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I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die by They Might Be Giants [Convention: each chord is two beats/half a measure. A dash indicates that
the chord is held for another two beats; two chords with a slash between
them are held for one beat/a quarter of a measure each.]
1.
D – A –
Some days I feel like bein’ wispy
G – D –
and once in a while I feel like bein’ dry
F# – G –
but we’re doomed and we’re drowned by this feeling we surround
D A D –
so I hope that I get old before I die
Chorus:
A – – –
oh
D – G –
It’s a long long rope they use to hang you soon I hope
A – D –
and I wonder why this hasn’t happened, why why why
D – G Gm
and I think about the dirt that I’ll be wearing for a shirt
D A D –
and I hope that I get old before I die
2.
Clear off the kitchen table darling
for on the kitchen table I must lie
I’m tired for my wife just served the banquet of my life
and I hope that I get old before I die
(Chorus)
–E.M.
