They Might Be Giants

A Self Called Nowhere

They Might Be Giants


Tom: Gm

    Gm                  D7
I'm sitting on the curb    by the
Bb                E
empty parking lot   of the
Cm               Dsus4     D        Gm     E
store where they let me play the organ
    Am              Ammaj7
I'm waiting for my ride
      Cm                  Ebm       Bb
But I want to wait inside     of the store
            A              Bb
where they let me play the organ

[Pre-Chorus]
        Ebm                      F
But I'm thinking of a wooden chair
       Ebm                        F
In the room at the top of the stair
         Ebm                      N.C.
And I'm looking down the stairwell

at the vanishing

[Chorus]
Gb                       E
dot on the map of the spot
                Eb
Let me take you there
           Gb                    E
The dotted line surrounding the mind
                  Eb
of a self-called nowhere
                    Gb                  E
It's a thing named "it" in a bottomless pit
                  Eb
You can't see it there
             Gb                  E
The sunken head that lies in the bed
                   Eb
of a self-called nowhere

[Bridge] (Chorus chords)

[Verse 2]
Gm             D7
Standing in my yard
Bb                    E
where they tore down the garage
Cm         Dsus4       D         Gm     E
to make room for the torn down garage
  Am          Ammaj7
I'm looking for my car
   Cm        Ebm        Bb
But I must've sold my car
            A                  Bb
when I needed to buy an electric organ

[Pre-Chorus]
        Ebm                      F
But I'm thinking of a wooden chair
       Ebm                        F
In the room at the top of the stair
         Ebm                      N.C.
And I'm looking down the stairwell

at

[Chorus]
               Gb                     E
the vanishing dot on the map of the spot
                Eb
Let me take you there
           Gb                     E
The dotted line  surrounding the mind
                  Eb
of a self-called nowhere
                    Gb                  E
It's a thing named "it" in a bottomless pit
                  Eb
You can't see it there
             Gb                  E
The sunken head that lies in the bed
                   Eb
of a self-called nowhere

[Bridge] (Chorus chords)

[Chorus] (w/ phaser)
the vanishing dot on the map of the spot
Let me take you there
The dotted line surrounding the mind
of a self-called nowhere
It's a thing named "it" in a bottomless pit
You can't see it there
The sunken head that lies in the bed
of a self-called nowhere