They Might Be Giants - Mammal guitar tab

Artist: They Might Be Giants

Song: Mammal

Album Apollo 18

Verse 1:

E F#m F#m(E) D A

Glass of milk, standing in between extinction in the cold

B E A

And explosive radiating growth.

E A

So the warm blood flows

E A F#

Through the large four-chambered heart,

Chorus:

A E(G#) F#m E A E(G#) B

Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have

A B C#m B(D#)

Mammal, Mammal

E F#m A B

Their names are called, they raise a paw

C#m B(D#)

The bat, the cat

E F#m

Dolphin and dog

A B

Koala bear and hog

Bridge:

A E(G#) F#m C#m

A E(G#) B

Verse 2:

E F#m F#m(E) D A

One of us might lose his hair

B E B

But you're reminded that it once was there

F#m F#m(E) D A

From the embryonic whale

B E A

To the monkey with no tail.

E A

So the warm blood flows

E A E A

With the red blood cells, lacking nuclei

E A F#

Through the large four-chambered heart

Chorus:

A E(G#) F#m E A E(G#) B

Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have

A B C#m B(D#)

Mammal, Mammal

E F#m A B

Their names are called, they raise a paw

C#m B(D#)

The bat, the cat

E F#m

Dolphin and dog

A B

Koala bear and hog

Bridge:

A E(G#) F#m C#m A E(G#) B

Placental the sister of her brother Marsupial

A E(G#) F#m E

Their cousin called Monotreme

A E(G#) B

Dead uncle Allotheria

Chorus:

A B C#m B(D#)

Mammal, Mammal

E F#m A B

Their names are called, they raise a paw

C#m B(D#) E F#m

The bat, the cat, dolphin and dog

A B C#m B(D#)

Koala bear and hog, the fox, the ox

E F#m

Giraffe and shrew

A B C#m

Echidna, caribou