"Women and Men" by TMBG on ukulele

They Might Be Giants' album "Flood" was my absolute favorite in the early '90's. The tape got eaten by players, my mom sat on it and broke it in half, but I still have it (and the CD, and the notorious Tiny Tunes episodes). So here is my humble ode, incidentally the simplest one to play.

So here's some good news: I'm gonna get access to a microphone and re-record some things. I'm kinda couch surfing right now, so maybe when I have my own place I can set up some better lighting?

Anyway, the song is basically three chords, which I had to modify from the chords I found:

GCGD
GCDG
"
"
DCGD
"
GCGD
GCGG
"
"
(D)CDD
GCGD
CDD
GCD
(back to top)

when the ship runs out of ocean
and the vessel runs aground
land's where we know the boat is found
now there's nothing unexpected
'bout the water giving out
"land"'s not a word we have to shout
but there's something beside the shoreline
moving across the beach head
coming up from the shipwreck
making as if to say

women and men
women and men

(women and men) bringing with them messages of love
and everywhere they go, love will grow
(women and men) when you see the faces of the women and the men
you too will know

Women and men across the ocean,
they now begin to pour
out from the boat and up the shore
two by two they enter the jungle
and soon they number more
three by three as well as four by four

soon the stream of people gets wider
then it becomes a river
river becomes an ocean
carrying ships that bear

women and men
women and men

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[MrLoufus]

Awesome!! Great cover!!

(Strange to hear folks refer to it as a 'childhood favorite' as it was very college for me....makes me feel old, but always glad it has that ongoing appeal.....

[UltimateDelivery]

I really really like your take on this one!

[schnappraisers]

ukulele capo

[postyesterdayman]

Man, you do Boingo and TMBG! I am completely blown away! What great taste you have and you do this very nicely...you have a new subscriber. More please.

[IAMPARANOIA]

Great cover of a great song! :D

[sebytheman]

Amazing cover of one of my favorite songs. Rockin' job.

[gsycorrine]

Fantastic, I love your version of this. I'm on about my third listen of the song and it never gets old.

[sashwap]

i love your version! flood is a childhood favorite of mine as well

[lmasino]

Excellent. Another cool perfomance by you.

[GrumpyCoyoteTunes]

One of my favs and you smoked it!

Great song!