They Might Be Giants – The Statue Got Me High (Guitar)

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Artist: They Might Be Giants Song: The Statue Got Me High Album: Apollo 18 Verse 1:
     G      F      D
The statue got me high

     G      F      D  
The statue got me high

     G    F       C      D      C    Em      D
The monument of granite sent a beam into my eye

     G      F       D                          
The statue made me die                         

     G      F       D                          
The statue made me die                         

    G       F        C        D      Em      F      G
It took my hand it killed me and it sent me to the sky
Chorus:
     Em        C       D
The stone it called to me

      G     Em       C         Em        C    C   D  D
(And now I see the things the stone has shown to me)  

   Em        C       D                                
A rock that spoke a word                              

    G   Em    C   Em    C   C    D  D                 
(An animated mineral it can be heard)                 

     Em       C        D       G     C       Em   D
And though I once preferred a human being's company

      Em     C        D    G        C      Em  D   
They pale before the monolith that towers over me  
Verse 2:
     G      F      D
The statue got me high

     G      F      D
The statue got me high

     G    F       C      D      C    Em      D
The truth is where the sculptor's chisel chipped away the lie

     G      F       D
The statue made me fry                                       

     G      F       D
The statue made me fry                        

     G    F       C      D      C    Em      F       G               
My coat contained a furnace where there used to be a guy                         
Chorus 2:
     Em        C       D
The stone it called to me

      G     Em       C         Em        C    C   D  D
(And now I see the things the stone has shown to me)

   Em        C       D
A rock that spoke a word

    G   Em    C   Em    C   C    D  D                           
(An animated mineral it can be heard)

     Em       C        D       G     C       Em   D               
And as the screaming fire engine siren filled the air

      Em     C        D    G        C      Em  D  
The evidence had vanished from my charred and smoking chair
Post Chorus 1:
     Em        D         G      C
And what they found was just a statue

Em       D          G     D      C     D
Standing where the statue got me high   

     Em        D         G      C       
And what they found was just a statue   

Em       D          G     D      G      
Standing where the statue got me high   
Sax Solo: Chorus 3:
     Em        C       D
And now it is your turn

      G     Em       C         Em        C    C   D  D
(Your turn to see the stone and then your turn to burn)

     Em        C       D
The stone it calls to you                   

    G   Em    C   Em    C   C    D  D             
(You can't refuse to do the things it tells you to)   

     Em       C        D       G     C       Em   D    
And as the screaming fire engine siren fills the air

      Em     C        D    G        C      Em  D  
The evidence will vanish from your charred and smoking chair
Post Chorus 2:
     Em        D         G      C
And what they found was just a statue

Em       D          G     D      C     D
Standing where the statue got me high  

     Em        D         G      C    
And what they'll find is just a statue  

Em       D          G     D      G   
Standing where the statue got you high