Boss Of Me Guitar Tab

A User's Guide To They Might Be Giants Tabs:

They Might Be Giants
"Boss of me"
Theme From "Malcom in the middle"
Tabbed by: Diego "changfoogibperez"(changfoo33@yahoo.com)
Standard tuning (E,A,D,G,B,e)
Intro:(ska strumming)
¦---8---8---8---8--10--10--10--10---7---7---7---8---8---8---¦¦-----------------¦
¦---8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7---8---8---8---8---8---8---¦¦-----------------¦
¦---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---9---9---¦¦--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--¦
¦--10--10--10--10---7---7---7---7--10--10--10--10---10--10--¦¦--x-x-x-x-x-x-x--¦
¦-----------------------------------------------------------¦¦--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--¦
¦-----------------------------------------------------------¦¦-----------------¦
Chorus:
Strum this chrods, not a big thang.
¦-----¦¦-----¦¦-----¦¦-----¦
¦-----¦¦-----¦¦-----¦¦-----¦
¦-----¦¦-----¦¦--5--¦¦--7--¦
¦--5--¦¦--7--¦¦--5--¦¦--7--¦
¦--5--¦¦--7--¦¦--3--¦¦--5--¦
¦--3--¦¦--5--¦¦-----¦¦-----¦
End the chorus with:
¦-----¦
¦-----¦
¦-----¦
¦--5--¦
¦--5--¦
¦--3--¦
First part of the verse:
(clean w/delay)                             G    Em   C   D
¦-----¦¦---------------¦                 ¦--3--¦--0---0---3--¦
¦-----¦¦-------5----7--¦                 ¦--3--¦--0---1---2--¦
¦--4--¦¦--4----5----7--¦ or you could do ¦--0--¦--0---0---3--¦
¦--5--¦¦--5----5----7--¦ it this way --> ¦--0--¦--2---2---0--¦
¦--5--¦¦--5----3----5--¦                 ¦--2--¦--2---3---0--¦
¦--3--¦¦--0------------¦                 ¦--3--¦--0---0---0--¦
Second part of the verse:
Same as intro.
¦---8---8---8---8--10--10--10--10---7---7---7---8---8---8---¦¦-----------------¦
¦---8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7---8---8---8---8---8---8---¦¦-----------------¦
¦---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---9---9---¦¦--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--¦
¦--10--10--10--10---7---7---7---7--10--10--10--10---10--10--¦¦--x-x-x-x-x-x-x--¦
¦-----------------------------------------------------------¦¦--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--¦
¦-----------------------------------------------------------¦¦-----------------¦
At the start of the second chorus there is a tiny variation, instead of starting it
with the normal chorus, variate with this
¦-----¦¦-----¦¦-----¦
¦-----¦¦-----¦¦-----¦
¦-----¦¦--5--¦¦--7--¦
¦--5--¦¦--5--¦¦--7--¦
¦--5--¦¦--3--¦¦--5--¦
¦--3--¦¦-----¦¦-----¦
then continue with the normal chorus.
Bridge:
Guitar 1
Strum this one out:
¦----------------------¦¦-----------------------------------¦
¦----------------------¦¦-----------------------------------¦
¦--12--14--15--16--17--¦¦--/12-11-9-----12-11-12--14---16~--¦
¦--x---x---x---x---x---¦¦-----------12----------------------¦
¦--10--12--13--14--15--¦¦-----------------------------------¦
¦----------------------¦¦-----------------------------------¦
Guitar 2:
Sorry! don't know... Help!
That's it...!

Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/t/they_might_be_giants/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture nick Professional	#1 by nick Sutliff at Jul 31, 1971 at 4:30 PM EST
	It ties in with the show. The narrator represents the show's eponymous young hero, Malcolm Wilkerson, who is the middle child. I've only seen the show a couple of times, but my assumption is, the parents probably had to sell their TV or something or their TV broke, and with all those kids to raise, they may not have had money for a new one, and Our Hero is sent to the room where the TV used to be to "think" about a minor or imagined misdeed, and he's having the sulks about it

No Picture chOxY Rhythm Player	#2 by chOxY at Apr 11, 1979 at 7:22 PM EST
	This sounds like the Malcom in the Middle theme song. J/K

No Picture MysticCat Wanna Be	#3 by MysticCat (Janis johnny Udodovs) at Dec 10, 1982 at 6:31 AM EST
	This is diffrent from all the other songs, all the instruments ^^

No Picture Shotgun Average	#4 by Shotgun Joe at Sep 22, 1986 at 7:32 PM EST
	Flansburgh says this song is about his brother, who hates TMBG.

No Picture Justice Wanna Be	#5 by Justice Fish at Oct 3, 1989 at 1:14 PM EST
	well, i doubt there's really much underlying messages in this, besides that the person is obviously either really stupid, or just deosn't pay any attention. but if you want to get in depth, it may be saying that the world today is nothign but stupid people. look at it though, they've been failing curved grades (below the horizon), they just watch the blank wall where the TV was, and they dont have the answer to "the question". Rodan2000

No Picture Nyle Average	#6 by Nyle Leddy at Jun 11, 1990 at 4:50 PM EST
	this is a great song, fully for the end of school or something I really like it.

No Picture Shotgun Average	#7 by Shotgun Joe at Apr 1, 2001 at 3:55 PM EST
	look at the top post...