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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DGAD Long ago in days of yore GAD It all began with a god named Thor DBm There were Vikings and boats GDDsus4D And some plans for a furniture store
DGAD It's not a bodega, it's not a mall GADA And they sell things for apartments smaller than mine BmGDDsus4D As if there were apartments smaller than mine
ABmGDDAAsus4 Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen ABmGDDAAsus4 Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men GDA7 Everyone has a home GDADDsus4D But if you don't have a home you can buy one there
DGAD So rent a car or take the bus GAD Lay your cash down and put your trust ABmGDDsus4D In the land where the furniture folds to a much smaller size
DGAD Billy the bookcase says hello GAD And so does a table whose name is Ingo ABmGDDsus4D And the chair is a ladder-back birch but his friends call him Karl
ABmGDDAAsus4 Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen ABmGDDAAsus4 Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men GDA7 Everyone has a home GDADDsus4D But if you don't have a home you can buy one there
BmF# Ikea: plywood, brushed steel DA7 Dadd4/A Ikea: meatballs, tasty BmF# Ikea: Allen wrenches D All of them for free Bm All of them for me
DGAD I'm sorry I said Ikea sucks GAD I just bought a table for 60 bucks ABmGDDsus4D And a chair and a lamp and a shelf and some candles for you
DGAD I was a doubter just like you DGAD ‘Till I saw the American dream come true ABmGD In New Jersey, they got a goddamned Swedish parade
ABmGDDAAsus4 Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen ABmGDDAAsus4 Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men GDA7 Everyone has a home GDADDsus4D But if you don't have a home you can buy one there
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