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Number Three

They Might Be Giants
ChordsKeyECapoFret 1intermediate
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Chords in this song6

capo 1 — sounds a semitone higher

Chorus

There's only two songs in me and I just wrote the third
Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words
Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave
For the two songs in me and the third one I just made

Verse

A rich man once told me -"hey, life's a funny thing"
A poor man once told me that he can't afford to speak
Now I'm in the middle like a bird without a beak 'cause

Chorus

There's only two songs in me and I just wrote the third
Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words
Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave
For the two songs in me and the third one I just made

Verse

So I went to the president and I asked old whats-his-name
Has he ever gotten writer's block or something like the same?
He just started talking like he was on T.V.
"If there's just two songs in ya boy, what do you want from me?"

Verse

So I bought myself some denim pants and a silver guitar
But I flatly told the ladies - you'll still have to call me 'sir'
Cause I have to keep my self-respect or I'll never be a star
Since there's just two songs in me and this is
Number three

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