I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die 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.]

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Some days I feel like bein' wispy

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and once in a while I feel like bein' dry

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but we're doomed and we're drowned by this feeling we surround

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so I hope that I get old before I die


Chorus:
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oh

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It's a long long rope they use to hang you soon I hope

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and I wonder why this hasn't happened, why why why

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and I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt

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and I hope that I get old before I die


2.
Clear off the kitchen table darling
for on the kitchen table I must lie
I'm tired for my wife just served the banquet of my life
and I hope that I get old before I die

(Chorus)

-E.M.