They Might Be Giants – Mammal (Ukulele)

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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,

Chorus:

A   E(G#)       F#m  E      A        E(G#)     B
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have

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

Bridge: 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

Chorus:

A   E(G#)       F#m  E      A        E(G#)     B
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have

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

Bridge:

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