They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng

song : : “ana ng”
artist : : they might be giants
album : : lincoln ( 1988 )
tabbed by : : brandon karcic
loosely based on previous tab by kingcrimsonrhcp

my favorite tmbg song , and one of my favorite music videos too . the previous tab was
good , but i’m fairly certain this one is perfect , and can be played right along with the
track . at the end of the chorus , the “am G C g” get one strum a piece on the beat , and
they’re a little quick . practice it a couple times to get the movement down , and it’s not too
rough . otherwise , fun and easy song .

standard tuning

: : intro : :

Em C D
Em C D

: : verse 1 : :

Em C D
make a hole with a gun perpendicular
Em C D
to the name of this town in a desktop globe
E Am G C G
exit wound in a foreign nation
D C D
showing the home of the one this was written for
Em C D
my apartment looks upside down from there
Em C D
water spirals the wrong way out the sink
E Am G C G
and her voice is a backwards record
D C D
it’s like a whirlpool and it never ends

: : chorus : :

G C D C
ana ng and i are getting old and we still haven’t walked
G A# C D
in the glow of each other’s majestic presence
G C D C
listen ana hear my words , they’re the ones you would think
G A# C D
i would say if there was a me for you

: : verse 2 : :

Em C D
all alone at the ’64 world’s fair
Em C D
eighty dolls yelling “small girl after all”
E Am G C G
who was at the dupont pavilion?
D C D
why was the bench still warm? who had been there?
Em C D
or the time when the storm tangled up the wire
Em C D
to the horn on the pole at the bus depot
E Am G C G
and in the back of the edge of hearing
D C D
these are the words that the voice was repeating :

: : chorus : :

G C D C
ana ng and i are getting old and we still haven’t walked
G A# C D
in the glow of each other’s majestic presence
G C D C
listen ana hear my words , they’re the ones you would think
G A# C D
i would say if there was a me for you

: : bridge : :

C D G D C
when i was driving once i saw this painted on a bridge :
C D G D C
“i don’t want the world , i just want your half”

( similar to verse chords )

Em C D
they don’t need me here , and i know you’re there
Em C D
where the world goes by like the humid air
E Am G C G
and it sticks like a broken record
D Am G C G
everything sticks like a broken record
D Am G C G
everything sticks until it goes away
D C D
and the truth is , we don’t know anything

: : outro chorus : :

G C D C
ana ng and i are getting old and we still haven’t walked
G A# C D
in the glow of each other’s majestic presence
G C D C
listen ana hear my words , they’re the ones you would think
G A# C D
i would say if there was a me for you

A# C

G C D C
ana ng and i are getting old and we still haven’t walked
G A# C D
in the glow of each other’s majestic presence
G C D C
listen ana hear my words , they’re the ones you would think
G A# C D
i would say if there was a me for you

A# C ( repeat chorus to fade )

enjoy!