Jonathan Coulton é um cantor e compositor norte-americano, nascido em 1 de dezembro de 1970, no Brooklyn, Nova York. Ex-programador de computadores formado pela Universidade Yale, Coulton compõe músicas humorísticas sobre tecnologia e ficção científica. É considerado um dos representantes do geek rock.
O músico compôs músicas para jogos de computador, como Still Alive, feita em 2007 para o jogo Portal e Re:Your Brains, para Left 4 Dead 2.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
Verse 1 DGAD Long ago in days of yore GAD It all began with a god named Thor ABm There were Vikings and boats GD And some plans for a furniture store DGAD It's not a bodega it's not a mall GAD And they sell things for apartments smaller ABmGD than mine As if there were apartments smaller than mine
Chorus ABmGDDAAsus4 I-ke-a Ikea-a just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen ABmGDDAAsus4 I-ke-a Ikea-a selling furniture For college kids and divorced men GDA7A7sus4A7 Everyone has a home GDADDsus4D But if you don't have a home you can buy one there
Verse 2 DGAD So rent a car or take the bus GAD Lay your cash down and put your trust ABmGD In the land where the furniture folds to a much smaller size GAD Billy the bookcase says hello GAD And so does a table whose name is Ingo ABmGD And the chair is a ladder-back birch but his friends call him Karl
Chorus ABmGDDAAsus4 I-ke-a Ikea-a just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen ABmGDDAAsus4 I-ke-a Ikea-a selling furniture For college kids and divorced men GDA7A7sus4A7 Everyone has a home GDADDsus4D But if you don't have a home you can buy one there
BmF# Ikea plywood brushed steel DA7Dadd4/A Ikea meatballs tasty BmF# Ikea Allen wrenches D All of them for free F# All of them for me
Guitar Solo - See below
Verse 3 DGAD I'm sorry I said Ikea sucks GAD I just bought a table for bucks ABmGD And a chair and a lamp And a shelf and some candles for you GAD I was a doubter just like you GAD til I saw the American dream come true ABmGD In New Jersey they got a god damned Swedish parade
Chorus ABmGDDAAsus4 I-ke-a Ikea-a just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen ABmGDDAAsus4 I-ke-a Ikea-a selling furniture For college kids and divorced men GDA7A7sus4A7 Everyone has a home GDADDsus4D But if you don't have a home you can buy one there