Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: My Evil Twin
Album: Apollo 18
Intro Riff:
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Verse 1:
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My evil twin, bad weather friend
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He always wants to start when I want to be-gin
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It scares me so, like I scare myself
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With that book of Nostradamus up upon my shelf
Chorus 1:
Em C#dim
Playing hangman 'til the morning light
Em C#dim
Doing donuts on the neighbors lawn
D D/C# Bm G D D/C# Bm G
Then sleep all through the day, get up and start again
D/A Bm6/G# Gm C#dim/E
I can hear some sirens somewhere but I don't know why
Verse 2:
D D/C# Bm G D D/C# Bm G
My evil twin runs home again
D/A Bm6/G# Gm C#dim/E
Search lights look for an alibi, but I'll be home by then
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Verse 3:
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Here he comes again, my evil twin
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My friends have seen him hiding underneath my skin
Chorus 2:
Em C#dim
Who cut the arm off the voodoo doll
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That resembles a Republican president from long ago
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I'd hate to see you leave
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'Cause I have grown so grateful for the
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Blame you save me from
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My twin
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My twin
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My twin
(My twin) I know he looks like me
(My twin) Hates work like me and walks like me
(My twin) He's even got a twin like me
Verse 4:
D D/C# Bm G D D/C# Bm G
My evil twin, bad weather friend
D/A Bm6/G#
I know some day I'll meet him
Gm Bb C D6
But I don't know where or when