Last Wave chords by They Might Be Giants

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D Gm F Bb C  D Gm F Bb C


Verse:
D  Gm           F
  Saw that in a movie
    Bb      C
I just fixed up the cellar
D           Gm
Half of that is mine
F           Bb C
Some of that was true

Chorus:
D          Gm
We die alone we die afraid
             F
We live in terror we're naked and alone
    Bb      C
And the grave is the loneliest place

D          Gm
We die alone we die afraid
            F
We live in terror we're naked and alone
    Bb      C
And the grave is the loneliest place

D          Gm
We die alone we die afraid
          F
Afraid to die we're naked and alone
Bb    C
Naked and alone

D          Gm
We die alone we die afraid
            F
We live in terror we're naked and alone
Bb    C
Naked and alone


Verse:
D     Gm
Last wave rolling by
F     Bb    C
Final wave don't ask why (I'm happy)
D         Gm
There goes a wave rolling by
F     Bb C
Last wave


Bridge:
D     Gm
  I'm so tired of waiting
  F
My heart is cold

The sky is dark
  Bb        C
I'm curled up in the ashes


Chorus:
D          Gm
We die alone we die afraid

We live in terror
F         Bb  C
Naked and alone we die


Verse:
D               Gm
If you want to make out with a biplane (No!)
F            Bb     C
Perchance a dance with a carcass in space (No!)
  D
And now you got to buy me some antlers
Gm
Antlers are what I need you to buy (Why?)
F
To take me down to the postman (You do it!)
     Bb        C
Tell the postman to throw them to


Chorus:
D    Gm
  Wave rolling by
F     Bb    C
Final wave don't ask why
D         Gm
There goes a wave rolling by
F     Bb    C
Final wave don't ask why-y-y