming to a town and country and meeting the people. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] This next song _ _ is our soon to be available second album song.
[G#] Yeah!
It's called _
[D] Purple. Purple
_ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ I remember you were a scarecrow
I remember sleeping in [D] silence
And I [G] just wanted to bury you [D] in the closet [G] of this here
I [C] was asking [D] myself the name
And I was onto the place
I remember the first time _ _ _ [G] we kissed
But _ I'm sorry to think of the past
There's something else I wish I could [D] do
I never did [F#] come [D] back
But you made me [C#] search
The way [F#m] we [B] started _ [C#m] Yeah!
_ [F#] _ _ _
But _ [D] you passed me [F#] by
I [F#m] was a [F#] fool [E] to ask
_ I was a fool _ [G] _ _
to ask
_ [Gm] You said that I was my [A] worst
_ [D] Yeah!
[G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ I'm telling [D] you how
I'm telling you how _
_ _ _ I'm _ _ telling you how
I'm [G] telling you how
I'm _ telling you [C] how
[G] I was a [C] fool to [G] ask
[E] You said that [F#] _ I was _ [F] my [F#m] worst [G#] Yeah! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ I'm telling you how
To make me [C#] horrive
But [F#] you made me search
The way _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ we _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#]
started
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Oh _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [Fm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ He's gonna get you [G] soon
You're [Em] gonna get me _
[G] You're _ _ [D] gonna get [G] me
You're _ gonna get me
_ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You're gonna get me _ _
_ [D#] _ Yeah!
I love you!
[N] _ _ _ _ _
Okay, we're back.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] I'm sorry, I don't understand your accents.
We'll just have to [G#] play the songs [B] that we were gonna play already.
I love _ [G#] you!
[B] We understand your [F#] accents perfectly well.
Yeah!
_ [D] _ We've waited to rock the lovely band for you.
_ [C] The manly men of Manchester.
_ But [F#] nothing is quite as [N] special as coming to a town and country and meeting the people. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] This next song _ _ is our soon to be available second album song.
[G#] Yeah!
It's called _
[D] Purple. Purple
_ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ I remember you were a scarecrow
I remember sleeping in [D] silence
And I [G] just wanted to bury you [D] in the closet [G] of this here
I [C] was asking [D] myself the name
And I was onto the place
I remember the first time _ _ _ [G] we kissed
But _ I'm sorry to think of the past
There's something else I wish I could [D] do
I never did [F#] come [D] back
But you made me [C#] search
The way [F#m] we [B] started _ [C#m] Yeah!
_ [F#] _ _ _
But _ [D] you passed me [F#] by
I [F#m] was a [F#] fool [E] to ask
_ I was a fool _ [G] _ _
to ask
_ [Gm] You said that I was my [A] worst
_ [D] Yeah!
[G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ I'm telling [D] you how
I'm telling you how _
_ _ _ I'm _ _ telling you how
I'm [G] telling you how
I'm _ telling you [C] how
[G] I was a [C] fool to [G] ask
[E] You said that [F#] _ I was _ [F] my [F#m] worst [G#] Yeah! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ I'm telling you how
To make me [C#] horrive
But [F#] you made me search
The way _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ we _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#]
started
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Oh _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [Fm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ He's gonna get you [G] soon
You're [Em] gonna get me _
[G] You're _ _ [D] gonna get [G] me
You're _ gonna get me
_ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You're gonna get me _ _