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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Artist Jonathan Coulton
Track Madelaine
Album Thing a Week Three
[VERSE 1]
D
If it doesn't kill you it'll make you stronger
D
But if it kills you you'll be dead
G
Use fluorescent bulbs, they'll probably last longer
D
But the buzzing sound might hurt your head
B B/C#
There's two ways of looking at your problem
D D/C# D/C
Right or wrong, win or lose
B
Stand around and you'll never get the job done
D C
All you have to do is choose
[CHORUS]
F G
Madelaine, stay with me
D E
Madelaine, leave me be
Bb A D
Madelaine, just tell me what you're gonna do
F G
Madelaine, stay for more
D E
Madelaine, use the door
Bb A D
Madelaine, I'm gonna leave it up to you
[VERSE 2]
D
You could buy a dog to keep away the bad guys
D
But you'd have to walk him every day
G
You could open up a Chicken Kitchen franchise
D
Piss off the ASPCA
B B/C#
Either way, you better make your mind up
D D/C# D/C
What is what, which is which
B
'Cause on the mound, they're ready with the windup
D C
And you can't miss another pitch
[CHORUS]
F G
Madelaine, stay with me
D E
Madelaine, leave me be
Bb A D
Madelaine, just tell me what you're gonna do
F G
Madelaine, stay for more
D E
Madelaine, use the door
Bb A D
Madelaine, I'm gonna leave it up to you
[BRIDGE]
Gm A Gm A
So many tasties on your plate
Bb F G
What is a hungry girl to do?
Gm A Gm A
Already it may be too late
Bb C D
I'm sick of cooking for you
[VERSE 3]
D
You could tell me that it's getting past your bedtime
D
And that you have to say good night
G
You could tell me that you've had way too much red wine
D
You would probably be right
B B/C#
Either way, you better wash those glasses
D D/C# D/C
You've got friends coming by
B
And besides, you're sick of making passes
D C
Truth be told, so am I
[CHORUS]
F G
Madelaine, stay with me
D E
Madelaine, leave me be
Bb A D
Madelaine, just tell me what you're gonna do
F G
Madelaine, stay for more
D E
Madelaine, use the door
Bb A D
Madelaine, I'm gonna leave it up to you
Track Madelaine
Album Thing a Week Three
[VERSE 1]
D
If it doesn't kill you it'll make you stronger
D
But if it kills you you'll be dead
G
Use fluorescent bulbs, they'll probably last longer
D
But the buzzing sound might hurt your head
B B/C#
There's two ways of looking at your problem
D D/C# D/C
Right or wrong, win or lose
B
Stand around and you'll never get the job done
D C
All you have to do is choose
[CHORUS]
F G
Madelaine, stay with me
D E
Madelaine, leave me be
Bb A D
Madelaine, just tell me what you're gonna do
F G
Madelaine, stay for more
D E
Madelaine, use the door
Bb A D
Madelaine, I'm gonna leave it up to you
[VERSE 2]
D
You could buy a dog to keep away the bad guys
D
But you'd have to walk him every day
G
You could open up a Chicken Kitchen franchise
D
Piss off the ASPCA
B B/C#
Either way, you better make your mind up
D D/C# D/C
What is what, which is which
B
'Cause on the mound, they're ready with the windup
D C
And you can't miss another pitch
[CHORUS]
F G
Madelaine, stay with me
D E
Madelaine, leave me be
Bb A D
Madelaine, just tell me what you're gonna do
F G
Madelaine, stay for more
D E
Madelaine, use the door
Bb A D
Madelaine, I'm gonna leave it up to you
[BRIDGE]
Gm A Gm A
So many tasties on your plate
Bb F G
What is a hungry girl to do?
Gm A Gm A
Already it may be too late
Bb C D
I'm sick of cooking for you
[VERSE 3]
D
You could tell me that it's getting past your bedtime
D
And that you have to say good night
G
You could tell me that you've had way too much red wine
D
You would probably be right
B B/C#
Either way, you better wash those glasses
D D/C# D/C
You've got friends coming by
B
And besides, you're sick of making passes
D C
Truth be told, so am I
[CHORUS]
F G
Madelaine, stay with me
D E
Madelaine, leave me be
Bb A D
Madelaine, just tell me what you're gonna do
F G
Madelaine, stay for more
D E
Madelaine, use the door
Bb A D
Madelaine, I'm gonna leave it up to you
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