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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Mink Car
Album: Mink Car
Fmaj7 Fmaj7/Bb Fmaj7 Fmaj7/Bb
Verse:
Fmaj7 Dm7(9)/F
It's knocking off
Fmaj7 Dm7(9)/F
My diamond wig
Bbmaj7(9) Am7 Dm7 Am7
Knocking me down onto the platinum ground
Gm9 Am7 Gm9/Bb Am7/C Bb
Woke up in a beauti ful dream
(repeat intro)
Alone
Alone
Chorus:
Fmaj7 Fmaj7/Bb
I got hit by a mink car
Am7(9) Dm7(9)
Hit by a mink car
Am7(9) Dm7(9) G7
Driven by a guitar
Dm7 Fmaj7 G7
And the silver chauffeur says that it's all in your head
Bbmaj7(9) Fmaj7 (back to intro)
When you're 24 karats dead
Fmaj7 Fmaj7/Bb Fmaj7 Fmaj7/Bb
In my dream she is reaching past my hollow form.
And her smile is the open sign on an abandoned store.
(Chorus chords)
Chorus:
I got hit by a mink car
Hit by a mink car
Driven by a guitar
When you're 24 karats dead
Dead
Dead
Fmaj7 Fmaj7/Bb Fmaj7 Fmaj7/Bb
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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edwin Wanna Be |
#1 by edwin henrriquez at Nov 17, 1979 at 10:38 PM EST |
| It's about being rich and successful...and dead inside. | |
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Allen Average |
#2 by Allen Stone at Mar 29, 1982 at 8:45 AM EST |
| The "car" is a guitar case that hits the speaker in the head (and kills him?) The music in this song is better than the lyrics, IMO. But that doesnt mean the lyrics suck, it only means the music is well orchestrated. | |
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Jimmy "Hoffa" Average |
#3 by Jimmy "Hoffa" at Jul 8, 1982 at 6:27 AM EST |
| I don't get this song...I like it, but I don't understand... I understand that all the adjectives are expensive items, normally bought for women (ie Mink, Silver, Diamond), but why is a guitar driving the car? | |
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Neal Average |
#4 by Neal Breen at Jul 7, 1994 at 6:39 AM EST |
| This song is an obvious spoof of the Burt Bacharach's musical style... and they nailed it, right down to the flugel-horn solo. The very idea of a car covered in mink fur fits very nicely into the excesses of the era. Of course, it wouldn't be TMBG without the song really being a depressing song about death and abandonment hidden by a sugary-sweet melody. :) "And her smile's an open sign on an abandoned store" is one of my favorite lyrics ever. What a beautiful and yet painful metaphor. | |
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Dan Average |
#5 by Dan Flores at Jul 12, 1998 at 7:38 PM EST |
| Do you really wanna know what i think? I think the hidden message within this song definitely has something to do with governement/some other sort of monarchy... All the expensive stuff in the song, of course, could only be afforded by such a godly figure, and when the singer dies, that's symbolic of how much these gods hate us... I gotta stop buyin this stuff from Johnny. Oogh.... | |
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