Nanobots chords by They Might Be Giants

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

E5E5
Grow the nanobots

Chorus:

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Grow the nanobots up

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Grow them in the cracks in the sidewalk

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Wind the nanobots up

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Wind them up and ask them a question

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Raise the yellow bots up

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Raise them up and make them respect us

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Wind the marching bots up

E MajorE        BB
Wind them up and wish them away

Verse 1:

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What with all the hullabaloo

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We very nearly forgot about you

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Now all the old troubles will soon be at an end

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And all the new ones will begin when we send the signal

    E MajorE       BB
To the newborn citizenship

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Of the micronations

    E MajorE         BB
Sleeper cells awaken, now this is your time

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Hear the voices calling to their confederates

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See the tiny figures stretching their limbs

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Stand back and watch them

Chorus:

E MajorE      A augmentedA
Grow the nanobots up

E MajorE        A augmentedA
Grow them in the cracks in the sidewalk

E MajorE      A augmentedA
Wind the nanobots up

E MajorE        BB
Wind them up and wish them away

Verse 2:

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The sun is rising in the wrong place

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I would decorate the room but there's no more space

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All I see is pictures of matchstick men

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I turn my back for two minutes and they've grown again

Pre-Chorus:

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Rearranging beds

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Eating what's available

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In some hand-me-downs

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Making do with leftovers

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Bunking up, sharing comic books

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Sitting three-deep on each other's laps

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In a van stacked up on other vans

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Driving on a tidal wave where they

Chorus:

E MajorE      A augmentedA
Grow the nanobots up

E MajorE        A augmentedA
Grow them in the cracks in the sidewalk

E MajorE      A augmentedA
Wind the nanobots up

E MajorE        BB
Wind them up and wish them away

E MajorE        A augmentedA
Raise the yellow bots up

E MajorE         A augmentedA
Raise them up and make them respect us

E MajorE         A augmentedA
Wind the marching bots up

E MajorE        A augmentedA         BB   A augmentedA
Wind them up and get them to send a signal

    E MajorE       BB
To the newborn citizenship

      E MajorE    A augmentedA
Of the micronations

    E MajorE
Sleeper cells awaken now

BB             E MajorE
This is your, this is your time