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Song: Road Movie to Berlin
Band: They Might Be Giants
CD: Flood
Transcribed by: Mark Taylor [email protected]
[Uploaded: Thu Jun 2 20:28:44 PDT 1994]
F (1 measure) A (1 m.) D (2 m.)
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—-0-2-3—————2———-0—-|
–3—–3—————0—————|
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Bb Bb Bb A Bb Bb Bb A
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–3–3–3—2——3–3–3—2———-|
–3–3–3—2——3–3–3—2———-|
–3–3–3—2——3–3–3—2———-|
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Bb Bb Bb C B Bb A
–1–1–1—3- 2–1—0———-|
–3–3–3—5–4–3—2———-|
–3–3–3—5–4–3—2———-|
–3–3–3—5–4–3—2———-|
–1–1–1—3–2–1—0———-|
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(no notes) F A
We’re in a road movie to Berlin.
D Bb
Can’t drive out the way we drove in.
A
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
Bb
and we’ll go.
(no notes) F A
We were once so close to Heaven.
D Bb
Peter came out and gave us medals.
A Bb
Declaring us the nicest of the damned.
F A
Time won’t find the lost.
D
It’ll sweep up our skeleton bones.
Bb A Bb
So take the wheel and I will take the pedals.
BREAK
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(no notes) F A
We’re in a road movie to Berlin.
D Bb
Can’t drive out the way we drove in.
A
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
Bb
and we’ll go.
Road movie to Berlin by They Might Be Giants
[Convention: each chord is four beats/a full measure. A dash indicates thatthe chord is held for another measure; two chords with a slash between
them are held for two beats/half a measure each.]
1.
|: F A D Bb
We’re in a road movie to Berlin – can’t drive out the way we drove in
A – Bb – 😐
so sneak out this glass of bourbon and we’ll go
We were once so close to heaven – Peter came out and gave us medals
declaring us the nicest of the damned
F A D –
Time won’t find the lost, it’ll sweep up our skeleton bones
Bb A Bb –
so take the wheel and I will take the pedals
Instrumental:
/-3-
C/B/Bb A / F
G / E D
Bb – / A /-3-
Bb A Bb C/B/Bb A
We’re in a road movie to Berlin
can’t drive out the way we drove in
so sneak out this glass of bourbon and we’ll go
–E.M.
