The Statue Got Me High Chords by They Might Be Giants

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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] The statue [F] got [D] me high, [G] the statue [F] got [D] me _ high
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_ [F] Monument [C] of [D] granite, Santa [F]
beam [C] into [D] my _ eye
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Statue [F] made [D] me die, _ [G] the statue [F] made [D] me _ die
[G]
Took [F] my hand, [C] it killed [D] me and [Em] it turned [F] me to [G] the sky
_ [Em]
Stone [C] it called to [D] me, [G] and now [Am] I see [C] the things the [G] stone has shown [D] me
[Em] A rock that spoke [D] a word, [G] _
[Am] a thing to me and [G] a road [D] it gave me
And [Am] though I once [D]
[G] preferred a human [C] _ [Am] being's [D] company
_ _ [C] They fell before [D] the [G] monolith [C] that towers over [D] _
_ me
[G] _ [F] The statue got [D] me high, [G] the statue [F] got [D] me high
[G] The truth [F] is where [C] the [D] sculptor's [F] chisel chipped [C] away [D] the line
_ [G] _ [F] Statue made [D] me cry, _ _ [G] the statue [F] made [D] me cry
_ [G] A rock [F] contained [C] a furnace [D] where [Em] there used [F] to be [G] a guy
_ [Em] Stone [C] it called [D] to me, [G] and now I [C] see the things [G] the stone has shown [D] _ me
A [C] rock that spoke [D] a word, [G] _ [Am] a thing to me [G] and a road it [D] gave me
[C] And as [Am] the screaming [D] _ [G] fire engine [C]
siren filled [D] the air
_ [C] The _ evidence [D] had [G] vanished from [C] my charred and smoking [D] chair
_ _ [Em]
What [D] they found [G] was just [Am] a statue standing [D] where [G] the statue [C] got [Am] me [D] high
[C] And what [D] they found [G] was just [Am] a statue [C] standing [D] where the [C]
statue [D] got [G] me high
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_ _ And [Em] now it is [D] your turn, [G] your turn [Am] to hear the stone
[G] And then your turn to [D] burn [Em] the stone it calls [D] to you
[G] You [C] can't hear _ [G] the things it [D] tells you to
[C] And as [Am] the screaming [D] _ [G] fire engine [C]
siren fills [D] the air
_ [C] The _ [Am] evidence [D] will [G] vanish from [C] your charred and smoking [D] _ chair
_ [Em]
What [D] they found [G] was just [Am] a statue [G]
standing [D] where [G] the statue [C] got [Am] me [D] high
[Em] And what [D] they'll find [G] is just [Am] a statue [Em] standing [D] where [C] the statue [D] got you [Bb] high _ _
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