THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - "hide away folk family" Tablature

Hide Away Folk Family by They Might Be Giants

[Convention: each chord is two beats/half a measure. A dash indicates that
the chord is held for another two beats; two chords with a slash between
them are held for one beat/a quarter of a measure each.]


Intro:
D G D G
D G A -
Bm D G E
D A D G



Chorus:
|: D Daug5 Bm E D A D G :|
Hide away folk family, or else someone's gonna get ya - someone's gonna get ya
hide away folk family, better hide away



1.
D G D G
Tippy toe to the front door mother

D G A -
'cause there's a guy with a long long fuse

Bm D G E
and the one thing you can't hide is all the fear you feel inside

D A D G
as the fuse is spelling out these words


(Chorus)


2.
Tippy toe to the flat bed father
because they're pouring out our gasoline
and sadly the cross-eyed bear's been put to sleep behind the stairs
and his shoes are laced with irony


(Chorus)


Bridge:
D C D C/Bb

(Hello, this is Leslie Down with the daily home astrology report
Taurus: contemplate domestic turmoil
Aquarius: abandon hope for future plans)


(Chorus, backwards yabbering, et cetera.)