Biography:
Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock / folk rock musician active since 2003 from Brooklyn, known for his songs about geek culture. He is best known for such compositions as "Still Alive" and "Code Monkey", as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back". He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures.
Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podcast
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Other songs:
- A Talk With George
- Alone At Home
- Artificial Heart
- Baby Got Back (acoustic Version)
- Baby Got Back Acoustic
- Betty And Me
- Big Bad World One
- Chiron Beta Prime
- Code Monkey
- Dissolve
- Down Today
- Drinking With You
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- First Of May
- Glasses
- Good Morning Tuscon
- I Crush Everything
- I'm Your Moon
- Ikea
- Mr. Fancy Pants
- My Monkey
- Nemeses
- Not About You
- One Christmas At A Time
- Portal - Still Alive - Valve (full)
- Re: Your Brains
- Shopvac
- Skullcrusher Mountain
- Soft Rocked By Me
- Still Alive
- Still Alive- Artificial Heart Version
- The Future Soon
- Tom Cruise Crazy
- When You Go
- You Ruined Everything
- Want You Gone
- A Laptop Like You
- All This Time
- Always The Moon
- Baby Got Back
- Ball And Chain
- Better
- Blue Sunny
- Blue Sunny Day
- Bozos Lament
- Brave
- Brookline
- Cave
- Christmas Is Interesting
- Creepy Doll
- Curl
- Dance Soterios Johnson Dance
- De
- Dont Talk To Strangers
- Flickr
- Fraud
- Furry Old Lobster
- Gamblers Prayer
- Good Morning Tucson
- I Feel Fantastic
- I Hate California
- I Will
- If The Earth Were A Sandwich
- Im Having A Party
- Im Your Moon
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Love Aint No Billy Goat
- Madelaine
- Mandelbrot Set
- Millionaire Girlfriend
- Mr Fancy Pants
- My Beige Bear
- Nemesese
- Nobody Loves You Like Me
- Nobodys Above The Law
- Now I Am An Arsonist
- Octopus
- Ordinary Man
- Over There
- Overhead
- Pizza Day
- Podsafe Christmas Song
- Popsci Podcast On The Moon
- Previously On Braindead
- Re Your Brains
- Red Shirt
- Screwed
- Shop Vac
- So Far So Good
- Solid State
- Someone Is Crazy
- Space Doggity
- Square Things
- Sticking It To Myself
- Sucker Punch
- The Big Boom
- The Presidents
- The Presidents Song
- The Princess Who Saved Herself
- The Town Crotch
- The World Belongs To You
- There You Are
- Today With Your Wife
- Todd The T1000
- Under The Pines
- You Could Be Her
- You Wouldnt Know
- Your Tattoo
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Screwed by Jonathan Coulton
Chord List in order of appearance:
G C A7 D C/G B7 Em Am7 D7 C#m7b5 Dsus4
E--3---0---0---2---3---2---0----0---2-----------3---|
B--0---1---2---3---1---0---0----1---1----5------3---|
G--0---0---0---2---0---2---0----0---2----4------2---|
D--0---2---2---0---2---1---2----2---0----5------0---|
A--2---3---0-------x---2---2----0--------4----------|
E--3---------------3-------0------------------------|
I've also tabbed out the little fills he does and labelled them
figure 1 and figure 2.
(fig.1) (fig.2)
E-------------3---|-----3----3--3----|
B---------1---0---|---0-1----0--0----|
G---------0---0---|---0-0----0--0----|
D--0h2p0--2---0---|---0-2----0--0----|
A-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|----------3-------|
Thats all you need, now heres the song.
