Talking Heads

Accords et partitions

A Clean Break Lets Work

C Em B7 Bb F Am

[Verse 1] Just beginning to take that love away Just beginning to take that love away In a minute I'll wash that love away

Air

Dm C A E7 C7 G#m

Intro/main riff (sometimes: ...) Verse

And She Was

A E F D Bb C

And she was lying in the grass And she could hear the highway breathing And she could see a nearby factory She's making sure she is not dreaming See the lights of the neighbor's house

Animals

F A5 Am F5 G#5 F#

I'm mad And that's a fact I found out Animals don't help Animals think

The Big Country

F G C D Am Bb

(rpt 3 more times) I see the shapes, I remember from maps I see the shoreline, I see the whitecaps A baseball diamond, nice weather down there I see the schools, and the houses where the kids are

Blind

Am Am6 Em G C D

[Verse 1] Signs signs are lost Signs disappeared, turn invisible Got no sign, somebody got busted Got a face of stone and a ghostwritten biography

The Book I Read

F Am G F6 Bb Gm7

I'm writing 'bout the Book I read I have to sing about the Book I read I'm embarrassed to admit it hit the

Building On Fire

D G C F

Pas de barré*

Then it instantly goes back to and until the final chord which is a . it sounds cool if, after the instrumental you strum the chord with Long strums while you strum the chord withfour staccato quarter note Hits.

Burning Down The House

G F Bb A

Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumping overboard, Transportation is here, Close enough, but not too far, baby, you know where you are, Fighting fire with fire! Huh!

Cities

Bm D G F#m Em C#

[Verse 1] Think of London, small city Dark, dark in the daytime People sleep, sleep in the daytime If they want to, if they want to

City Of Dreams

G A D Em

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[Verse 1] Right where you are standing The dinosaurs did a dance The indians told a story Now it has come to pass

Cool Water

D# Dm Gm G D Em7

Day by day Whistle while you work Our backs are breaking Up from hollow earth From end to end

Creatures Of Love

G C Ab F Am

A woman made a man A man he made a house And when they lay together Little creatures all come out Well, I've seen sex and I think it's alright

Crosseyed And Painless

Bm

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Verse 1: Lost my shape, trying to act casual Can't stop, I might end up in the hospital Changing my shape, I feel like an accident They're back to explain their experience

Dancing For Money

Em D Em7 C Bb

[Chorus] -Up up up-|--------|-Up up up- I'm dancing for money -Up up up-|--------|-Up up up- I'm dancing for money -Up up up-|--------|-Up up up- I'm dancing for money -Up up up-|--------|-Up up up- I'm dancing for money

The Democratic Circus

D Am A E C

Pas de barré

Found out this morning There's a circus coming to town They drive in Cadillacs Using walkie-talkies, and the Secret Service Their big top

Don't Worry About The Government

D G C Dm7 G/A A

I will relax along with my loved ones Loved ones, loved ones, visit the building Take the highway, park and come up and see me I'll be working, working, but if you come visit I'll put down what I'm doing, my friends are important Don't ya worry 'bout me, I wouldn't worry about me

Dream Operator

C F G Em Am A

Intro: Bass - Verse:

Drean Operator

C Am F G Em

It's bigger than life you know it's all me My face is a book but it's not what it seems Three angels above the whole human race Dream us to life, they dream me a face

Electric Guitar

Am F F#m Bb C E

All listening to records This is a crime against the state This is the verdict they reach: Never listen to electric guitar ( x 4 ) Electric guitar is copies, the copy sounds better Call this the law of justice, call this freedom and liberty

First Week Last Week Carefree

Em G D Db A B

(VERSE 1) Can we run that again Is that a woman's voice I hear? I said, "Let's wait and see. I'll see for myself" That's a phrase I repeat to myself

Found A Job - More Songs About

E A7 G D A D7

Diff from previous versions: [ whole song, all chords, all lyrics [ verse lyrics/chords [ chord placement [ formatted

