Last Wave chords by They Might Be Giants

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
D MajorD G minorGm FF Bb majorBb C majorC  D MajorD G minorGm FF Bb majorBb C majorC


Verse:
D MajorD  G minorGm           FF
  Saw that in a movie
    Bb majorBb      C majorC
I just fixed up the cellar
D MajorD           G minorGm
Half of that is mine
FF           Bb majorBb C majorC
Some of that was true

Chorus:
D MajorD          G minorGm
We die alone we die afraid
             FF
We live in terror we're naked and alone
    Bb majorBb      C majorC
And the grave is the loneliest place

D MajorD          G minorGm
We die alone we die afraid
            FF
We live in terror we're naked and alone
    Bb majorBb      C majorC
And the grave is the loneliest place

D MajorD          G minorGm
We die alone we die afraid
          FF
Afraid to die we're naked and alone
Bb majorBb    C majorC
Naked and alone

D MajorD          G minorGm
We die alone we die afraid
            FF
We live in terror we're naked and alone
Bb majorBb    C majorC
Naked and alone


Verse:
D MajorD     G minorGm
Last wave rolling by
FF     Bb majorBb    C majorC
Final wave don't ask why (I'm happy)
D MajorD         G minorGm
There goes a wave rolling by
FF     Bb majorBb C majorC
Last wave

Bridge:
D MajorD     G minorGm
  I'm so tired of waiting
  FF
My heart is cold

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


Chorus:
D MajorD          G minorGm
We die alone we die afraid

We live in terror
FF         Bb majorBb  C majorC
Naked and alone we die


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


Chorus:
D MajorD    G minorGm
  Wave rolling by
FF     Bb majorBb    C majorC
Final wave don't ask why
D MajorD         G minorGm
There goes a wave rolling by
FF     Bb majorBb    C majorC
Final wave don't ask why-y-y