Biography:
They Might Be Giants (TMBG) are an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 in Brooklyn, New York, United States by John Flansburgh (vocals, guitar) and John Linnell (vocals, keyboards, accordion). During TMBG's early years Flansburgh and Linnell were frequently accompanied by a drum machine. In the early nineties, TMBG became a full band. Currently, the members of TMBG are Flansburgh, Linnell, Marty Beller, Dan Miller, and Danny Weinkauf. They are best known for an unconventional and experimental style of alternative music.
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- Boss Of Me
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- I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
- I've Got A Match
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- Broke In Two
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- First Kiss Live
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- Its Kickin In
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- Ive Got A Match
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- Lets Get This Over With
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- Lullaby To Nightmares
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- Sometimes The Lonely Way
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- Stand On Your Own Head
- Stomp Box
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- The Greatest
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- This Microphone
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- Till My Head Falls Off
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- Triptaphane
- Truth In Your Words
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- We Want A Rock
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Fibber Island
Album: NO!
Intro (highE):
This is the finger picking pattern played on the acoustic durring
the intro and the finger picked parts of the song
E----------------|
B----------------|
G----------------|
D----------9-----| 2x
A---99---9-----9-|
E-7----7-----7---|
Verse 1:
E
Here on Fibber Island.
B
We strum rubber guitars.
A
Our friends live on Mars.
E
And we sew Buttons on our cars.
E
Here on Fibber Island.
B
Our house is made of pie
A
Our dog is two miles wide.
E
And all he talks about is pie.
Chorus 1 ( Durring choruses just keep playing the highE:
E E
Here on Fibber Island.
E E
We swim on the ground
E E
Wheels are square, not round
E E
We eat chocolate by the pound.
Verse 2:
Here on Fibber Island
No one sings along
We just ride Giraffes
And wear bicycles for hats
To get to Fibber Island
You just close your eyes
Start fibbing in your mind
And see what you can find
Chorus:
Here on Fibber Island
We hide mittens in our hair
You might need to stare
To see the mitters in our hair
Verse 3:( Quiet )
Come to Fibber Island
And strum rubber guitars
Meet our friends from Mars
And sew buttons on our cars
( Song stops and begins again )
Outro: (highE)
Song: Fibber Island
Album: NO!
Intro (highE):
This is the finger picking pattern played on the acoustic durring
the intro and the finger picked parts of the song
E----------------|
B----------------|
G----------------|
D----------9-----| 2x
A---99---9-----9-|
E-7----7-----7---|
Verse 1:
E
Here on Fibber Island.
B
We strum rubber guitars.
A
Our friends live on Mars.
E
And we sew Buttons on our cars.
E
Here on Fibber Island.
B
Our house is made of pie
A
Our dog is two miles wide.
E
And all he talks about is pie.
Chorus 1 ( Durring choruses just keep playing the highE:
E E
Here on Fibber Island.
E E
We swim on the ground
E E
Wheels are square, not round
E E
We eat chocolate by the pound.
Verse 2:
Here on Fibber Island
No one sings along
We just ride Giraffes
And wear bicycles for hats
To get to Fibber Island
You just close your eyes
Start fibbing in your mind
And see what you can find
Chorus:
Here on Fibber Island
We hide mittens in our hair
You might need to stare
To see the mitters in our hair
Verse 3:( Quiet )
Come to Fibber Island
And strum rubber guitars
Meet our friends from Mars
And sew buttons on our cars
( Song stops and begins again )
Outro: (highE)
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