Jonathan Coulton – Ikea (Ukulele)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dan Wright Email: [email protected] Tuning: Standard (eBGDAE)
D    G	    A	    D
Long ago in days of yore

	G	    A	     D
It all began with a god named Thor

	    D	       Bm
There were Vikings and boats

	  G		       D	    Dsus4     D
And some plans for a furniture store

      D	      G	       A	     D
It's not a bodega, it's not a mall

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And they sell things for apartments smaller than mine

	Bm	   G			D	Dsus4	   D
As if there were apartments smaller than mine

   A Bm G		    D			D   A     Asus4
Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen

   A Bm G	        D		     D      A     Asus4
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men

       G  D	A7
Everyone has a home

     G		 D	A	             D	Dsus4   D
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there

     D	  G	 A	 D
So rent a car or take the bus

	  G	       A         D
Lay your cash down and put your trust

	A		Bm      G		      D	  Dsus4   D
In the land where the furniture folds to a much smaller size

D	   G	   A    D
Billy the bookcase says hello

 	       G		 A	D
And so does a table whose name is Ingo

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And the chair is a ladder-back birch but his friends call him Karl

   A Bm G		    D			D   A     Asus4
Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen

   A Bm G	        D		     D      A     Asus4
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men

       G  D	A7
Everyone has a home

     G		 D	A	             D	Dsus4   D
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there

Bm	   F# 
   Ikea: plywood, brushed steel

D	   A7	    Dadd4/A
   Ikea: meatballs, tasty

Bm	  F#
   Ikea: Allen wrenches

D
All of them for free

Bm
All of them for me

      D	     G    A    D
I'm sorry I said Ikea sucks

		G	A   D
I just bought a table for 60 bucks

	A	  Bm	     G			     D    Dsus4    D
And a chair and a lamp and a shelf and some candles for you

D	 G	A	D
I was a doubter just like you

	D	G	A	  D
‘Till I saw the American dream come true

	A	    Bm	  G		  D
In New Jersey, they got a goddamned Swedish parade

   A Bm G		    D			D   A     Asus4
Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen

   A Bm G	        D		     D      A     Asus4
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men

       G  D	A7
Everyone has a home

     G		 D	A	             D	Dsus4   D
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there
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