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Hide Away Folk Family 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.]

Intro:

D G D G

D G A -

Bm D G E

D A D G

Chorus:

|: D Daug5 Bm E D A D G :|

Hide away folk family, or else someone's gonna get ya - someone's gonna get ya

hide away folk family, better hide away

1.

D G D G

Tippy toe to the front door mother

D G A -

'cause there's a guy with a long long fuse

Bm D G E

and the one thing you can't hide is all the fear you feel inside

D A D G

as the fuse is spelling out these words

(Chorus)

2.

Tippy toe to the flat bed father

because they're pouring out our gasoline

and sadly the cross-eyed bear's been put to sleep behind the stairs

and his shoes are laced with irony

(Chorus)

Bridge:

D C D C/Bb

(Hello, this is Leslie Down with the daily home astrology report

Taurus: contemplate domestic turmoil

Aquarius: abandon hope for future plans)

(Chorus, backwards yabbering, et cetera.)