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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This is my third tab and Jonathan Coulton song I have submitted; and I wrote it
making it as easier to play with chords on every line.
Verse 1
A E
I get up early when the sleeping pill wakes me
Bm D
I take a wake up pill and fill with energy
A E Bm
I power on hard and I check my messages
D
But I don't have any messages
A E
I take a driving pill and head to my car
Bm D
I drive around a bit 'cause work isn't very far
A E Bm
I call my phone and I check my messages
D
But I don't have any messages
Pre-chorus 1
E G D A
All I know is driving on drugs feels better when they're prescription
E G D E (break)
All I know is the world looks beautiful, the world looks so damn beautiful
Chorus
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now.
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now, right now.
Verse 2
A E
Work is anything but quiet these days
Bm D
I try to medicate my concentration haze
A E Bm
I can feel the day unfold in front of me
D
So I take the stairs and hit the gym
A E
The phone is ringing when I get to my desk
Bm D
What was a stinging's now a sharp pain in my chest
A E Bm(break)
So I take a Calminex and just chill
D
And then it's time for lunch again
Pre-chorus 2
E G D A
All I know is work is easy when you don't stress out about deadlines
E G D E
All I know is I take my medicine I always take my medicine
Chorus
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now.
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now, right now.
Bridge
B Em B
Sometimes I'd like to slow things down
Em B
Enjoy the moment
Em B Em
But when I look the moment's gone
Intro
Verse 3
A E
Work is over but I can't stay to work late
Bm D
Got to leave and get ready for my second date
A E Bm
With a pretty girl that I met at the pharmacy
D
Right in the prescription line
A E
I take a pill for my social anxiety
Bm D
I get a table and a nice bottle of Chablis
A E Bm
Now it's getting late and there's still no sign of her
D
I have another glass of wine
Pre-chorus 3
E G D A
All I know is the wine lasts longer when you don't gotta share it with someone
E G D E
All I know is my steak tastes better when I take my steak tastes better pill
Chorus
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now.
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now, right now.
making it as easier to play with chords on every line.
Verse 1
A E
I get up early when the sleeping pill wakes me
Bm D
I take a wake up pill and fill with energy
A E Bm
I power on hard and I check my messages
D
But I don't have any messages
A E
I take a driving pill and head to my car
Bm D
I drive around a bit 'cause work isn't very far
A E Bm
I call my phone and I check my messages
D
But I don't have any messages
Pre-chorus 1
E G D A
All I know is driving on drugs feels better when they're prescription
E G D E (break)
All I know is the world looks beautiful, the world looks so damn beautiful
Chorus
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now.
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now, right now.
Verse 2
A E
Work is anything but quiet these days
Bm D
I try to medicate my concentration haze
A E Bm
I can feel the day unfold in front of me
D
So I take the stairs and hit the gym
A E
The phone is ringing when I get to my desk
Bm D
What was a stinging's now a sharp pain in my chest
A E Bm(break)
So I take a Calminex and just chill
D
And then it's time for lunch again
Pre-chorus 2
E G D A
All I know is work is easy when you don't stress out about deadlines
E G D E
All I know is I take my medicine I always take my medicine
Chorus
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now.
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now, right now.
Bridge
B Em B
Sometimes I'd like to slow things down
Em B
Enjoy the moment
Em B Em
But when I look the moment's gone
Intro
Verse 3
A E
Work is over but I can't stay to work late
Bm D
Got to leave and get ready for my second date
A E Bm
With a pretty girl that I met at the pharmacy
D
Right in the prescription line
A E
I take a pill for my social anxiety
Bm D
I get a table and a nice bottle of Chablis
A E Bm
Now it's getting late and there's still no sign of her
D
I have another glass of wine
Pre-chorus 3
E G D A
All I know is the wine lasts longer when you don't gotta share it with someone
E G D E
All I know is my steak tastes better when I take my steak tastes better pill
Chorus
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now.
No chord A
And I feel fantastic
D E A
And I never felt as good as how I do right now
D E C#m F#m
Except for maybe when I think of how I felt that day
D Dm A
When I felt the way that I do right now, right now, right now.
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