They Might Be Giants – Tick Tick Tick (Guitar)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Tab from TMBW.
[Intro Riff]
Am Am F Am B7 E
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[Verse 1]
Am F Am B7 E Wait forever for this: Tick, tick, tick, tick Am F Am B7 E Legs have fallen asleep, tick, tick, tick, tick Am F Am B7 E Persevering under cover of permafrost Am F Am B7 E Nervous and bashful and sick, sick, sick
[Verse 2]
Am F Am B7 E Trying to stifle a cough, tick, tick, tick, tick Am F Am B7 E Buried under the house, tick, tick, tick, tick
[Bridge (?)]
Dm Setting fire to a draft of the flow chart Am Eating pages of the mission statement Ebm Waking up from fitful dreams with Bm E A blood curdling scream
[Verse 3]
Am F Am B7 E Heart rate down to a crawl, tick, tick, tick, tick Am F Am B7 E Empty but for one thought: Tick, tick, tick, tick Am F Am B7 E The eyes move first and then the mandibles Am F Am B7 E Beginning slowly then quick, quick, quick Am F Am B7 E F Am B7 E Getting closer with each tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
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[Outro]
Am F Am B7 E Getting closer with each tick, tick, tick, tick Am F Am B7 E Getting closer with each tick, tick, tick, tick F Am B7 E F Am B7 E Get-ting clo-ser with each tick, tick F Am B7 E Tick, tick, tick, tick