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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Hovering Sombrero
Album: Mink Car
Verse 1:
D G A
Hey hovering sombrero
D G A
Gently waving in the air above the meadow
D G Em
Softly floating in the sky outside the window
G Em G A
Hovering sombrero don't be shy
D G A G D G A G
Doooooooooon't don't be shy
D G A G D G A G
Doooooooon't be terrified
Chorus:
D G A D
When you take yourself for granted feel
D/F# G Em A
Rejected and unwanted Know
D Em G A D Em G A
You're never just a hat you're never only just a hat you know
Post Chorus:
Bm G F#
Hovering Sombrero
Bm G F#
Hovering Sombrero
Verse 2:
Time is flying like an arrow
And the clock hands go so fast, they make the wind blow
And it makes the pages of the calendar go
Flying out the window, one by one
'Til 100 years are on the front lawn (no)
And the old, familiar things are mostly all gone
But the old sombrero just keeps hovering on (no)
Hovering sombrero, hover on
Chorus:
Don't be burdened by regrets or make (no)
Your failures an obsession
Or become embittered or possessed by ruined hopes (no no)
Remember, when you take yourself for granted (no)
Feel rejected and unwanted, know (no)
You're never just a hat (no)
You're never only just a hat, you know (no)
Hovering sombrero
Hovering sombrero
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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jo_silverhawk Average |
#1 by jo_silverhawk at Feb 21, 1991 at 1:17 AM EST |
| Well, my knee-jerk thought is that this about UFOs -- at least one photographed hoax was created by using a sombrero-like object. Then, I think maybe they're simply calling the Sombrero a hat, because the human mind can't cope with it as a real alien-craft. And that they're saying that the aliens have been with us for many years --- waiting for us to evolve to a point where they can deal with us on their level. So, they're telling the aliens to just be patient, until we're able to communicate with them on their intellectual level. | |
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tim Lead Player |
#2 by tim sears at Apr 16, 1991 at 5:01 AM EST |
| I heard this song and the bit about Time is flying like an arrow and the clock hands move so fast they make the wind blow and it makes the pages of the calendar go flying out the window one by one Till a hundred years are on the front lawn and the old familiar things are mostly all gone but the old sombrero just keeps hovering on hovering sombrero hover on I could never understand why, but in four years, that has never left my memory. Fun fact: 50% of amercans believe in UFO's, aliens, intelligent life on other planets; therefore statistically one of the Jhons believes. This could very well be about UFOs &c. | |
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camilo Average |
#3 by camilo velasquez at Mar 24, 1999 at 5:40 AM EST |
| Once again, TMBG has done it again by giving us deep messages in the guise of arbitrary objects. The deep themes are self esteem written in the lyrics: "When you take yourself for granted feel rejected and unwanted, know youre never just a hat, youre never only just a hat you know." There is also another theme of growing old and feeling nostalgia about years gone written in the following lyrics: 'Time is flying like an arrow And the clock hands go so fast they make the wind blow And it makes makes the pages of the calendar go Flying out the window one by one 'Till a hundred years are on the front lawn And the old familiar things are mostly all gone" But then we hear that the old sombrero just keeps hovering on; we identify with the object and all sing, "Hovering sombrero hover on!" | |
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Failure by Desi Average |
#4 by Failure by Design at Oct 6, 2001 at 4:34 AM EST |
| I think this was written so they wouldn't have to wait out a boring hangover.... there's several messages within this song that can clearly... I'm tired... I'm gonna go sleep :D:D:D | |
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cody Average |
#5 by cody jay at May 30, 2004 at 11:38 AM EST |
| I think tmbg are trying to force all of our clothes off with these gentle lyrics. Myself they are already off. | |
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