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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Intro |E Amaj7|E Amaj7|
Verse 1
E Em
All alone by the table of food
D G D
in my wrinkled suit and my borrowed tie
E Em
Only thinking of something to say
D G D
in the moment after the girl goes by
G G/F Em7 Edim
Everyone else is having fun or else pretending to
G G/F Em7 Edim
I eat another crudite
Chorus
Cadd9 G/B
I quit I'm done
Asus4 D
cause I don't think it's gonna turn out OK
Cadd9 G/B
It's no fair and it's no fun
Asus4 D
If every time it's gonna end the same way
Dbdim Cm G
Me zero Big bad world one
Verse 2
E Em
At the office we're all having cake
D G D
cause it's someone's birthday I don't know who
E Em
Get my plate and I'm scanning the room
D G D
and the only seat is right next to you
G G/F Em7 Edim
I get the nod the tiny smile that doesn't come with teeth
G G/F Em7 Edim
Maybe you don't know who I am
Chorus
Cadd9 G/B
I quit I'm done
Asus4 D
cause I don't think it's gonna turn out OK
Cadd9 G/B
It's no fair and it's no fun
Asus4 D
If every time it's gonna end the same way
Dbdim Cm G
Me zero Big bad world one
Bridge
C G
Staying in-side lying in bed
Am Em
Noticing something that's not there
C G
Follow my heart follow my head
Bb C(alt) E
I'll follow anything that might get me somewhere
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Verse 3
E Em
Catch her eye when she's pouring my coffee
D G D
and search my head for an opening line
E Em
But I see by the look on her face
D G D
if I keep my mouth shut I'll save some time
G G/F Em7 Edim
What if the best that I can be just isn't good enough
G G/F Em7 Edim
Isn't it better not to know
Chorus
Cadd9 G/B
I quit I'm done
Asus4 D
cause I don't think it's gonna turn out OK
Cadd9 G/B
It's no fair and it's no fun
Asus4 D
If every time it's gonna end the same way
Dbdim Cm
Me zero Big bad world one
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