Turn Around Chords by They Might Be Giants

Tempo:
135.4 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

E

Bm

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Turn Around chords
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[A] I was working all [D] night in my [A] office when [Bm] a man I had recently killed
[A]
[D] called me up from a phone near my building.
[E] So I looked out the window at [C#m] him.
He [F#] had the same [B] obsequious manner that [Bm] was the reason I [C#m] had [D] him [E] killed.
[C#m] So to calm my nerves [F#m] I sang this [A] song [B] to him [G#m] over [E] the phone.
[A]
Turn [Bm] around, [C#m] [D] [F#m] turn around, there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D]
Human [E] [D] skull on the ground.
[E]
[A] Turn [Bm] [A] around.
[Em] [F#m]
I was out by myself in the graveyard.
[A]
I was doing an [D] interpretive [A] dance.
[D] When I felt something [G] heavy [Bm] and pointed,
[E] strike me in the back of my neck.
And [F#] then the ghost of my [B] dance instructor
[F#] [Bm]
pushed me down [C#m] into an [D] open grave.
[E]
[C#] And as dirt rained down [F#m] she played [A] a [B] xylophone
and sang me [E] this song.
[A] Turn [Bm] [E] around, [D] turn [E] around, [A] there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a human [D] skull on the [A] ground.
[Bm]
Human [E] [D] skull on the ground.
[E]
[A] Turn around.
[D] [A] [F#m] [A]
We were waving our arms out the window of a fast moving passenger train.
[D] Acting in an irresponsible fashion [E] until the engineer who's back had been turned
and [F#] who we thought would find us highly amusing
[B] quickly swiveled [A] his head [D] around.
[E]
[C#] And his face, [C#m] which [F] was [F#m] a paper [E]-wiped mask [B] of evil, [D#] sang us [E] this song.
[D]
[A] Turn around, turn around, there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a [D] human [F#m] skull on the ground.
[D] Human skull on the ground.
[F#m] Turn around.
[A]
Turn around, turn around, there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[Bm] Human skull on the ground.
[G#m]
[A] Turn around.
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
Bm
13421112
F#m
123111112
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
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To learn They Might Be Giants - Turn Around chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: A, Bm, E, A, D, E, D and E. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 67 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 135. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of A Major.

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[A] I was working all [D] night in my [A] office when [Bm] a man I had recently killed
[A] _
[D] called me up from a phone near my building. _
[E] So I looked out the window at [C#m] him.
He [F#] had the same _ [B] obsequious manner that [Bm] was the reason I [C#m] had [D] him [E] killed.
[C#m] So to calm my nerves [F#m] I sang this [A] song [B] to him [G#m] over [E] the phone.
_ [A]
Turn [Bm] around, [C#m] _ [D] [F#m] turn around, there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a human skull on the ground.
[D]
Human [E] [D] skull on the ground.
[E]
[A] Turn [Bm] [A] around.
_ [Em] _ [F#m] _ _
I was out by myself in the graveyard.
[A] _
I was doing an [D] interpretive [A] dance.
[D] When I felt something [G] heavy [Bm] and pointed, _ _
[E] strike me in the back of my neck.
And [F#] then the ghost of my [B] dance instructor
[F#] _ [Bm]
pushed me down [C#m] into an [D] open grave.
[E] _
[C#] And as dirt rained down [F#m] she played [A] a [B] xylophone
and sang me [E] this song. _
[A] Turn [Bm] [E] around, [D] turn [E] around, [A] there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, turn around, it's a human [D] skull on the [A] ground.
[Bm]
Human [E] [D] skull on the ground.
[E]
[A] Turn around.
[D] _ [A] _ [F#m] _ [A] _
We were waving our arms out the window _ of a fast moving passenger _ train.
[D] Acting in an irresponsible _ fashion [E] until the engineer who's back had been turned
and [F#] who we thought would find us highly amusing _
[B] quickly swiveled [A] his head [D] around.
[E] _
[C#] And his face, [C#m] which [F] was [F#m] a paper [E]-wiped mask [B] of evil, [D#] sang us [E] this song.
[D] _
[A] Turn around, _ turn around, _ there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, _ turn around, it's a [D] human [F#m] skull on the ground.
[D] Human skull _ on the ground. _
[F#m] Turn around.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
Turn around, _ turn around, _ there's a thing there that can be found.
Turn around, _ turn around, _ it's a human skull on the ground.
[Bm] Human skull _ on the ground.
_ [G#m]
[A] Turn around. _ _ _ _ _

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This song was featured on the Apollo 18 album.

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