Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:51:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Casey Connor chconnor@hotmail.com Subject: t/they_might_be_giants/metal_detector.crd Metal Detector They Might Be Giants from "Factory Showroom" chconnor@hotmail.com This song is a lot simpler than I make it out to be here... Some notes: often the lyrics change subtly (i.e. waiting there beneath the sand vs. hidden there underneath the land; don't need to squaking gull vs. don't need no gull on the echo part, etc...) God bless tmbg. The X X X format is supposed to be measures, but I think I may switch unannounced between whole and half-measures in this. You'll get it. X/Y means chord X with note Y in the bass. I probably shouldn't have written everything as sharps, but I don't know anything about music theory. Some of the voicings here are hard, but they're worth it for that thoughtful Giants effect. /---------- Low E V C6 x32033 D/A x00232 Gsus/C x30013 or x30033 or G6sus4/C as x32033 (=C or C6)... whatever ... G/B x20033 G9/A x00033 G# 466544 C#m x46654 F#/C# x4667x G#/D# x66544 F#/A# 698565 G#/C 8-11-10-787 G C6 G D/A G Down at the shore there's a place where there's no one vacationing GGG9/A G G G D/A A There's just the sound of the call of the wild overcoming the fear of G# the unknown C#m F#/C# C#m F#/C# And I've got something to help you understand E A E G#/D# Something waiting there, beneath the sand C#m F#/C# C#m FC#m# F#/C# CF#/C# My metal detector is with me all of the time E! A C#m B E A C#m B I'm the inspector over the mine A Look past the volleyball Look past the ball E Look past the squaking gull Look past the gull G#m A F#/A# G#/C Ignore the mountain of discarded folderal C#m F#/C# C#m F#/C# Cause I've got something to make you understand E A E G#/D# something hidden there underneath the land C#m F#/C# C#m FC#m# F#/C# CF#/C# My metal detector is with me all of the time E! A C#m B E A C#m B I'm the inspector over the mine E A C#m B E AB#m Metal detector watch it shine G C6 G D/A G GsuG9/A Every sea shell has a story to tell if you're listening G C6 G D/A A But underneath every shell there's a story as well if you've heard enough D of the sea. G C6 G D/A G Then everything on the top will just sudenly stop sounding interesting GGG9/A G Gsus/C G/B G9/A So listen now to the sound of the things that are found under (over?) the G G G# ground (early years Giants samples over these chords:) CFCFCFF#/C# EACBEACBm A Don't need no volleyball Don't need no volleyball E Don't need no squaking gull Don't need no squaking gull G#m A F#/A# G#/C Don't need to look at any bathing beauty doll Don't need to look at any doll C#m F#/C# C#m F#/C# For I've got something to help you understand E A C#m B Something waiting there beneath the sand C#m F#/C# C#m FC#m# F#/C# CF#/C# My metal detector is with me all of the time E! A C#m B E A C#m B I'm the inspector over the mine A Look past the volleyball Look past the ball E Look past the squaking gull Look past the gull G#m A F#/A# G#/C Ignore the mountain of discarded folderal C#m F#/C# C#m F#/C# Cause I've got something to make you understand E A C#m B something hidden there underneath the land C#m F#/C# C#m FC#m# F#/C# C#F#/C# My metal detector is with me all of the time E! A C#m B E A C#m B I'm the inspector over the mine E! A C#m B E A C#m B Metal detector watch it shine E! A C#m B Don't need no volleyball Don't need no volleyball E A C#m B Don't need no squaking gull Don't need no squaking gull E A C#m B E A C#m B E A C#m B Metal detector all the time (vocal note ends on f# for "time"...cool) Metal detector all the time) C#m C#m C#m C#m etc...