Footsteps

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32 Footsteps by They Might Be Giants

[Convention: each chord is two beats/half a measure.  A dash indicates that
 the chord is held for another two beats; two chords with a slash between
 them are held for one beat/a quarter of a measure each.]


1.
|: Cm          -                           Bb                      - :|
32 footsteps leading to the room where the paint doesn’t want to dry
32 footsteps running down the road where the dirt reaches the sky

|: Gm              F                A        - :|
32 feathers in my brand new indian headdress
32 new moons shining in 32 skies

Eb                  -             F               -
What’s the reason? why’d you go? where’s my baby? I don’t know

Cm              Bb                    Cm          -
32 footsteps - counted them myself - 32 footsteps

|: Cm                Bb                   Cm                   - :|
Bing bang bingalong, sing sang singalong, ting tang tingalong tay...
ping pang pingalong, king kang kingalong, hing hang hingalong hay...
jing jang jingalong, king kang kingalong, ling lang lingalong lay...
ming mang mingalong, ning nang ningalong, ping pang pingalong pay...


What’s the reason? why’d you go? where’s my baby? I don’t know
32 footsteps - counted them myself - 32 footsteps


2.
32 lies my ears never saw when the floorboard gave way
32 walls come tumbling down when night turns to day
32 infantrymen running in place
32 boxcars all of them have your face


What’s the reason? why’d you leave? don’t you know we’re on the eve of
32 footsteps - counted them myself - 32 footsteps


twenty-eight... twenty-nine... thirty...
thirty-one