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!
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 # 17 s not a bodega it # 17 s not a mall GAD And they sell things for apartments smaller ABmGD than mine As if there were apartments smaller than mine
Chorus ABmGDA I-ke-a Ikea-a just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen ABmGDA I-ke-a Ikea-a selling furniture For college kids and divorced men GDA7A7sus4A7 Everyone has a home GDADDsus4D But if you don # 17 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 ABmGDA I-ke-a Ikea-a just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen ABmGDA I-ke-a Ikea-a selling furniture For college kids and divorced men GDA7A7sus4A7 Everyone has a home GDADDsus4D But if you don # 17 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
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Verse 3 DGAD I # 17 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 # 17 til I saw the American dream come true ABmGD In New Jersey they got a god damned Swedish parade
Chorus ABmGDA I-ke-a Ikea-a just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen ABmGDA I-ke-a Ikea-a selling furniture For college kids and divorced men GDA7A7sus4A7 Everyone has a home GDADDsus4D But if you don # 17 t have a home you can buy one there