Girlfriend Is Better

Dm C Bb A

GIRLFRIEND IS BETTER - Talking Heads Tabbed by: andrew_long15 E-mail: [email protected] Tuning: Standard

The Girls Want To Be With The Girls

D C Dm Bb F Am

Girls don't want to Play like that Just want to talk to the boys Just want to do what's In their hearts, and

Give Me Back My Name

G C#m Dm D A F

And names make all the difference in the world Some things can never be spoken Some things cannot be pronounced That word does not exist in any language It will never be uttered by a human mouth

The Good Thing

G Em F A D C

A straight line exists between me and the good things. I have found the line and its direction is known to me. Absolute trust keeps me going in the right direction. Any intrusion is met with a heart full of the good thing.

Happy Day

D G A Bb E7 F#m

[Verse 1] In...my...sensations I believe that, I...was Born with the things that I know I want...to talk...

Heaven

G D Em A Am C

Everyone is trying to get to the bar The name of the bar, the bar is called heaven The band in heaven plays my favorite song They play it once again, they play it all night long

Heven

G D Em A Bm Am

From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Tue Sep 14 22:32:05 1993 Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Path: tcdcs!ieunet!mcsun!uunet!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!mac07.dupontb2.swarthmore.edu!user From: [email protected] (Bob Paley) Subject: CRD: "Heaven" - Talking Heads

I Feel It In My Heart

C G F#5

[Verse] Ohhh dear What if everything they say is true? Ohhh, ohhh dear Then there won't be anything for me and you

I Want To Live

F G C Am E

I want to live, to feel a face That isn't there I want to live I roll over and you're not there I'm only standing on the shore

I Wish You Wouldnt Say That

E A D

Pas de barré

[Verse] I wish you wouldn't say that I thought I'd have to come right over I thought I made it clear enough I guess I'll have to make it clearer

The Lady Dont Mind

G Am G#

Well the lady don't mind No, no, no, the lady don't mind She just turns her head and disappears, I kinda like that style

Life During Wartime

Am E G B F# F

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons packed up and ready to go Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway a place where nobody knows The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I'm getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I've lived all over this town

Lifetime Piling Up

G Am Dm C F

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[Verse 1] I have tried marijuana I get nervous every time There will come a knockin' at the door Why is everybody makin' eyes at me?

Listening Wind

Em D

Pas de barré

Mojique sees his village from a nearby hill Mojique thinks of days before Americans came He sees the foreigners in growing numbers He sees the foreigners in fancy houses He thinks of days that he can still remember...now.

Love Building On Fire

G D C A F B

(muted) When my love Stands next to your love, I can't compare love When it's not love.

Love For Sale

A5 D C A E C5

I was born in a house with the television always on Guess I grew up too fast And I forgot my name We're in cities at night and we got time on our hands So leave the driving to us

Making Flippy Floppy

G7 G#7 F G a

[Verse 1] Nothing can come between us Nothing gets you down Nothing strikes your fancy Nothing turns you on

Memories Cant Wait

C#m B C G A F#

Do you remember anyone here? No you don't remember anything at all I'm sleeping, I'm flat on my back Never woke up, had no regrets

Mind

G E B5 D F B

I need something to change your mind I need something to change your mind I need something to change your mind I need something to change your mind

No Compassion

G F#5 C E5

[Intro] In a world where people have problems In this world where decisions are a way of life Other people's problems, they overwhelm my mind They say compassion is a virtue,

Nothing But Flowers

G C A D Em Dm

Here we stand like an Adam and an Eve Waterfalls, the Garden of Eden Two fools in love so beautiful and strong The birds in the trees are smiling upon them From the age of the dinosaurs cars have run on gasoline

Once In A Lifetime

D G A F# C

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful Wife

The Overload

E5

A terrible signal Too weak to even recognize A gentle collapsing The removal of the insides I'm touched by your pleas

Paper

C Bb G F D Am

[Verse 1] Hold the paper Up to the light, Some rays pass right through Expose yourself

People Like Us

C G D Bm A Em

Verse: In 1950 when I was born Papa couldn't afford to buy us much He said be proud of what you are There's something special 'bout people like us