G C A7 D
G C/G G
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Some dumb Indian sold Manhattan for Seven bucks and a bottle of booze
G C A7 D G C G
Went out drinking and came home sober and Told his friends the good news
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Bernadette saw the Virgin Mary but No one else could and everyone tried
G C A7 D G C G
All her friends said that she'd gone crazy, she Joined a convent and died
B7 Em B7 Em
I'm the Indian, I am Bernadette
D G D G
I'm the sucker who doesn't know it yet
B7 Em B7 Em
I just signed it, I never reviewed
A7 Am7
All the fine print you wrote out
D7
Now I guess I'm
G C A7 D
screwed
G C/G G
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Indiana Jones liked to travel, he Took his friend on a treasure hunt trip
G C A7 D G C G
Did a favor, threw him the idol but Never got back his whip
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Boba Fett was a bounty hunter, he Did his job well, he brought back his man
G C A7 D G C G
He was clutching his unspent money when he Fell down a hole in the sand
B7 Em B7 Em
I am Dr. Jones, I am Boba Fett
D G D G
I'm the sucker who doesn't know it yet
B7 Em B7 Em
I just signed it, I never reviewed
A7 Am7
All the fine print you wrote out
D7
Now I guess I'm
G C A7 D
screwed
G C/G G
C#m7b5 G (Fig.1) C#m7b5 G (Fig.2)
It's bad news for me again, It never ends
C#m7b5 G D Dsus4 D
I got no prize inside my Happy Meal
C#m7b5 G C#m7b5 G (Fig.1)
I got lots of money, I got lots of friends
C#m7b5 G D Dsus4 D
Just like Meatloaf got a record deal
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Alexander Graham Bell made telephones, His friend Watson was out all the time
G C A7 D G C G
Called him up just to chat, nobody home, Never got back his dime
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Once upon a time France was beautiful, Had a queen who gave everyone cake
G C A7 D G C G
Then the people got mad and killed her dead, Took back all they could take
B7 Em B7 Em
I am Graham Bell, Marie Antionette
D G D G
I'm the sucker who doesn't know it yet
B7 Em B7 Em
I just signed it, I never reviewed
A7 Am7
All the fine print you wrote out
D7
Now I guess I'm
G C A7 D
screwed
G C/G G
Have fun,
Dave
Email: [email protected]
Guitar Tab Legend:
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
x - finger mute (fretboard hand)
Chord List in order of appearance:
G C A7 D C/G B7 Em Am7 D7 C#m7b5 Dsus4
E--3---0---0---2---3---2---0----0---2-----------3---|
B--0---1---2---3---1---0---0----1---1----5------3---|
G--0---0---0---2---0---2---0----0---2----4------2---|
D--0---2---2---0---2---1---2----2---0----5------0---|
A--2---3---0-------x---2---2----0--------4----------|
E--3---------------3-------0------------------------|
I've also tabbed out the little fills he does and labelled them
figure 1 and figure 2.
(fig.1) (fig.2)
E-------------3---|-----3----3--3----|
B---------1---0---|---0-1----0--0----|
G---------0---0---|---0-0----0--0----|
D--0h2p0--2---0---|---0-2----0--0----|
A-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|----------3-------|
Thats all you need, now heres the song.
G C A7 D
G C/G G
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Some dumb Indian sold Manhattan for Seven bucks and a bottle of booze
G C A7 D G C G
Went out drinking and came home sober and Told his friends the good news
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Bernadette saw the Virgin Mary but No one else could and everyone tried
G C A7 D G C G
All her friends said that she'd gone crazy, she Joined a convent and died
B7 Em B7 Em
I'm the Indian, I am Bernadette
D G D G
I'm the sucker who doesn't know it yet
B7 Em B7 Em
I just signed it, I never reviewed
A7 Am7
All the fine print you wrote out
D7
Now I guess I'm
G C A7 D
screwed
G C/G G
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Indiana Jones liked to travel, he Took his friend on a treasure hunt trip
G C A7 D G C G
Did a favor, threw him the idol but Never got back his whip
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Boba Fett was a bounty hunter, he Did his job well, he brought back his man
G C A7 D G C G
He was clutching his unspent money when he Fell down a hole in the sand
B7 Em B7 Em
I am Dr. Jones, I am Boba Fett
D G D G
I'm the sucker who doesn't know it yet
B7 Em B7 Em
I just signed it, I never reviewed
A7 Am7
All the fine print you wrote out
D7
Now I guess I'm
G C A7 D
screwed
G C/G G
C#m7b5 G (Fig.1) C#m7b5 G (Fig.2)
It's bad news for me again, It never ends
C#m7b5 G D Dsus4 D
I got no prize inside my Happy Meal
C#m7b5 G C#m7b5 G (Fig.1)
I got lots of money, I got lots of friends
C#m7b5 G D Dsus4 D
Just like Meatloaf got a record deal
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Alexander Graham Bell made telephones, His friend Watson was out all the time
G C A7 D G C G
Called him up just to chat, nobody home, Never got back his dime
G C A7 D G C A7 D
Once upon a time France was beautiful, Had a queen who gave everyone cake
G C A7 D G C G
Then the people got mad and killed her dead, Took back all they could take
B7 Em B7 Em
I am Graham Bell, Marie Antionette
D G D G
I'm the sucker who doesn't know it yet
B7 Em B7 Em
I just signed it, I never reviewed
A7 Am7
All the fine print you wrote out
D7
Now I guess I'm
G C A7 D
screwed
G C/G G
Have fun,
Dave
Email: [email protected]
Guitar Tab Legend:
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
x - finger mute (fretboard hand)
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