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A Self Called Nowhere Tab

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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: A Self Called Nowhere 
Album: John Henry 
                                                                   
Verse 1:
    Gm                     D
I'm sitting  on  the  curb    by   the 
F                    E
empty  parking  lot      of   the
Cm                D4       D         G     E
store  where they let  me  play  the organ
    Am                       Am w/ major 7
I'm waiting for  my   ride      
     Cm                    Eb m           Bb
Bt I want to wait  inside        of  the  store
            E                  Bb
where they let  me play   the  Organ
                                                                
Pre Chorus:
        Ebm                           F
But I'm thinking  of  a  wooden   chair   
       Ebm                           F
In the room  at the top  of the  stair
         Eb m                      N.C.
And I'm looking down the stairwell    
                    
at   the  vanishing

Chorus: 
Gb                              E
dot    on  the map  of  the  spot
                     Eb
Let  me   take  you  there   
           Gb                     E 
The dotted line  surrounding the mind
                  Eb
of a self-called nowhere
                    Gb                  E
It's a thing named "it" in a bottomless pit
                  Eb
You can't see it there
             Gb                  E
The sunken head that lies in the bed 
                   Eb
of a self-called nowhere

Bridge: ( Chorus chords )

Verse 2:
Standing in my yard
where they tore down the garage
to make room for the torn down garage
I'm looking for my car
But I must've sold my car
when I needed to buy an electric organ

Pre Chorus:
But I'm thinking  of  a  wooden   chair
In the room  at the top  of the  stair
And I'm looking down the stairwell
at 

Chorus:
the vanishing dot on the map of the spot
Let me take you there
The dotted line surrounding the mind
of a self-called nowhere
It's a thing named "it" in a bottomless pit
You can't see it there
The sunken head that lies in the bed
of a self-called nowhere

Bridge: ( Chorus chords )

Chorus W/ Phaser:
the vanishing dot on the map of the spot
Let me take you there
The dotted line surrounding the mind
of a self-called nowhere
It's a thing named "it" in a bottomless pit
You can't see it there
The sunken head that lies in the bed
of a self-called nowhere

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture anthony Average	#1 by anthony clark at Apr 4, 1990 at 7:29 AM EST
	Carser you're jumping to conclusions. There are different versions of Mink Car, one that was released in the US, and the other was a UK release, so yes they did have different songs, bands do that sometimes. And otherwise I really don't know what you're talking about with the old songs. They only do that on collection albums... they'll release a collection but then put in some bonus material. So you should definitely reconsider your stance on buying their material, especially since their new album the else is so amazing. (pretty much all new songs)

No Picture Shay Average	#2 by Shay at Aug 1, 1990 at 4:15 PM EST
	Also the bit about the shrunken head that lies in the bed seems to be a reference to lying in the couch at a psycharists or "shrinks" office.

No Picture Perfect Pervers Rhythm Player	#3 by Perfect Perversion™ at Aug 10, 1996 at 1:41 PM EST
	the line is "it's a thing named ID" not "it", jesus. :)

No Picture Goat Average	#4 by Goat Screwer at Jan 16, 2004 at 2:56 PM EST
	Um, it's definitely "a thing named id" not "it" and by "id" (one syllable, say it like "it" but with a "D") they are obviously referring to what we would think of as the subconscious mind. If you didn't already know what id is, I question the legitimacy of your TMBG fan status...most of us are pretty informed on things like that. ;) Also, there should be another line after "where they tore down the garage". It should be "to make room for the torn down garage". No idea what this song's about, but I get the feeling like a lot of other TMBG songs, it's about the innner workings of the mind.

No Picture Dr. Average	#5 by Dr. Funkinstein at Jun 30, 2004 at 8:39 AM EST
	exactly, and think of the implications of id being in a pit, supressed and unseen. I like TMBG's music but they're... s I quit buying their CDs after Mink Car (if you havent noticed, and you have mink car, go online and search for the play lists youll notice that theyres 2 versions of mink car and each version has a couple of songs that the other doesnt. this isnt the first time theyve done something like this either, they put a bunch of old songs on a CD with like 3 new ones and carge $20 for it. when you rely on a small loyal cult fan base you cant afford to treat them like assholes.)