We Want A Rock Chords & Tabs
Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: We Want A Rock
Album: Flood
Intro Chords: (C G D G) X4
Verse1:
Am D G C
Where was I? I forgot the point that I was making
Am B Em Em(D)
I said if I was smart that I would save up for a piece of string
C G D G
And a rock to wind the string around
Pre Chorus 1:
C G D G
Everybody wants a rock to
C G D G
Wind a piece of string around
C G D G
Everybody wants a rock to
C G D G
Wind a piece of string around
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Chorus:
A B C D
Throw the crib door wide
G D C -
Let the people crawl inside
A B C D
Someone in this town
G D C
Is trying to burn their playhouse down
C G D G
They want to stop the ones who want
C G D G
A rock to wind a string around
C G D G
But everybody wants a rock to
C G D G
Wind a piece of string around
A B C D
Throw the crib door wide
G D C -
Let the people crawl inside
A B C D
Someone in this town
G D C -
Is trying to burn their playhouse down
C G D G
They want to stop the ones who want
C G D G
A rock to wind a string around
C G D G
But everybody wants a rock to
C G D G
Wind a piece of string around
Verse 2:
If I were a carpenter, I'd hammer on my piglet
I'd collect the seven dollars and I'd buy a big
prostetic forehead and Wear it on my real head
Pre CHorus 2:
Everybody wants prosthetic
Foreheads on their real heads
Everybody wants prosthetic
Foreheads on their real heads
Chorus 2:
Throw the crib door wide
Let the people crawl inside
Someone in this town
Is trying to burn their playhouse down
They want to stop the ones who want
Prosthetic foreheads on their heads
But everybody wants prosthetic
Foreheads on their real heads
Bridge:
Em Em(D) C G D G
Em Em(D) C G D E
Chorus:
Throw the crib door wide
Let the people crawl inside
Someone in this town
Is trying to burn their foreheads down
They want to stop the ones who want
A rock to wind a string around
But everybody wants a rock to
Wind a piece of string around
