Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Hovering Sombrero
Album: Mink Car
[Verse 1]
D G A
Hey hovering sombrero; Gently
D G A
waving in the air above the meadow; Softly
D G Em
floating in the sky outside the window
G Em G A
Hovering sombrero don't be shy
D G A G D G A G
Doon't don't be shy
D G A G D G A G
Don't be terrified
[Chorus]
D G A D
When you take yourself for granted feel
D/F# G Em A
Rejected and unwanted Know
D Em G A D Em G A
You're never just a hat you're never only just a hat you know
[Post Chorus]
Bm G F#
Hovering Sombrero
Bm G F#
Hovering Sombrero
[Verse 2]
D G A
Time is flying like an arrow, And the
D G A
clock hands go so fast, they make the wind blow, And it
D G Em
makes the pages of the calendar go
G Em G A
Flying out the window, one by one. 'Til a
D G A
Hundred years are on the front lawn (no), And the
D G A
old, familiar things are mostly all gone, But the
D G Em
old sombrero just keeps hovering on (no)
G Em G A
Hovering sombrero, hover on
[Chorus]
D G A D
Don't be burdened by regrets or make your
D/F# G Em A
failures an obsession Or
D Em G A D Em G A
become embittered or possessed by ruined hopes Remember, When
D G A D
you take yourself for granted feel
D/F# G Em A
Rejected and unwanted Know
D Em G A D Em G A
You're never just a hat you're never only just a hat you know
[Post Chorus]
Bm G F#
Hovering Sombrero
Bm G F#
Hovering Sombrero