Mammal

Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Mammal
Album Apollo 18

Verse 1:
E              F#m      F#m(E)       D               A  
Glass of milk, standing in between extinction in the cold
      B                 E       A  
And explosive radiating growth.
        E         A    
So the warm blood flows
            E          A         F#
Through the large four-chambered heart,


Chorus:
A   E(G#)       F#m  E      A        E(G#)     B
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have
A  B    C#m B(D#)
Mammal,  Mammal
E               F#m     A            B     
Their names are called, they raise a paw
    C#m      B(D#)  
The bat, the cat
E           F#m   
Dolphin and dog
  A            B    
Koala bear and hog

Bridge:
A  E(G#)  F#m  C#m
A  E(G#)  B

Verse 2:
 E              F#m   F#m(E)   D   A   
One of us might lose  his hair
             B                        E     B   
But you’re reminded that it once was there
F#m      F#m(E)    D    A   
From the embryonic whale
        B              E   A  
To the monkey with no tail.
        E         A    
So the warm blood flows
         E         A              E   A
With the red blood cells, lacking nuclei
            E          A         F#
Through the large four-chambered heart


Chorus:
A   E(G#)       F#m  E      A        E(G#)     B
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have
A  B    C#m B(D#)
Mammal,  Mammal
E               F#m     A            B     
Their names are called, they raise a paw
    C#m      B(D#)  
The bat, the cat
E           F#m   
Dolphin and dog
  A            B    
Koala bear and hog

Bridge:
A  E(G#)      F#m    C#m      A          E(G#)   B
Placental the sister of her brother Marsupial
A     E(G#)         F#m E
Their cousin called Monotreme
     A         E(G#)   B
Dead uncle Allotheria

Chorus:
A  B    C#m B(D#)
Mammal,  Mammal
E               F#m     A            B    
Their names are called, they raise a paw
    C#m      B(D#) E           F#m  
The bat, the cat,  dolphin and dog
A              B        C#m      B(D#)  
Koala bear and hog, the fox, the ox
  E          F#m  
Giraffe and shrew
 A       B     C#m
Echidna, caribou