By The Time You Get This chords by They Might Be Giants

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chorus:
    A augmentedA    E MajorE    D MajorD
By the time you get this note
     B minorBm   E MajorE  A augmentedA
We'll no longer be alive
      A augmentedA    E MajorE   D MajorD
We'll have all gone up in smoke
      B minorBm   E MajorE  A augmentedA
There'll be no way to reply
     FF  G+G   D MajorD    E MajorE     A augmentedA    C majorC  D MajorD
You'll be wondering about the world that vanished long ago
    F# minorF#m    E MajorE     D MajorD
And the words that reach you now
     D MajorD   E MajorE  A augmentedA
That were buried underground

Verse:
A augmentedA  E MajorE    D MajorD      B minorBm    E MajorE   A augmentedA
Greetings to everyone in Nineteen Thirty-Seven
     A augmentedA  E MajorE    D MajorD   B minorBm    E MajorE    A augmentedA
It seems that you were never aware that we were here
    FF  G+G    D MajorD  E MajorE A augmentedA    C majorC   D MajorD
You're probably too busy re-joicing in the present
    F# minorF#m  E MajorE  D MajorD       D MajorD    E MajorE    A augmentedA
To stop - and be reminded of the dark and troubled past


Chorus:
    A augmentedA    E MajorE    D MajorD
By the time you get this note
     B minorBm   E MajorE  A augmentedA
We'll no longer be alive
    A augmentedA     E MajorE    D MajorD
But our skulls are smiling still
    B minorBm     E MajorE     A augmentedA
At the thought of things to come
    FF  G+G   D MajorD     E MajorE    A augmentedA   C majorC   D MajorD
We can confidently know that you'll enjoy a better world
     F# minorF#m  E MajorE    D MajorD
When the evils that we faced
    D MajorD    E MajorE    A augmentedA
Will at last be laid to rest

Bridge:
     F# minorF#m      B minorBm
When the poisons of the Earth
    C#C#      F# minorF#m
Are completely neutralized
     F# minorF#m      B minorBm
When the hatred and the lies
    C#C#    F# minorF#m
Are forever put aside
     D MajorD   E MajorE   BB    C#C#  F# minorF#m   A augmentedA  BB
When the voices of dissent and contradiction all abate
    D MajorD    F# minorF#m  B minorBm
And the peaceful air is filled
    B minorBm   C#C#  F# minorF#m
With a silent harmony


Verse:
A augmentedA E MajorE    D MajorD       B minorBm   E MajorE    A augmentedA
We can't be certain at the moment of this writing
  A augmentedA   E MajorE   D MajorD         B minorBm E MajorE    A augmentedA
But surely in the future there'll be no barking dogs
  FF    G+G   D MajorD   E MajorE    A augmentedA    C majorC   D MajorD
The sound of crying babies will be thankfully forgotten
F# minorF#m   E MajorE    D MajorD     D MajorD    E MajorE   A augmentedA
No more will the chattering classes make a noise


Chorus:
    A augmentedA    E MajorE    D MajorD
By the time you get this note
   B minorBm E MajorE    A augmentedA
A majorA millenium from now
      A augmentedA    E MajorE   D MajorD
We'll have all gone up in smoke
      B minorBm   E MajorE A augmentedA
There'll be no way to reply
    A augmentedA  E MajorE   D MajorD
And we confidently know
     B minorBm  E MajorE   A augmentedA
You'll enjoy a better time
     A augmentedA   E MajorE    D MajorD
When the evils that we faced
    B minorBm   E MajorE    A augmentedA
Will at last be laid to rest