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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Verse 1
D G A D
Long ago in days of yore
G A D
It all began with a god named Thor
A Bm
There were Vikings and boats
G D
And some plans for a furniture store
D G A D
It's not a bodega it's not a mall
G A D
And they sell things for apartments smaller
A Bm G D
than mine As if there were apartments smaller than mine
Chorus
A Bm G D D A Asus4
I-ke-a Ikea-a just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
A Bm G D D A Asus4
I-ke-a Ikea-a selling furniture For college kids and divorced men
G D A7 A7sus4 A7
Everyone has a home
G D A D Dsus4 D
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there
Verse 2
D G A D
So rent a car or take the bus
G A D
Lay your cash down and put your trust
A Bm G D
In the land where the furniture folds to a much smaller size
G A D
Billy the bookcase says hello
G A D
And so does a table whose name is Ingo
A Bm G D
And the chair is a ladder-back birch but his friends call him Karl
Chorus
A Bm G D D A Asus4
I-ke-a Ikea-a just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
A Bm G D D A Asus4
I-ke-a Ikea-a selling furniture For college kids and divorced men
G D A7 A7sus4 A7
Everyone has a home
G D A D Dsus4 D
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there
Bm F#
Ikea plywood brushed steel
D A7 Dadd4/A
Ikea meatballs tasty
Bm F#
Ikea Allen wrenches
D
All of them for free
F#
All of them for me
Guitar Solo - See below
Verse 3
D G A D
I'm sorry I said Ikea sucks
G A D
I just bought a table for bucks
A Bm G D
And a chair and a lamp And a shelf and some candles for you
G A D
I was a doubter just like you
G A D
til I saw the American dream come true
A Bm G D
In New Jersey they got a god damned Swedish parade
Chorus
A Bm G D D A Asus4
I-ke-a Ikea-a just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
A Bm G D D A Asus4
I-ke-a Ikea-a selling furniture For college kids and divorced men
G D A7 A7sus4 A7
Everyone has a home
G D A D Dsus4 D
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there
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