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Apollo 18 Tabs:

  1. Dig My Grave
  2. Mammal »
  3. Narrow Your Eyes
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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Mammal
Album: Apollo 18 (1992)
Bassist: ?
Tabbed by: Mardwyn

Tuning: Standard

Verse 1 (Glass of milk, standing in between...)
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----2222|--------|
D|2--2----|4--42--2|--------|------1-|2222----|2222----|2222----|444444--|
A|----2--2|--------|5--50-00|2--22---|----0000|----0000|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Pre-Chorus (Maintaining the very high metabolism rate...)
G|--------|----6-4-|--------|4-------|
D|7--76--6|4--4----|7--76--6|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|------2-|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Chorus (Mammal, mammal...)
G|--------|--------|--------|22224444|66668888|9999----|--------|
D|--------|--------|22224444|--------|--------|--------|77779999|
A|0-0-2-2-|4-4-6-6-|--------|--------|--------|----9999|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Bridge
G|--------|----6-4-|--------|4-------|
D|7--76--6|4--4----|7--76--6|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|------2-|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Verse 2 (One of us might lose his hair...)
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|2--2----|4--42--2|--------|------1-|2--2----|4--42-42|--------|------1-|
A|----2--2|--------|5--50--0|2--22---|----2--2|--------|5-550--0|2--22---|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

G|--------|--------|----2222|--------|----2222|--------|
D|2222----|2222----|2222----|2222----|2222----|444444--|
A|----0000|----0000|--------|----0000|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[Repeat Pre-Chorus]

[Repeat Chorus]

Verse 3 (Placental, the sister of her brother marsupial...)
G|--------|----6-4-|--------|4-------|--------|----6-4-|--------|4-2-1---|
D|7--76--6|4--4----|7--76--6|--------|7--76--6|4--4----|7--76--6|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|------2-|--------|--------|--------|------2-|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[Repeat Chorus]

Outro (The fox, the ox...)
G|66668888|9999----|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|77779999|--------|
A|--------|----9999|--------|4-------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Not 100% accurate - feel free to correct!

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/t/they_might_be_giants/.html


Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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William
Wanna Be
#1 by William Poop at Nov 1, 2005 at 5:53 PM EST
no comments? on the best song ever? my god, you should be ashamed of yourselfs. anyway, this song gives me the feel of a wes anderson movie. brilliant all around.
 
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billy
Average
#2 by billy hendrix at Jun 15, 2007 at 12:46 PM EST
When ever I hear this song I get an image of that evoultionary chart that shows the progress from ape to man.