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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Revised tabs by suuuupaadave
Chords
A x0222x
Dm/A x0323x
D xx0232
Bm x24432
Bm7b5 x2323x
E 022100
A Dm/A
I'm right here
A
And I heard everything you said
Dm/A A
Those things
D
To try to get inside my head
Is full
Bm A
Now there's no room in here
Dm/A A
For you
You can't teach me the lesson
A Dm/A A
Now I know
I don't need you to tell me
D Bm E
How it's done 'cause I know how it's done
Chorus
D E
See all the accolades, sitting up on my shelf
D Bm
I'm the man now, sticking it to myself
Bm7b5
Sticking it to myself
Sticking it to my-
Verse 2
A Dm/A A
Self-control
A
That's not the only thing I lack
Dm/A A
A plan
Just my own gun against my
D Bm
Back down now and let this hostage
A Dm/A A
Go away
I'm trying to figure something
A Dm/A A
Makes me feel
D
Like I'd do anything it takes to be
Bm E
A fucking winner now
Chorus
D E
See all the accolades, sitting up on my shelf
D Bm
I'm the man now, I'm sticking it to myself
Bm7b5
Sticking it to myself
A
Sticking it to myself
Bridge
A (palm-muted)
You don't seem interested in what I just said
If you're not listening then don't nod your head
Bm
I thought so
Bm7b5
That's what I thought that
Verse 3
A Dm/A A
Someday soon
This job is going to kill me
A Dm/A A
Dead inside
D
Unless I kill it first instead
Bm E
and when they come for me I'm gone
Chorus
D E
There's just the accolades, sitting up on my shelf
D Bm
I'm the man now, I'm sticking it to myself
Bm7b5
Sticking it to myself
A Dm/A A
Sticking it to myself
Chords
A x0222x
Dm/A x0323x
D xx0232
Bm x24432
Bm7b5 x2323x
E 022100
A Dm/A
I'm right here
A
And I heard everything you said
Dm/A A
Those things
D
To try to get inside my head
Is full
Bm A
Now there's no room in here
Dm/A A
For you
You can't teach me the lesson
A Dm/A A
Now I know
I don't need you to tell me
D Bm E
How it's done 'cause I know how it's done
Chorus
D E
See all the accolades, sitting up on my shelf
D Bm
I'm the man now, sticking it to myself
Bm7b5
Sticking it to myself
Sticking it to my-
Verse 2
A Dm/A A
Self-control
A
That's not the only thing I lack
Dm/A A
A plan
Just my own gun against my
D Bm
Back down now and let this hostage
A Dm/A A
Go away
I'm trying to figure something
A Dm/A A
Makes me feel
D
Like I'd do anything it takes to be
Bm E
A fucking winner now
Chorus
D E
See all the accolades, sitting up on my shelf
D Bm
I'm the man now, I'm sticking it to myself
Bm7b5
Sticking it to myself
A
Sticking it to myself
Bridge
A (palm-muted)
You don't seem interested in what I just said
If you're not listening then don't nod your head
Bm
I thought so
Bm7b5
That's what I thought that
Verse 3
A Dm/A A
Someday soon
This job is going to kill me
A Dm/A A
Dead inside
D
Unless I kill it first instead
Bm E
and when they come for me I'm gone
Chorus
D E
There's just the accolades, sitting up on my shelf
D Bm
I'm the man now, I'm sticking it to myself
Bm7b5
Sticking it to myself
A Dm/A A
Sticking it to myself
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