Biography:
Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock / folk rock musician active since 2003 from Brooklyn, known for his songs about geek culture. He is best known for such compositions as "Still Alive" and "Code Monkey", as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back". He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures.
Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podcast
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Other songs:
- A Talk With George
- Alone At Home
- Artificial Heart
- Baby Got Back (acoustic Version)
- Baby Got Back Acoustic
- Betty And Me
- Big Bad World One
- Chiron Beta Prime
- Code Monkey
- Dissolve
- Down Today
- Drinking With You
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- First Of May
- Glasses
- Good Morning Tuscon
- I Crush Everything
- I'm Your Moon
- Ikea
- Mr. Fancy Pants
- My Monkey
- Nemeses
- Not About You
- One Christmas At A Time
- Portal - Still Alive - Valve (full)
- Re: Your Brains
- Shopvac
- Skullcrusher Mountain
- Soft Rocked By Me
- Still Alive
- Still Alive- Artificial Heart Version
- The Future Soon
- Tom Cruise Crazy
- When You Go
- You Ruined Everything
- Want You Gone
- A Laptop Like You
- All This Time
- Always The Moon
- Baby Got Back
- Ball And Chain
- Better
- Blue Sunny
- Blue Sunny Day
- Bozos Lament
- Brave
- Brookline
- Cave
- Christmas Is Interesting
- Creepy Doll
- Curl
- Dance Soterios Johnson Dance
- De
- Dont Talk To Strangers
- Flickr
- Fraud
- Furry Old Lobster
- Gamblers Prayer
- Good Morning Tucson
- I Feel Fantastic
- I Hate California
- I Will
- If The Earth Were A Sandwich
- Im Having A Party
- Im Your Moon
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Love Aint No Billy Goat
- Madelaine
- Mandelbrot Set
- Millionaire Girlfriend
- Mr Fancy Pants
- My Beige Bear
- Nemesese
- Nobody Loves You Like Me
- Nobodys Above The Law
- Now I Am An Arsonist
- Octopus
- Ordinary Man
- Over There
- Overhead
- Pizza Day
- Podsafe Christmas Song
- Popsci Podcast On The Moon
- Previously On Braindead
- Re Your Brains
- Red Shirt
- Screwed
- Shop Vac
- So Far So Good
- Solid State
- Someone Is Crazy
- Space Doggity
- Square Things
- Sticking It To Myself
- Sucker Punch
- The Big Boom
- The Presidents
- The Presidents Song
- The Princess Who Saved Herself
- The Town Crotch
- The World Belongs To You
- There You Are
- Today With Your Wife
- Todd The T1000
- Under The Pines
- You Could Be Her
- You Wouldnt Know
- Your Tattoo
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[Verse 1]
Em B7
Did you say it was black tie?
Em B7
I lost a button, but it fits just fine
Em D
Remind me what time
Em B7
Do you kids still high five?
Em B7
Cool Dad is fun, Cool Dad's your favorite guy!
Em
Watch me on the floor
[Chorus 1]
G D B7 Em
Ball and Chain, what would I be
C D G
Without this weight that's pullin' me?
D B7 Em
Down and out and back a-gain
Don't ask me
C
Don't ask me
[Verse 2]
Em B7
So I'm givin' you these keys
Em B7
Ten minutes more, no matter what I say
Em D
Then the Irish good-bye
Em B7
The seat's up too far
Em B7
Back roads I'm spinning with the starry sky
Em
Pour me out at home
[Chorus 2]
G D B7 Em
Ball and Chain, what would I be
C D G
Without this weight that's pullin' me?
D B7 Em
Down and out and back a-gain
Don't ask me
C Em
Don't ask me
[Solo]
| Eb | D | Gm Eb | D | Gm | F | Eb | D | Gm | D | Eb | Gm |
[Verse 3]
Em B7
I'm a little bit sur-prised
Em B7
I sleep for 50 years, and you're still here
Am D
Takin' up my side
Em B7
And the sun moves so fast
Em B7
Too fast to see, too bright to look too long
Em
I open up my eyes
[Chorus 3]
G D B7 Em
Ball and Chain, what would I be
C D G
Without this weight that's pullin' me?
D B7 Em
Down and out and back a-gain
Don't ask me
C Em
Don't ask me
Dont ask me
C Em
Don't ask me
Em B7
Did you say it was black tie?
Em B7
I lost a button, but it fits just fine
Em D
Remind me what time
Em B7
Do you kids still high five?
Em B7
Cool Dad is fun, Cool Dad's your favorite guy!
Em
Watch me on the floor
[Chorus 1]
G D B7 Em
Ball and Chain, what would I be
C D G
Without this weight that's pullin' me?
D B7 Em
Down and out and back a-gain
Don't ask me
C
Don't ask me
[Verse 2]
Em B7
So I'm givin' you these keys
Em B7
Ten minutes more, no matter what I say
Em D
Then the Irish good-bye
Em B7
The seat's up too far
Em B7
Back roads I'm spinning with the starry sky
Em
Pour me out at home
[Chorus 2]
G D B7 Em
Ball and Chain, what would I be
C D G
Without this weight that's pullin' me?
D B7 Em
Down and out and back a-gain
Don't ask me
C Em
Don't ask me
[Solo]
| Eb | D | Gm Eb | D | Gm | F | Eb | D | Gm | D | Eb | Gm |
[Verse 3]
Em B7
I'm a little bit sur-prised
Em B7
I sleep for 50 years, and you're still here
Am D
Takin' up my side
Em B7
And the sun moves so fast
Em B7
Too fast to see, too bright to look too long
Em
I open up my eyes
[Chorus 3]
G D B7 Em
Ball and Chain, what would I be
C D G
Without this weight that's pullin' me?
D B7 Em
Down and out and back a-gain
Don't ask me
C Em
Don't ask me
Dont ask me
C Em
Don't ask me
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