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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Four Of Two
Album: No!
Intro Chords: E A B E
Intro Notes: E E F# G# A A - B B C# D# E E
Verse 1:
A E B E
Underneath a big clock at the corner of 5th Avenue and 22nd Street
A G#m G B
I stood and waiting for a girl I knew at the spot where we agreed to meet
F# B
It was four minutes of two
Chorus:
E B E
At four of two, I stood waiting for the girl
E B E
I was four minutes early for the date we had planned
A G#m B
I was planning to say I was in love with her
E B E A
Just as soon as she showed for a two o'clock date
E B E
And the clock said four of two
Chorus:
At four of two, I was staring into space
She was not yet late, according to the clock
I was feeling nervous so I kept looking up
At the clock sticking out of the side of the building
And it still said four of two
Chorus:
At four of two, I began to feel tired
And I rubbed my eyes, and again I checked the time
It seemed as if the sky was growing dark...
But I felt reassured when I looked at the clock
And it still said four of two
Verse 2:
I lay my head down on the sidewalk so in case she were coming I would have a better view
But no one was there so I stretched out and closed my eyes for a second or two
It was four minutes of two
Chorus:
At once I awoke to a futuristic world
There were flying cars and gigantic metal bugs
I'd grown a beard; it was long and white
But I knew that the girl would be coming very soon
E A B C#m
For though everything had changed, there was still that clock
E B E
And it still said four of two
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Dr. Jack Average |
#1 by Dr. Jack at Oct 21, 1986 at 7:50 AM EST |
| I thought that the song might be about a mural of a clock...similar to the Strong Bad note above. I pictured the ending as him weakly lying on the ground as an old man next to the rubble of a building with the clock still painted on a piece of the wall that had fallen years ago. The clock would lying on top of a pile of rubble. | |
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adrian Average |
#2 by adrian zamora at May 19, 1988 at 9:32 AM EST |
| According to John Linnell: "It's about a clock that doesn't fucking work". | |
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Tyler Average |
#3 by Tyler at Mar 22, 1989 at 9:05 PM EST |
| Originally the ending was considerably more grim (basically in the end the narrator is driven insane by all the waiting and strangles himself). But when they decided it should be on No! they naturally had to rewrite the lyrics but a bit. | |
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Darren Wanna Be |
#4 by Darren Pilton at Aug 10, 1992 at 3:08 PM EST |
| Such a poignant song. Unrequited love sucks, eh? | |
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Bobby Lead Player |
#5 by Bobby Parker at Apr 6, 2000 at 8:08 AM EST |
| I like this song, it's one of my favorites from that particular album. I like the Rip Van Winkle reference | |
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Charley Rhythm Player |
#6 by Charley Hockin at Jul 29, 2006 at 10:06 PM EST |
| This kinda reminds me of Strong Bad's vacation at That Clock: "Ok, the best thing about this postcard is that if you look at the clock, that's the exact same time I first laid eyes on the clock, 2:55, and like...oh, wait, it's still 2:55--ok, the clock's broken, but still it's like the best thing I've ever seen in my life!" | |
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