Metal Detector Lyrics

Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:51:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Casey Connor chconnor@hotmail.com
Subject: t/they_might_be_giants/metal_detector.crd
Metal Detector
They Might Be Giants
from "Factory Showroom" chconnor@hotmail.com
This song is a lot simpler than I make it out to be here... Some notes:
often the lyrics change subtly (i.e. waiting there beneath the sand vs.
hidden there underneath the land; don't need to squaking gull vs. don't
need no gull on the echo part, etc...) God bless tmbg.
The X X X format is supposed to be measures, but I think I may switch
unannounced between whole and half-measures in this. You'll get it.
X/Y means chord X with note Y in the bass.
I probably shouldn't have written everything as sharps, but I don't know
anything about music theory.
Some of the voicings here are hard, but they're worth it for that
thoughtful Giants effect.
/---------- Low E
V
Gsus/C x30013 or x30033 or G6sus4/C as x32033 (=C or C6)... whatever ...
F#/C# x4667x
G#/D# x66544
F#/A# 698565
Down at the shore there's a place where there's no one vacationing
There's just the sound of the call of the wild overcoming the fear of
the unknown
And I've got something to help you understand
Something waiting there, beneath the sand
#
My metal detector is with me all of the time
E! A C#m B E A C#m B
I'm the inspector over the mine
Look past the volleyball
Look past the ball
Look past the squaking gull
Look past the gull
Ignore the mountain of discarded folderal
Cause I've got something to make you understand
something hidden there underneath the land
#
My metal detector is with me all of the time
E! A C#m B E A C#m B
I'm the inspector over the mine
Metal detector watch it shine
su
Every sea shell has a story to tell if you're listening
But underneath every shell there's a story as well if you've heard enough
of the sea.
Then everything on the top will just sudenly stop sounding interesting
So listen now to the sound of the things that are found under (over?) the
ground
(early years Giants samples over these chords:)
Don't need no volleyball
Don't need no volleyball
Don't need no squaking gull
Don't need no squaking gull
Don't need to look at any bathing beauty doll
Don't need to look at any doll
For I've got something to help you understand
Something waiting there beneath the sand
#
My metal detector is with me all of the time
E! A C#m B E A C#m B
I'm the inspector over the mine
Look past the volleyball
Look past the ball
Look past the squaking gull
Look past the gull
Ignore the mountain of discarded folderal
Cause I've got something to make you understand
something hidden there underneath the land
#
My metal detector is with me all of the time
E! A C#m B E A C#m B
I'm the inspector over the mine
E! A C#m B E A C#m B
Metal detector watch it shine
E! A C#m B
Don't need no volleyball
Don't need no volleyball
Don't need no squaking gull
Don't need no squaking gull
Metal detector all the time (vocal note ends on f# for "time"...cool)
Metal detector all the time)
C#m C#m C#m C#m etc...