Guitar Tab:Birdhouse In Your Soul

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Birdhouse In Your Soul

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: C major, often played live in D

Year: 1990

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a C Dm I'm your only friend I'm not your Eb F only friend but I'm a little Bb Cm7 glowing friend but really I'm not Db Dsus4 G actually your friend but I am C C C/E F Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch C/G F/A F/B who watches over you C G/B F/A F make a little bird- house in your Eb Abadd9 soul not to put too fine a point on it Eb Abadd9 say I'm the only bee in your bonnet Eb Cm Ab G make a little bird- house in your C F soul C F C F I have a se- cret to tell C F from my e- lec- tri- cal well C G/B C7 it's a sim- ple mes- sage and I'm F G leav- ing out the whistles and bells C F so the room must listen to me C F fi- li- bus- ter vi- gi- lant- ly C G/B C7 my name is blue ca- na- ry F G one note spelled L I T E Am A+/F my sto- ry's in- fi- nite Am6/D F like the Lon- gines Sym- pho- nette it 1 e + a 2 e + a G doesn't rest _______________________ Am A+ Am6 Am A+ Am6 ---0---0---0--- ---5---5---5--- ---1---1---1--- ---5---5---5--- ---2---2---2--- OR ---5---5---5--- ---2---3---4--- ---7---7---7--- ---0---0---0--- ---7---8---9--- ---x---x---x--- ---5---5---5--- 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a Instrumental/Bridge: Am A+/F Am6/D A+/F Am A+/F Am6/D A+/F F#m D B7 D E E/D A/C# E/B A Bm I'm your only friend I'm not your C D only friend but I'm a little G Am glowing friend but really I'm not Bb G/B actually your friend but I am C C/E F Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch C/G F/A F/B who watches over you C G/B F/A F make a little bird- house in your Eb Abadd9 soul not to put too fine a point on it Eb Abadd9 say I'm the only bee in your bonnet Eb Cm Abadd9 G make a little bird- house in your C C/E F soul and while you're at it C/G F/A F/B leave the night light on in- side the C G/B F/A F bird- house in your soul 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a Lithium junkie's guitar solo tab (From the TOTP "performance") E-------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------- ---- D----2---0-----0------2---0------0------(x4) A-----------3-----------------3-------------- E-------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------- A----4---5---6---5----7---5----4---2-----0-- E-------------------------------------------- The recorded version is a quarter-tone sharp, tuning up a quarter-step will sound best when playing along. The live version is in D major, so transpose all notes up a whole step.