They Might Be Giants – Mammal (Guitar)

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Artist: They Might Be Giants Song: Mammal Album: Apollo 18 [Verse 1]
E              F#m      F#m/E        D               A
Glass of milk, standing in between extinction in the cold

      B                 E       A
And explosive radiating growth

        E         A
So the warm blood flows

            E          A         F#
Through the large four-chambered heart
[Pre-chorus]
A   E/G#        F#m  E      A        E/G#      B
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have
[Chorus]
A  B    C#m B/D#
Mammal,  Mammal

E               F#m     A            B
Their names are called, they raise a paw

    C#m      B/D#
The bat, the cat

E           F#m
Dolphin and dog

  A            B
Koala bear and hog
[Instrumental] A E/G# F#m C#m A E/G# B [Verse 2]
 E              F#m  F#m/E    D   A
One of us might lose his hair

             B                        E     B
But you're reminded that it once was there

F#m      F#m/E     D    A
From the embryonic whale

        B              E   A
To the monkey with no tail

        E         A
So the warm blood flows

         E         A              E   A
With the red blood cells, lacking nuclei

            E          A         F#
Through the large four-chambered heart
[Pre-chorus]
A   E/G#        F#m  E      A        E/G#      B
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have
[Chorus]
A  B    C#m B/D#
Mammal,  Mammal

E               F#m     A            B
Their names are called, they raise a paw

    C#m      B/D#
The bat, the cat

E           F#m
Dolphin and dog

  A            B
Koala bear and hog
[Pre-chorus] (extended)
A  E/G#       F#m    C#m      A          E/G#    B
Placental the sister of her brother Marsupial

A     E/G#          F#m E
Their cousin called Monotreme

     A         E/G#    B
Dead uncle Allotheria
[Chorus]
A  B    C#m B/D#
Mammal,  Mammal

E               F#m     A            B
Their names are called, they raise a paw

    C#m      B/D#  E           F#m
The bat, the cat,  dolphin and dog

A              B        C#m      B/D#
Koala bear and hog, the fox, the ox

  E          F#m
Giraffe and shrew

 A       B     C#m
Echidna, caribou