Miscellaneous T: B Side / Remix Compilation Tabs:
- Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal »
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- I'll Sink Manhattan
- It's Not My Birthday
- Mr. Klaw
- For Science
- The Famous Polka
- When It Rains It Snows
- We're The Replacements
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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Hey Mr. Dj, I thought you said we had a deal
Album: Miscellaneous T
Intro: A E D (x2)
Verse 1:
A E D
I could never sleep my way to the top
A E D
'Cause my alarm clock always wakes me right up
A E D
And since my options had been whittled away
B E
I struck a bargain with my radio DJ
A E D
I said I'd like this song to be number one
A E D
He said "I'd really really like to help you my son"
A E D
And then I knew that I would have him to thank
B E
Because he asked me how much I had in the bank
Pre Chorus:
A E D
He said to think long term investment and
F# D
That all the others had forgiven themselves
A E D
He said the net reward would justify
F# D
The colossal mess they'd made of their lives
Verse 2:
He said the record wouldn't have to be hot
And no one ever seemed to care if it's not
It would depend on something else that I've got
And that the other ones who'd given it a shot
Had seen a modest sum grow geometrically
And then they had forgiven themselves
Because the net reward had justified
The colossal mess they'd made of their lives
Chorus:
A E F# E D E
Hey Mr. DJ, I thought you said we had a deal
A E D F# E F#
I thought you said, "You scratch my back and I'll scratch your record"
D E A
And I thought you said we had a deal
Verse 3:
Well, I told you about the world (its address)
I wonder when they're gonna clean up the mess
You know the rabid child is still tuning in
Chess piece face's patience must be wearing thin
Because they haven't played this song on the air
Not that anyone but me even cared
And the Disk Jockey has moved out of town
The district courthouse says he's nowhere to be found
Pre Chorus:
Had seen a modest sum grow geometrically and
Then they had forgiven themslves
Because the net reward had justified
the colossial mess they'd made of their lives
Chorus:
Hey Mr. DJ, I thought you said we had a deal
I thought you said, "You scratch my back and I'll scratch your record"
And I thought you said we had a deal
Outro: A E D ( Over and over )
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Steve Wanna Be |
#1 by Steve Smyth at Jun 11, 1978 at 10:46 AM EST |
| One line in this song that slightly confuses some people is "you scratch my back and I'll scratch your record". Some people assume that the scratching of the record refers to the scratching method of turntablism that hip-hop DJs employ, but there's another possible interpretation. I learned when I worked at a high-school radio station that some DJs will put physical scratches deep into a record to cause a specific song to be impossible to play. This is usually done when there is a level of profanity in the song so bad that they don't even want anyone at the station to be tempted to play it just to be rebelious (or to play it by accident). So I think what's happening here is that, not only is the DJ scamming the poor sap by skipping town with his payola money, but before he took off he added insult to injury by damaging the record in question so it won't get played at all. | |
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Ryan Sutherland Rhythm Player |
#2 by Ryan Sutherland at Jul 14, 1980 at 8:31 AM EST |
| It's a song about payola. The DJ was bribed for airplay, then skipped town with the money. The last verse contains references to three songs from TMBG's first two albums: "The World's Address", "The Rabid Child", and "Chess Piece Face". | |
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♥brian Lead Player |
#3 by ♥brian♥ ******** at Dec 9, 1981 at 6:42 PM EST |
| you are all idiots, and for all the worst reasons too. It truly is a shame that people as stupid as you must take the air of us who are truly worthy of life :( | |
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Michael Rhythm Player |
#4 by Michael Roache at Sep 3, 1982 at 2:22 PM EST |
| uglinessman: he is recalling the deal they had. he is saying that the dj TOLD him if you scratch my back (pay me) i'll scratch (play) your record. obviously a play on you scratch my back i'll scratch yours. It clearly means in this case that the dj said he'd play the record, -not damage it | |
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ben Rhythm Player |
#5 by ben kurkul at Nov 28, 1986 at 4:47 AM EST |
| I love this song. It's so witty. I wonder if it's a reference to something like this that really happened to the Johns . . . | |
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Ben Rhythm Player |
#6 by Ben Formica at Jul 2, 2003 at 2:11 AM EST |
| I love this song. When my younger brother was two or three, h used to say things were "sad" when he didn't like them. That's what this song reminds me of with the "He ended up really, really, really sad." | |
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