Giant Ant chords by The Handsome Family

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

Giant Ant
From the album Odessa

Intro:

E F#m C#m A x2

Verse 1:

E                F#m              C#m                A
Butterflies are monsters when you look at them too close
     E                    F#m            C#m        A
And once you touch their wings, they'll never fly again
E              F#m             C#m           A
Yellow is for buttercups and streams of hot piss
E             F#m           C#m      A
Red is for "I love you" and hemorrhages

Pre-chorus:

        F#5                   F5
But my thighs are as big as smokestacks
        E5
And I flooded the little girls' room
   F#5              F5
My ass is as big as Omaha
        E5
And the cupcakes will be done soon

Chorus:

D5
I am a giant
A5
I am a giant
C5      G5   D5
I am a giant ant

Interlude:

E F#m C#m A x2

Verse 2:

E   F#m  C#m   A
Nat King Cole singing "Sweet
    E     F#m           C#m       A               E  F#m C#m A
Lorraine" Empty Kleenex boxes on Howard Hughes' plane
E                F#m        C#m            A
The Easter Bunny hops right over Santa's grave
E                 F#m      C#m               A
Beach bum Barbie dolls are lost beneath the waves

Pre-chorus:

        F#5                   F5
But my thighs are as big as smokestacks
        E5
And I flooded the little girls' room
   F#5              F5
My ass is as big as Omaha
        E5
And the cupcakes will be done soon

Chorus:

D5
I am a giant
A5
I am a giant
C5      G5   D5
I am a giant ant

Chorus:

D5
I am a giant
A5
I am a giant
C5      G5   D5
I am a giant ant