Tom: Em
Dm Em Dm Em G C
We've been driving around from one end of this town to the other and back
G A C A
But no one's ever seen us, driving our Econoline van and no ones ever heard of our band
[Chorus]
D G D G D Em A
We're the Mesopotamians Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh!
[Verse]
D Bm Em F#m
Then the wouldn't understand the world a word we say so we'll scratch it all down into the clay
B C
Half believing there will sometime come a day
Em
Someone gives a damn
A
Maybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand
[Chorus]
D G D
We're the Mesopotamians
G D Em A
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh!
[Verse]
Dm Em
The mesopotamish sun is beating down
Dm Em
And making cracks in the ground
G C
But there's nowhere else to stand
G A
In Mesopotamia
(But no one's ever seen us)
A C
The kingdom where we secretly reign
(And no one's ever heard of our band)
A
The land where we invisibly rule
[Chorus]
D G D
As the Mesopotamians
G D Em A
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
[Verse]
D Bm
This is my last stick of gum
Em
I'm going to cut it up so everybody else gets some
F#m B
Except for Ashurbanipal, who says my haircut
C A
Makes me look like a Mohenjo-Daren
A
Hey, Ashurbanipal
[Chorus]
D G D
I'm a Mesopotamian
G D Em A
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
D G D
We're the Mesopotamians
G D Em A
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
[Bridge]
G D Em G
Hey, man, I thought that you were dead
C B C
I thought you crashed your car
E G A A
No, man, I've been right here this whole time
E7 A
Playing bass guitar
[Chorus]
D G D
For the Mesopotamians
G D Em
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal
G D Em A
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
D G D
We're the Mesopotamians
G D Em A
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
