Guitar Tab:Spiraling Shape

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Spiraling Shape

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: B Flat Major

Year: 1996

Bb Bdim Cm7 C#aug Down, down, down you go Bb Bdim Cm7 C#aug No way to stop Bb Bb7 Cm7 Cm7b5 As you fall, hear me call Bb Bbdim7 Cm7 B/F No, no, no Bb Bdim Cm7 C#aug Listen to this warning and Bb Bdim Cm7 C#aug Consider these Bb Bb7 Cm7 Cm7b5 Simple words of advice Bb Bbdim7 Cm7 B/F Stop, stop, stop Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 Fogging the view, cupping face to the window Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 In darkness you make out a spiraling shape Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 Putting all reason aside you exchange Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 What you've got for a thing that's hypnotic and strange Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 The spiraling shape will make you go insane Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 (Everyone wants to see that groovy thing) Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 But everyone wants to see that groovy thing Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 (Everyone wants to see that thing) Eb Bb F Bb And nobody knows what it's really like Eb Bb C F But everyone says it's great Gm F Bb C F F6-F7-F6-F And they heard it from the spiral in their eyes [verse 2 has the same progression as verse 1 but the guitar plays these discordant power chords on top] Bb5 B5 C5 C#5 This could lead to excellence Bb5 B5 C5 C#5 Or serious injury D5 Bb5 Eb5 C5 Only one way to know F5 E5 Eb5 F5 Go, go, go Bb5 B5 C5 C#5 Go ahead, wreck your life Bb5 B5 C5 C#5 That might be good D5 Bb5 Eb5 C5 Who can say what's wrong or right? F5 E5 Eb5 F5 Nobody can |: Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4  :| Put out your hands and you fall through the window And clawing at nothing you drop through the void Your terrified screams are inaudible drowned In the spiral ahead and consumed in the shape The spiraling shape will make you go insane (Everyone wants to see that groovy thing) But everyone wants to see that groovy thing (Everyone wants to see that thing) And now that you've tried it, you're back to report That the spiraling shape was a fraud and a fake You didn't enjoy it, you never believed it There won't be a refund, you'll never go back The spiraling shape will make you go insane (Everyone wants to see that groovy thing) But everyone wants to see that groovy thing (Everyone wants to see that thing) Eb Bb F Bb And nobody knows what it's really like Eb Bb C F But everyone says it's great Gm F Bb C F And they heard it from the spiral in their eyes F6 F7 F6 F (Spiral in their eyes) |: Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4  :| Fogging the view, cupping face to the window In darkness you make out a spiraling shape Putting all reason aside you exchange What you got for a thing that's hypnotic and strange The spiraling shape will make you go insane (Everyone wants to see that groovy thing) But everyone wants to see that groovy thing (Everyone wants to see that thing) Instrumental: |: Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4  :| x2 Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 Don't spend the rest of your life wondering Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 (Everyone wants to see that thing) |: Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4  :| x2 Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 Don't spend the rest of your life wondering Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 (Everyone wants to see that groovy thing) Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 Don't spend the rest of your life wondering Bb Eb Cm7 Fadd4 Bb (Everyone wants to see that thing)