Guitar Tab:They'll Need A Crane

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They'll Need A Crane
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: D Major
Year: 1988
Tabbed By: E.M.

Intro:
  Em     F#m    G      A      D A D A
G|--------------------------6-7-7-7-7-|
D|-------------------5-4-5-7---7-7-7--|
A|-2-0--------5-4-5-7-----------------|
E|-----3-2-3-5------------------------|

Em                  Bm
   Love sees love's happiness
G           A                           D
   but happiness can't see that love is sad,
        A       D    A
   that love is sad
Em            Bm
   sadness is hanging there
G               A                           D
   to show love somewhere something needs a change,
        A      D
   they need a change

Chorus:
        A      D              A      D
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
   A        D        A         G
to take the house he built for her apart
           F#m        Bm    F#m   Bm
to make it break it's gonna take
        F#m       G      A
a metal ball hung from a chain

        A      D              A      D
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
   A        D      A     G
to pick the broken ruins up again
            F#m       Bm       F#m    Bm
to mend her heart, to help him start
         F#m    G         A
to see a world apart from pain


Em              Bm
   Lad's gal is all he has
G                 A                      D
   gal's gladness hangs upon the love of lad,
       A       D    A
   the love of lad
Em                 Bm
   some things gal says to lad
G                  A                      D
   aren't meant as bad but cause a little pain,
        A         D
   they cause him pain

(Chorus)

Bridge:
 Em               D/F#           G                 A
 Don't call me at work again, oh no the boss still hates me
          D                 Em7         G                  A
 I'm just tired and I don't love you anymore and there's a restaurant
           Bm                  D               E              G
 we should check out where the other nightmare people like to go
             D           G              D                A
 I mean nice people baby wait, I didn't mean to say nightmare


Em              Bm
   Lad looks at other gals
G                 A                      D
   gal thinks Jim Beam is handsomer than lad,
      A     D    A 
   he isn't bad
Em              Bm
   call off the wedding band
G         A                       D
   nobody wants to hear that one again,
        A     D
   play that again

(Chorus)

Coda:
        A      D
They'll need a crane (9x)

Outro lick:
e|10--10-----10----|10--10-----10----10-|
B|--10---10----10--|--10---10----10-----|