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They Might Be Giants Pet Name Guitar Tab

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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Pet Name
Album: Factory Showroom


Verse 1:
A Bm
You Gave Me A Pet Name
D Bm
Which Is Not To Say I Liked It
A Bm
We Met A Party
D Bm
Which is Not To Say I Was Invited
C D
You Say, Love Is Just A Lie.
C D
But I could Tell That You Were Lying


Pre Chorus:
A G Bm
And We've Almost Figured Out How We'd Get Along
F G
And Given Time We'll Find It Strange To Be Alone

Verse 2:
You work in a hotel
At the magazine concession
Back in just five minutes
Reads the sign above your station
Slip your profits in a bag
And you're looking up to the hour hand


Pre Chorus:
And We've Almost Figured Out How We Get Along
And Given Time We'll Find It Strange To Be Alone and


Chorus
A C# D
You Just Forgot Your One Pet Name For Me,
A C# D
And All Those Promises You Said You'd Keep.
Bm D
But Its A Lucky Thing, Because That Sentimental Stuff Doesn't
D
Suit You At All

Solo: (Bass)

Verse 3:
Waiting at the bus stop
For just about an hour
Strategies for hangman
Cat's cradle, origami
You say I'm OK for a guy
But I can tell that you are lying

Pre Chorus:
And We've Almost Figured Out How We Get Along
And Given Time We'll Find It Strange To Be Alone and

Chorus:
You Just Forgot Your One Pet Name For Me,
And All Those Promises You Said You'd Keep.
But Its A Lucky Thing, Because That Sentimental Stuff Doesn't
You Just Forgot Your One Pet Name For Me,
And All Those Promises You Said You'd Keep.
But Its A Lucky Thing, Because That Sentimental Stuff
Doesn't Suit You At All

(Chorus Chords to Outro)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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phil
Wanna Be
#1 by phil taylor at Sep 4, 1972 at 3:42 AM EST
I agree! This isn't my favorite of their huge catalog, but I'll attest to the fact that it's terribly underrated. I've never really scrutinized the lyrics, because I'm always too busy enjoying the XTC + Steely Dan feel of the music. But here goes: The lyrics seem to describe a relationship that never went anywhere. First off, the speaker is a stranger in this other person's world (henceforth referred to as "she"), evidenced in the "not to say I was invited" part and hinted at in all the mentions of the other person's daily life. (If this song weren't about a pet name that she had for him, i'd be tempted to say that the speaker is actually stalking her.) The whole song gives the impression of a total lack of intimacy between the two. "You said love was just a lie / but I could tell that you were lying" suggests that the object of the speaker's affections was trying to make an excuse for why she doesn't feel so strongly about the speaker. And of course she forgot his one pet name... either she wasn't all that interested in him to begin with, or she lost interest at some point and, since "that sentimental stuff doesn't suit [her]", she couldn't bring herself to tell him so. There are so many references to time in this song that I get the sense that the relationship was more a way of killing time than anything else. This is supported by the references to really pointless pastimes like "hangman, cat's cradle, origami".
 
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Cory
Wanna Be
#2 by Cory at Jan 7, 1994 at 8:11 AM EST
I agree on a few points, but I think that she did like him. It seems like she's a girl who tries to put up a tough atmosphere, but deep inside fell in love with the speaker. Her mouth says no, but her heart says yes. Eventually the singer ends the relationship out of pity for the girl, and sadly sees her go back to her isolationist attitude.
 
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frosty
Average
#3 by frosty Angel at Aug 26, 1995 at 8:01 PM EST
this is my FAVORITE tmbg song and no one else seems to have ever noticed it!
 
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Mike
Average
#4 by Mike at Jul 13, 2003 at 6:01 AM EST
I more or less directly quote the following from the movie where they got their name from, but "don quixote's problem was that he thought that all windmills were giants. that's insane!" thus... they might be giants. as for dr. spock's back up band... hey, the man's released more musical cds than the beatles.