They Might Be Giants – Number Three (Guitar)

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There's only two songs in me and I just wrote the third

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Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words

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Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave

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For the two songs in me and the third one I just made

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A rich man once told me -"hey, life's a funny thing"

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A poor man once told me that he can't afford to speak

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Now I'm in the middle like a bird without a beak 'cause

              E                  A                 E
There's only two songs in me and I just wrote the third

            E                              F#              B
Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words

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Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave

        F#m       A               B               E
For the two songs in me and the third one I just made

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So I went to the president and I asked old whats-his-name

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Has he ever gotten writer's block or something like the same?

Ab                           A
He just started talking like he was on T.V.

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"If there's just two songs in ya boy, what do you want from me?"

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So I bought myself some denim pants and a silver guitar

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But I flatly told the ladies - you'll still have to call me 'sir'

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Cause I have to keep my self-respect or I'll never be a star

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Since there's just two songs in me and this is

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Number three