The previous one wasn't 100% accurate!
Dm Gm
We've been driving around
Dm Gm Bb C
From one end of this town to the other and back
Bb F/A Bb F/A Bb
But no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us)
Bb F/A Bb C
Driving our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band)
A
And no one's ever heard of our band
D D/C# G/B
We're the Mesopota-mi -ans
D/A G D/F# Em A
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh
D Bm Em
Then they wouldn't understand a word we say,
Gm F#m
So we'll scratch it all down into the clay
B C
Half believing there will sometime come a day
Someone gives a damn
A
Maybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand
D D/C# G/B
We're the Mesopota-mi -ans
D/A G D/F# Em Asus4
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh
Dm Gm
The Mesopotam-ish sun is beating down
Dm Gm
And making cracks in the ground
Bb C
But there's nowhere else to stand
Bb F/A Bb F/A Bb
In Mesopotamia, (No one's ever seen us)
Bb F/A Bb C
The kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one's ever heard of our band)
A
The land where we invisibly rule
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D D/C# G/B
As the Mesopota-mi -ans
D/A G D/F# Em A
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh
D Bm
This is my last stick of gum
Em Gm
I'm going to cut it up so everybody else gets some
F#m B C A
Except for Ashurbanipal who says my haircut makes me look like a Mohenjo-daroan
A
Hey, Ashurbanipal,
D D/C# G/B
I'm a Mesopota-mi -an
D/A G D/F# Em Asus4
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh
D D/C# G/B
We're the Mesopota-mi -ans
D/A G D/F# Em Asus4
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh
G D/F# Em G/D
"Hey, man, I thought that you were dead
C C/B Am C/G
I thought you crashed your car"
E G/D A/C# A E7 E7/G# A
"No, man, I've been right here this whole time playing bass guitar
For the Mesopotamians"
N.C. D D/C# G/B D/A G
We're the Mesopota-mi -ans
D/F# Em A D D/C# G/B D/A
(Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal)
G D/F# Em A/G Asus4
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
D D/C# G/B D/A
We're the Mesopota-mi -ans
G D/F# Em A D D
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
