This Is Only Going To Go One Way chords by They Might Be Giants

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
G+G   G7G7  C majorC   A minorAm D MajorD
BB E minorEm G+G A augmentedA C majorC A minorAm C majorC D MajorD

Verse 1:
G+G       G7G7
It's impossible to forget the
C majorC          A minorAm     D MajorD    G+G G7G7 A minorAm D MajorD
time when there were six ways to Sunday
G+G        G7G7
All the same forget it you must 'cause
C majorC       A minorAm   D MajorD    G+G B minorBm E MajorE
this is only going to go one way

 A minorAm        E minorEm
A augmentedA peg-leg captain's ghost
   C majorC          G+G
once said these words to me
   CdimCdim        G+G
when forced to choose between the devil
Cm6Cm6        D MajorD
and the deep blue sea

Chorus:
G+G        G7G7
Flip a piece of eight in the air 'cause
C majorC       A minorAm    D MajorD    G+G A minorAm D MajorD
this is only going to go one way

Verse 2:
G+G          G7G7
She's lost count of all the occasions
C majorC        A minorAm      D MajorD    G+G G7G7 A minorAm D MajorD
she's considered punching his face in
G+G          G7G7
Deep down they know, come judgment day, they'll
C majorC       A minorAm      D MajorD     G+G B minorBm E MajorE
hang together side-by-side come what may

  A minorAm        E minorEm
He knows he's often dreamt
  C majorC       G+G
of shortening her life
   CdimCdim       G+G
She's felt her hand discreetly moving
Cm6Cm6       D MajorD
for the kitchen knife

Chorus:
G+G         G7G7
Get a room, you're meant for each other
C majorC       A minorAm    D MajorD
This is only going to go one way

Instrumental:
G+G   G7G7  C majorC   A minorAm D MajorD
BB E minorEm G+G A augmentedA C majorC   E MajorE E7E7

Verse 3:
  A minorAm      E minorEm
An old magician said
   C majorC        G+G
While swallowing strychnine
  CdimCdim      G+G
Too bad my greatest trick can only
Cm6Cm6       D MajorD
be performed one time

G+G      G7G7
As we hurtle down the expressway
C majorC       A minorAm      D MajorD
Buckle up, prepare for the new day
BB  E minorEm   G+G      A7A7
Open up the doors to the bomb bay
C majorC  A minorAm   C majorC  D MajorD
 Invoke Geronimo

Chorus:
G+G          G7G7
Brace yourself, your destiny's written
C majorC      A minorAm     D MajorD
This is only going to go one way

Outro:
G+G   G7G7  C majorC   A minorAm D MajorD G+G