Chord Meet The Elements by They Might Be Giants

G C Dadd4 iron is a metal , you see it every day C Dadd4 oxygen , eventually , will make it rust away G C Dadd4 carbon in its ordinary form is coal G C Dadd4 G crush it together , and diamonds are born G C Am come on come on and meet the elements G C Am may i introduce you to our friends , the elements? D Em Am C D like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade G C D G they either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are neon’s a gas that lights up the sign for a pizza place the coins that you pay with are copper , nickel , and zinc silicon and oxygen make concrete bricks and glass now add some gold and silver for some pizza place class come on come on and meet the elements i think you should check out the ones they call the elements like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade they either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are C D G C team up with other elements making compounds when they combine Am C D G or make up a simple element formed out of atoms of the one kind C C/D C C/D balloons are full of helium , and so is every star C C/D stars are mostly hydrogen , which may someday fill your car E5 D5 B5 hey , who let in all these elephants? C5 D5 did you know that elephants are made of elements? C Dadd4 elephants are mostly made of four elements C Dadd4 and every living thing is mostly made of four elements G C D plants , bugs , birds , fish , bacteria and men G C D G are mostly carbon , hydrogen , nitrogen and oxygen come on come on and meet the elements you and i are complicated , but we’re made of elements like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade they either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are team up with other elements making compounds when they combine or make up a simple element formed out of atoms of the one kind come on come on and meet the elements check out the ones they call the elements like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade they either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are G C D G