Let's Get This Over With chords by They Might Be Giants

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

1. Let's Get This Over With    Tuning:Standard

Verse:

D                  Em/G          D
The drumbeat never changes tempo
D              Em/G
It's steady like a rock
D                   Em/G  D                  Em/G
And like a rock it crushes you as it gets louder
D                  Em/G D     Em/G
The drum gets louder and louder
D                       Em/G  D                  Em/G
And you know there is no parking on the dance floor

Chorus:

A             Bbdim          B     G    D    G
And when you wake up you can feel your hair grow
A                 Bbdim            B      G   D  A
Crawl out of your cave and you can watch your shadow
Em               G                B    A  D
Creep across the ground until the day is done
Em                G               B     A   D
All the while the planet circles 'round the sun
Em        G              D    G  D     G   Em
Everybody knows how this goes so let's get over it
    G             B    A   D
And let's get this over with

Verse:

D                       Em/G  D                      Em/G
Even when you're out of work you still have a job to do
D                        Em/G    D
Even when you don't know what it is
D                    Em/G
Your job knows what it is
D             Em/G   D            Em/G
What it is is it's coming to get you
D                 Em/G    D                 Em/G
I'm talking to myself even when I'm saying "you"

Chorus:

A             Bbdim          B     G    D    G
And when you wake up you can feel your hair grow
A                 Bbdim            B      G   D  A
Crawl out of your cave and you can watch your shadow
Em               G                B    A  D
Creep across the ground until the day is done
Em                G               B     A   D
All the while the planet circles 'round the sun
Em        G              D    G  D     G   Em
Everybody knows how this goes so let's get over it
    G             B    A   D
And let's get this over with

Bridge:

G              D
After all the spelling mistakes
G              D
After all the groping in the dark
Em                B
Can this page of strange gibberish
Em            A
Get a final punctuation mark?

Verse:

D            Em/G     D           Em/G
You're still hanging around the clambake
D               Em/G  D          Em/G
After every clam has been baked
D         Em/G
No applause
D         Em/G
Awkward pause
D           Em/G  D              Em/G
Hand extended waiting for a shake

Chorus:

A             Bbdim          B     G    D    G
And when you wake up you can feel your hair grow
A                 Bbdim            B      G   D  A
Crawl out of your cave and you can watch your shadow
Em               G                B    A  D
Creep across the ground until the day is done
Em                G               B     A   D
All the while the planet circles 'round the sun
Em        G              D    G  D     G   Em
Everybody knows how this goes so let's get over it
    G             B    A   D
And let's get this over with

Outro:

Em            G             B  A   D
Hurry up and let's get this over with
Em                   G             B     A    D
You don't have to go home but you can't stay here
Em         G              D    G  D     G   Em
Everybody knows how this goes so let's get over it
     G             B  A    D
And let's get this over with