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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Based off Alden Chew's version as seen on Jocopedia. I have transposed it from the original version to be
played without a capo. If you want to use a capo, put it on the 3rd fret and transpose chords using the sidebar.
[Intro Riff]
Bb Bbsus4 x4
[Verse]
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
When I was a young boy I'd follow the path
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
Down past the dunes to the sea
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
There on the warm sandy beaches we'd lie
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
The furry old lobsters and me
D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4
They'd whistle and squeal as they ran through the waves
D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4
So sleek, so furry and fair
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
But now when I go down to see my old friends
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
The beaches are empty and bare
[Chorus]
Bb F D# Bb
Sing hey hidey ho, where'd the old lobster go?
Bb D# F
And his body so furry and brown?
D# F Gm C7
Sing ho hidey hey, have they all gone away?
D# F Bb
For we haven't seen many around
[Intro Riff]
[Verse]
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
New York sends a monster to darken our seas
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
Cursed be the day that it came
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
They are ugly and small and not tasty at all
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
They are lobsters in nothing but name
D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4
They don't smash open clams on their bellies with stones
D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4
They have neither whiskers nor paws
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
And the furry old lobster's so easily crushed
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
In the grip of their terrible claws
[Chorus]
Bb F D# Bb
Sing hey hidey ho, where'd the old lobster go?
Bb D# F
And his body so furry and brown?
D# F Gm C7
Sing ho hidey hey, have they all gone away?
D# F Bb Gm
For we haven't seen many around
D# F Bb Gm
No, we haven't seen many around
D# F Bb
No, we haven't seen many around
played without a capo. If you want to use a capo, put it on the 3rd fret and transpose chords using the sidebar.
[Intro Riff]
Bb Bbsus4 x4
[Verse]
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
When I was a young boy I'd follow the path
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
Down past the dunes to the sea
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
There on the warm sandy beaches we'd lie
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
The furry old lobsters and me
D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4
They'd whistle and squeal as they ran through the waves
D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4
So sleek, so furry and fair
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
But now when I go down to see my old friends
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
The beaches are empty and bare
[Chorus]
Bb F D# Bb
Sing hey hidey ho, where'd the old lobster go?
Bb D# F
And his body so furry and brown?
D# F Gm C7
Sing ho hidey hey, have they all gone away?
D# F Bb
For we haven't seen many around
[Intro Riff]
[Verse]
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
New York sends a monster to darken our seas
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
Cursed be the day that it came
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
They are ugly and small and not tasty at all
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
They are lobsters in nothing but name
D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4
They don't smash open clams on their bellies with stones
D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4
They have neither whiskers nor paws
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
And the furry old lobster's so easily crushed
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
In the grip of their terrible claws
[Chorus]
Bb F D# Bb
Sing hey hidey ho, where'd the old lobster go?
Bb D# F
And his body so furry and brown?
D# F Gm C7
Sing ho hidey hey, have they all gone away?
D# F Bb Gm
For we haven't seen many around
D# F Bb Gm
No, we haven't seen many around
D# F Bb
No, we haven't seen many around
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