Guitar Tab:C Is For Conifers

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C Is For Conifers
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: F Sharp Major
Year: 2005
F#            F#        E                B            F#
    Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves

B        C#        B          F#
C is for conifers, my kind of trees 

      F#           E            B          F#
Larch Junipers and Fir, Spruce, Cedars and Pines 

B        C#                  B            F#
C is for conifers, more than five hundred kinds 

       E     B                   F#                       E   B          F#
If you see a Christmas tree or a stack of newspapers or a 2x4 frame of a house 

     E                  B              F#                       E                B        F#
It's probably made from pine trees and pine trees are conifers, that's what this song is about 

          G#    B            F#                    G#        B          F#
Or if you see a plant in the shape of an elephant, or in the shape of a dog 

     G#         B        F#                   E         B            F#
It's probably a shrub, a conifer shrub pruned into that shape by someone 

Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves 
C is for conifers, my kind of trees 
Larch Junipers and Fir, Spruce, Cedars and Pines 
C is for conifers, more than five hundred kinds

(chord pattern during spoken section is the same as "If you see a Christmas tree...")

E  B  F# ... E  B  F# ... E  B  F# ... E  B  F# ... 
G# B  F# ... G# B  F# ... G# B  F# ... E  B  F# ...

Spoken: There are so many different kinds of conifer trees. 
This is just a few of them: Spruce, 
Hemlocks, Larch, Cyprus, Juniper, 
Fir, Douglas fir, Cedar, Yew, 
Pine, the dwarf conifer, 
And the great California sequoia redwood.

Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves 
C is for conifers, my kind of trees 
Larch Junipers and Fir, Spruce, Cedars and Pines 
C is for conifers, more than five hundred kinds 



This song is a little easier to play if you transpose it up a half step.


G             G         F                C           G
    Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves

C        D         C          G
C is for conifers, my kind of trees 

      G            F            C          G
Larch Junipers and Fir, Spruce, Cedars and Pines 

C        D                   C            G
C is for conifers, more than five hundred kinds 

       F     C                   G                        F   C          G
If you see a Christmas tree or a stack of newspapers or a 2x4 frame of a house 

     F                  C              G                        F                C        G
It's probably made from pine trees and pine trees are conifers, that's what this song is about 

          A     C            G                     A         C          G
Or if you see a plant in the shape of an elephant, or in the shape of a dog 

     A          C        G                    F         C            G
It's probably a shrub, a conifer shrub pruned into that shape by someone 

Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves 
C is for conifers, my kind of trees 
Larch Junipers and Fir, Spruce, Cedars and Pines 
C is for conifers, more than five hundred kinds

(chord pattern during spoken section is the same as "If you see a Christmas tree...")

F  C  G  ... F  C  G  ... F  C  G  ... F  C  G  ... 
A  C  G  ... A  C  G  ... A  C  G  ... F  C  G  ... 

Spoken: There are so many different kinds of conifer trees. 
This is just a few of them: Spruce, 
Hemlocks, Larch, Cyprus, Juniper, 
Fir, Douglas fir, Cedar, Yew, 
Pine, the dwarf conifer, 
And the great California sequoia redwood.

Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves 
C is for conifers, my kind of trees 
Larch Junipers and Fir, Spruce, Cedars and Pines 
C is for conifers, more than five hundred kinds