They Might Be Giants – 9 Secret Steps (Guitar)

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Thanks to tmbg.net [Intro] A D A E A D A E [Verse 1]
A     D        A          E
Throw away the thing that tells you

A      D         A      E
Not to throw the thing away

A         D      A       E
You'll forget to rue the day

    A              D         A      E
You went ahead and threw the thing away
[Chorus]
F#m         A/E
Nine secret steps

       D          A/C#
To the key to the door that you'll

Bm           D/A         E
Throw in the well and let go

   E9       E        E9
Of all your thwarted dreams

    E       E9    E
And visions of success
[Verse 2]
F#m   Bm        F#m/A            Fdim7
Amputate the thought that says

    F#m             Bm   F#m/A      E
You shouldn't ever amputate a thought

F#m   Bm        F#m/A            Fdim7
You'll be overwrought until

    F#m             Bm   F#m/A      E
You go ahead and amputate the thought
[Chorus]
F#m         A/E
Nine secret steps

     D          A/C#
To unlock the potential

   Bm        D/A
To forgo the knowledge

   E        E9   E         E9
Of what can be attained as long

   E         E9   E
As nothing's ever gained
[Bridge]
F#                         F#aug          Bm   Bm/A
I can't tell you what's in secret step five

         C         C/B       C/A    C/G D E7
You will know when you're no longer alive
[Verse 3]
A           D         A    E
Inhume your gloom within a tomb

   A         D      A      E
Confine your mind behind a line

A            D       A         E
There's only doom outside your room

A            D      A      E
Confine your mind behind a line
[Chorus]
F#m         A/E
Nine secret steps

       D          A/C#
To the key to the door that you'll

Bm           D/A         E
Throw in the well and let go

   E9       E        E9
Of all your thwarted dreams

    E     E9       E        E9
Let go of all your thwarted dreams

    E     E9       E        E9
Let go of all your thwarted dreams

   E        E9       E
Of all your thwarted dreams