Perfect World

F B Bb Am Bm C

Well, I know what it is But I don't know where it is Where it is Well, I know where it is But I don't know what it looks like

Psycho Killer

Em G D C F#m Bm

I c'ant seem to face up to the facts Im tense and nervous and i can't relax I can't sleep cause my beds on fire Don't touch me I'm a real live wire

Pulled Up

E A B

Pas de barré*

E Esus4 Mommy, Daddy come and look at me now E Esus4 I'm a big man in a great big town E Esus4

Radio Head

G C D F Db G7

Verse: Baby, your mind is a radio Got a receiver inside my head Baby, I'm tuned to your wavelength Lemme tell you what it says

Road to Nowhere

D E G C Eb C#m

Well, we know where we're goin' But we don't know where we've been And we know what we're knowin' But we can't say what we've seen

Slippery People

Am Dm Em

Pas de barré

Verse 1: What about the time? You were rollin' over Fall on your face You must be having fun

Stay Hungry

A a C Em E G

Make motion, make motion, make motion. Pull it tighter, pull it tighter, pull it tighter. Double beatin', double beatin', double beatin' Double beatin', double beatin', double beatin' Palpitation, palpitation, palpitation.

Stay Up Late

A G F E

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Sugar On My Tongue

Am E F G A

Oh, oh, Oh, oh, she's my neighbour Fill my cup, I'll bet you baby She'll fill it up She'll drop the sugar on my tongue Will she gimme gimme gimme some

swamp

C Am D Bm

Now lemme tell you a story The devil he has a plan A bag a' bones in his pocket Got anything you want No dust and no rocks

Take Me To The River

E7 A E Dbm C G

[Verse 1] E7 Asus4 A I don't know why I love you like I do E7 Asus4 A After all the changes you been putting me through

Television Man

C#m A F# B E G

Take a walk in the beautiful garden Everyone would like to say hello It doesnt matter what you say Come and take us away

Tentative Decisions

F G C Am Em D

Now that I can release my tensions Let me make clear my best intentions Girls ask and I, define decision Boys ask and I, describe their function

Thank You For Sending Me An Angel

G F C F# a

If that's what you wanna do Well, you can look, you'll walk in circles around me But first, I'll walk in circles 'round you But first I, I'll walk around the world I'm walking 'round the world, here we go

This Must Be The Place

Am7 Bm7 G Bm E

Pas de barré*

[Verse 1] Home is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me round I feel numb - born with a weak heart I guess I must be having fun

This Must Be The Place Naive Melody

Dm C FM7

[Verse 1] Home is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me round I feel numb - born with a weak heart I guess I must be having fun

Totally Nude

D A

Pas de barré

[Verse 1] Big and I'm bad And I want you to know I hang around Where the grass is greener

Turn To Salt

G C Bb Eb Am Em

I turn to salt, i canâ??t not turn My eyes to see, our city burn I fall on my, own bayonette Ill pull out all my stitches without a cone around my neck Itâ??s my fault, watch me turn to salt

Two Note Swivel

D C F

Pas de barré*

Verse 1: Shoulders and knees Elbows and waist How can you be in two places at once? You twist yourself

Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town

E D G Eb A Am

Wait, wait for the moment to come Stand up, stand up and take my hand Believe, believe in mystery Love love love love is simple as 1-2-3

Walk It Down

Em7 G D C Bb Fm

I - I am just a number I - hang on to what I got You - say what you want to I, I, I, I - just try to stay alive I---, I--- put myself together

Warning Sign

G D C B A Em

Warning sign, warning sign I hear it, but I - pay it no mind Hear my voice, hear my voice It's saying something and - it's not very nice Pay attention, pay attention

What A Day That Was

G F D C Bb Eb

[Chorus] And on the first day, we had everything we could stand Who could have asked for more? And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do Ooh, what a day that was

Wild Wild Life

A D E C G F

I'm wearin', Fur pajamas I ride a, Hot potato It's ticklin', my fancy Speak up, I can't hear you