Artist: They Might Be giants
Song: My Man
Album: Mink Car
Verse 1:
C F Dm G
My man muscles from hand to
C F Dm G
foot comepletely coded inuninterupted skin
C F Dm G
My man signals command the
C F Dm G
leg to follow orders coming down from headquarters
Eb Ab Fm Bb
Why then am I in bed? I guess
C F Dm G
My man’s falling out with my head
Chorus:
C G Dm
May I direct your attention to the following simile or ?
F
like the coasts of an ocean
G Dm
buried beneath is the submarine cable
F G
connecting the opposite shore that’s surrounding
Verse 2:
My man, How can he stand
Your hands could encircle clear around the ankle
My man won’t walk again
In conflict with instructions given by the brain
Why can’t the message be sent?
I guess my man’s fallen out with my head.
Chorus:
When something happens to drag the floor of the ocean
For instance an anchor or moorning
the cable can be disrupted and even severed.
Which halts transmition agcross it
Solo: Eb Bb Ab Fm
Fm Bb
There is no way to repair the break
Verse 3:
My man muscles from hand to
foot comepletely coded inuninterupted skin
My man signals command the
leg to follow orders coming down from headquarters
My man how can he stand
My man muscles from hand to
Foot comepletely coded inuninterupted skin
My man won’t walk again
