They Might Be Giants – Snapping Turtle (Guitar)

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Tabbed by Lukehennisch on TMBW. [Verse]
A           D     G     Bm    A         D       G
Once,             there was a man named Stryker

Bm     A     D         G         Bm
   Who had a pond with ducks and snapping

A       D    G    Bm   A
turtles in it
[Verse]
A         D    G      Bm     A        D     G
Ducks           are food for snapping turtles

Bm     A     D        G       Bm       A
  They swim around in circles till the turtles

D     G    Bm   A
get them
[Chorus]
       G      A        D/F#     G
And he vainly tried to save the ducks from

A        D          G     A     D
snapping turtles

       G      A        D/F# G       A
And as far as he could tell turtles embodied

D    G    A    D
evil
[Verse]
F       Dm      Bb     Gm        C    F   Dm
Then,              they got some information

Bb    Gm         C         F        Dm
      A man who drank too much would help

   Bb      Gm       C      F    Dm   Bb  C
him market snapping turtle soup
[Verse]
A           D     G     Bm    A         D       G
Once,             there was a man named Stryker

Bm      A     D         G    Bm
    Who had a pond with only snapping

A       D    G    Bm   A
turtles in it
[Verse]
       G       A           D/F#  G
And in time he changed his mind about the

A        D          G     A     D
snapping turtles

       G       A        D/F#     G
And he ran his business with the turtles

A  D    G    A    D
as example
[Verse]
        G         A        D/F#    G
And the drunk who sold the soup beheld the

A         D          G     A     D
man named Stryker

       G       A     D/F#     G
And he felt he was a duck and Stryker

A     D    G    A    D
was a turtle
[Stylophone Solo] F Dm Bb Gm C F Dm Bb Gm C F Dm Bb Gm C F Dm Bb C [Verse]
A           D     G   Bm         A         D     G
Then,             the drunk took Stryker’s rifle

Bm     A        D       G       Bm
   The one that Stryker used to shoot the

A        D    G    Bm   A
snapping turtles
[Verse]
        G         A        D/F#    G
And the drunk who sold the soup beheld the

A         D          G     A     D
man named Stryker

       G       A     D/F#     G
And he felt he was a duck and Stryker

A     D    G    A    D
was a turtle
[Chorus]
       G      A        D/F#     G
And he vainly tried to save the ducks from

A        D          G     A     D
snapping turtles

       G      A        D/F# G       A
And as far as he could tell turtles embodied

D    G    A    D
evil