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Older

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: D Harmonic Minor

Year: 1999

Intro rendered by zmitrukiewicz@yahoo.com Chorus and verses rendered by Shaun Molthop Intro: (palm muted) |: E--------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------0-2---0-0-2-2-3-2-0-----0-0-2-0-----------0------ D----0-0-2-2-3-----3---------------3-3---------3-2-2-3-3---3---- A--0------------------------------------------------------------ E--------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------0-2---0-0-2-2-3-2-0------------------------------ D--2-0-0-2-2-3-----3---------------3-3-2-2-0-------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------- :| (Repeat 2x) Verse 1: (Drums only) You're older than you've ever been And now you're even older And now you're even older And now you're even older You're older than you've ever been And now you're even older And now you're older still Chorus: Time Bb5(Bb) e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|--3--3----------| A|--1--1----------| E|----------------| Is marching on D5(Dm) e|----------------| B|----------------| G|--2--2----------| D|--0--0----------| A|----------------| E|----------------| And time Bb e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|--3-------------| A|--1-------------| E|----------------| Is still marching on A e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|--2--2--2-------| A|--0--0--0-------| E|----------------| Verse 2: Dm Gm Dm A e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--2-------------------2-2-------------------------| D|--0-------------------0-0--------2-2--------------| A|-----------5-5-------------------0-0--------------| E|-----------3-3------------------------------------| Dm Gm Dm Dm e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--2-------------------2----------2-2--------------| D|--0-------------------0----------0-0--------------| A|-----------5-5------------------------------------| E|-----------3-3------------------------------------| This day will soon be at an end And now it's even sooner And now it's even sooner And now it's even sooner This day will soon be at an end And now it's even sooner And now it's sooner still Synth solo (same as chorus): Bb Dm Bb A e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|-----------2-2------------------------------------| D|--3-3------0-0------3--------2-2-2----------------| A|--1-1---------------1--------0-0-0----------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| Verse 3: Dm Gm Dm A e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--2-------------------2-2-------------------------| D|--0-------------------0-0--------2-2--------------| A|-----------5-5-------------------0-0--------------| E|-----------3-3------------------------------------| Dm Gm Dm Dm e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--2-------------------2----------2-2--------------| D|--0-------------------0----------0-0--------------| A|-----------5-5------------------------------------| E|-----------3-3------------------------------------| You're older than you've ever been And now you're even older And now you're even older And now you're even older You're older than you've ever been And now you're even older And now you're older still Since most of us dont have synthesizers, heres how you play what the synthesizer is playing. e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--3------0-2-3-2------0----------------2----------| D|--------------------------3------3-2-0------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This section tabbed by AnaNgInASpaceSuit (and revised by chriscost0318): If you want to play the guitar and bass parts on a keyboard and you can't read a guitar tab (you probably should learn them anyways but just in case) this is the thing for you. The notes are listed with a number after them, that number is the octave number, with C4 being 'middle C'. Guitar: A3 D4 D4 E4 E4 F4 G4 A4 F4 G4 G4 A4 A4 Bb4 A4 - G4 F4 F4 G4 G4 A4 G4 - F4 E4 E4 F4 F4 G4 F4 - E4 D4 D4 E4 E4 F4 G4 A4 F4 G4 G4 A4 A4 Bb4 A4 - G4 F4 - F4 - E4 - E4 - D4 :] Bass (Played with Guitar): D3 - E3 E3 F3 G3 D4 A3 D4 D4 E4 C#4 D4 D4 E4 E4 F4 E4 - D4 C#4 C#4 D4 D4 E4 D4 - C#4 B3 B3 C#4 A3 D3 - E3 E3 F3 G3 D4 A3 D4 D4 E4 C#4 D4 D4 E4 E4 F4 E4 - D4 C#4 - A3 - D3 Alternate method (I’ve heard this way played by John Linnell on the accordion a few times) D3 - E3 A4 A4 B4 B4 C#4 D4 E4 C#4 D4 D4 E4 E4 F4 E4 - D4 C#4 C#4 D4 D4 E4 D4 - D4 C#4 C#4 D4 A4 D3- E4 A4 A4 B4 B4 C#4 D4 E4 C#4 D4 D4 E4 E4 F4 E4- E4 D4 A4 D3 Synths: Bb4 - G4 A4 Bb4 A4 - G4 F4 - F4 E4 D4 A4 Rendered by: Fasterthanyou