They Might Be Giants

My Evil Twin

They Might Be Giants


Tom: D

Album: Apollo 18


Intro Riff:
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A    A/G   D/F#   G  D/F# :|

Verse 1:
A    A/G    D/F#   G  D/F#  A     A/G     D/F#    Bm   A
  My evil twin,               bad weather friend
G    G/F#   Em                  F      Em     G    E/G#
  He always wants to start when I want to be-gin
A    A/G       D/F#   G  D/F#  A        A/G     D/F#    Bm  A
  It scares me so,               like I scare myself
G           G/F#       Em       A    A/G  F#     B
  With that book of Nostradamus up upon my shelf

Chorus 1:
Em                       C#dim
Playing hangman 'til the morning light
Em                  C#dim
Doing donuts on the neighbors lawn
     D         D/C#        Bm  G    D      D/C#   Bm      G
Then sleep all through the day, get up and start again
D/A             Bm6/G#           Gm               C#dim/E
I can hear some sirens somewhere but I don't know why

Verse 2:
D    D/C# Bm  G   D      D/C#    Bm    G
  My evil twin      runs home again
D/A                       Bm6/G#     Gm              C#dim/E
Search lights look for an alibi, but I'll be home by then

Intro riff:
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Verse 3:
A         A/G    D/F#  G  D/F#  A    A/G    D/F#    Bm  A
  Here he comes again,            my evil twin
G    G/F#         Em              A     A/G   F#      B
  My friends have seen him hiding underneath my skin


Chorus 2:
Em                       C#dim
Who cut the arm off the voodoo doll
Em                 C#dim           D       D#/C  Bm
That resembles a Republican president from long ago
G     D      D#/C       Bm   G
I'd hate to  see  you leave
D/A                     Bm6/G#
'Cause I have grown so grateful  for the
Gm                 C#dim/E
Blame you save  me  from

(Bass:  A-G-F#-E)

D  E
My twin
F# Bm
My twin
G  A
My twin

(My twin) I know he looks like me
(My twin) Hates work like me and walks like me
(My twin) He's even got a twin like me

Verse 4:
D    D/C#  Bm  G  D     D/C#    Bm    G
  My evil twin,     bad weather friend
D/A           Bm6/G#
  I know some day I'll meet him
Gm               Bb    C  D6
But I don't know where or when