They Might Be Giants

I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die

They Might Be Giants


Tom: Bm

D                           A
Sometimes I feel like bein' wispy
    G                                 D
And once in a while I feel like bein' dry
          F#                               G
But we're doomed and we're drowned by this feeling we surround
     D               A            D
So I hope that I get old before I die

[Chorus]
A
ohhhhhhhhhhh
       D                          G
It's a long long rope they use to hang you soon I hope
      A                                D
And I wonder why this hasn't happened, why why why
      D                                 G             Gm
And I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt
      D               A            D
And I hope that I get old before I die

(Sound effects)

[Verse 2]
D                            A
Clear off the kitchen table darling
    G                            D
For on the kitchen table I must lie
          F#                                 G             
I'm just tired for my wife just served the banquet of my life
       D               A            D
And I hope that I get old before I die

[Chorus]
A
ohhhhhhhhhhh
       D                          G
It's a long long rope they use to hang you soon I hope
      A                                D
And I wonder why this hasn't happened, why why why
      D                                 G             Gm
And I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt
      D               A            D
And I hope that I get old before I die

(Sound effects)

[Chorus]
A
ohhhhhhhhhhh
       D                          G
It's a long long rope they use to hang you soon I hope
      A                                D
And I wonder why this hasn't happened, why why why
      D                                 G             Gm
And I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt
      D               A            D
And I hope that I get old before I die