Don't Let's Start Uke tab by They Might Be Giants

7 Chords used in the song: G, C, Em, A, D, F, C7

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Album:  unknown
Difficulty: 
3.07
(Beginner)
Key: unknownChords
[Intro]
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm A chordA x2

G chordG C chordC Em chordEm A chordA
Don't don't don't let's start, this is the worst part
Em chordEm G chordG A chordA D chordD
Could believe for all the world that you're my precious little girl
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm A chordA
But don't, don't, don't let's start, I've got a weak heart
G chordG C chordC A chordA D chordD
And I don't get around how you get around

G chordG C chordC F chordF D chordD
When you are alone, you are the Cat, you are the Phone, you are an
G chordG C chordC F chordF D chordD
Animal
G chordG C chordC F chordF D chordD
The words I'm singing now mean nothing more than meow to an
G chordG C chordC F chordF D chordD
Animal
G chordG C chordC F chordF D chordD
Wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account
G chordG C chordC F chordF D chordD
But don't try to stop the tail that wags the hound

Em chordEm F chordF
D chordD, world destruction; Over and overture
G chordG C chordC C7 chordC7
N, do I need, Apostrophe T, need this torture?
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm A chordA
Don't don't don't let's start, this is the worst part
Em chordEm G chordG A chordA D chordD
Could believe for all the world that you're my precious little girl
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm A chordA
But don't don't don't let's start, I've got a weak heart
G chordG C chordC A chordA D chordD
And I don't get around how you get around


G chordG C chordC F chordF D chordD
No one in the world ever gets what they want
G chordG C chordC F chordF D chordD
And that is beautiful
G chordG C chordC F chordF D chordD
Everybody dies frustrated and sad
G chordG C chordC F chordF D chordD
And that is beautiful

G chordG C chordC
They want what they're not
F chordF D chordD
And I wish they would stop saying
G chordG C chordC
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa
F chordF D chordD
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa


Em chordEm F chordF
D chordD, world destruction; Over and overture
G chordG C chordC C7 chordC7
N, do I need, Apostrophe T, need this torture?
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm A chordA
Don't don't don't let's start, this is the worst part
Em chordEm G chordG A chordA D chordD
Could believe for all the world that you're my precious little girl
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm A chordA
But don't don't don't let's start, I've got a weak heart
G chordG C chordC A chordA D chordD
And I don't get around how you get around


D chordD D chordD
I don't want to live in this world anymore
D chordD D chordD
I don't want to live in this world


G chordG C chordC Em chordEm A chordA
Don't don't don't let's start, this is the worst part
Em chordEm G chordG A chordA D chordD
Could believe for all the world that you're my precious little girl
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm A chordA
But don't don't don't let's start, I've got a weak heart
G chordG C chordC A chordA D chordD
And I don't get around how you get around

[Outro]
Em chordEm x2, C chordC x2, D chordD x2, G chordG x4
OR
Em chordEm x2, A chordA x2, D chordD x2, G chordG x4

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