Skip to content
Ive Got a Fang cover art

Ive Got a Fang

They Might Be Giants
Bass TabTuningHalf-Step Down

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Verse 1

Glistening white, triangular tooth. Open up a can of tomato juice.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7-6-4-1h2--4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7--4-4-----------------------|

Chorus

I've got a fang, I've got a fang.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------7--------------------------------9--------------------------------|

I've got a fang.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7-6-4-1h2--4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7--4-4-----------------------|

Verse 2

Girlfriend took me to meet her dad. Didn't like me because I looked so bad.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7-6-4-1h2--4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7--4-4-----------------------|

Chorus

I've got a fang, I've got a fang.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------7--------------------------------9--------------------------------|

I've got a fang.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7-6-4-1h2--4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7--4-4-----------------------|

Verse 3

Girlfriend took me to meet her mom. Her head exploded like an atom bomb.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7-6-4-1h2--4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7--4-4-----------------------|

Chorus

I've got a fang, I've got a fang.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------7--------------------------------9--------------------------------|

I've got a fang.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7-6-4-1h2--4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7--4-4-----------------------|

Bridge

This part's optional, since it's mostly a sax solo. This riff fits in with what plays

on the track, but up to you whether to play it or not.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------6\-------------------6\--------------------6\----------------------|
Ab|--------6\-------------------6\--------------------6\----------------------|
Eb|---4--------------------4--------------------4-----------------------------|

Chorus

I've got a fang, I've got a fang.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------7--------------------------------9--------------------------------|

I've got a fang.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7-6-4-1h2--4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7--4-4-----------------------|

Verse 4

Glistening white, triangular tooth. Open up a can of tomato juice.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7-6-4-1h2--4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7--4-4-----------------------|

Outro

I've got a fang, I've got a fang. (Repeat 2x)

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------7--------------------------------9--------------------------------|

I've got a fang.

Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7-6-4-1h2--4--2h4-2h4---4-6-7--4-4-----------------------|

************************************

| b Bend

| h Hammer-on

| \ Slide down

************************************

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

Sign in to join the conversation.

No comments yet. If you play this one, say what works.