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
Read more on Last.fm
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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*I did not make this, I am only uploading it from Jonathan Coulton's wiki for use in the
portable ultimate-guitar app for the iPod/iPhone*
Transcribed by Yngve, subsequently mangled in formatting by Bry
Intro:
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Intro
G Cmaj7
I thought we'd start our evening off with a glass of cold rose
G D
Then we can sit here on the couch just holding hands
Bm G
And I'll say that you're beautiful
C Cm
And you'll say I'm moving too fast
G
But I won't mind
D7
Because I know in time
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C D
Though it may take some time I know eventually
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C B7
I use the passive voice to show how gentle I'll be
Em
When I soft rock you
Bmin7 E Esus4 E
You will know it's true
Am
That you've never been soft rocked
C D G
'Til you've been soft rocked by me
Intro
G Cmaj7
I'll listen to the things you say about the way you feel
G D
I'll smile an understanding smile when your boyfriend calls
Bm G
And you'll go, but you'll think of me
C Cm
And one day you'll knock on my door
G
'Cause you want to be
D7
Soft rocked by me
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C D
Though it may take some time I know eventually
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C B7
I use the passive voice to show how gentle I'll be
Em
When I soft rock you
Bmin7 E Esus4 E
You will know it's true
Am
That you've never been soft rocked
C D G
'Til you've been soft rocked by me
G Cmaj7 B Em G7 C A
C A C D
G Cmaj7
Have you ever been in love with a man who's sensitive?
G D
Have you ever spent the night with a man who cries?
Bm G
Well that's me: I'm sensitive
C Cm
And I cry, I'm crying right now
G
In a manly way
D7
Because I know someday
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C D
Though it may take some time I know eventually
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C B7
I use the passive voice to show how gentle I'll be
Em
When I soft rock you
Bmin7 E Esus4 E
You will know it's true
Am
That you've never been soft rocked
C D G
'Til you've been soft rocked by me
Intro
C D G
'Til you've been soft rocked by me
Intro
C D G
'Til you've been soft rocked by me
portable ultimate-guitar app for the iPod/iPhone*
Transcribed by Yngve, subsequently mangled in formatting by Bry
Intro:
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
--0---0--------0---0---0------|
----4---0--------4---0---0----|
---------3------------3---2h3-|
-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3---------|
Intro
G Cmaj7
I thought we'd start our evening off with a glass of cold rose
G D
Then we can sit here on the couch just holding hands
Bm G
And I'll say that you're beautiful
C Cm
And you'll say I'm moving too fast
G
But I won't mind
D7
Because I know in time
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C D
Though it may take some time I know eventually
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C B7
I use the passive voice to show how gentle I'll be
Em
When I soft rock you
Bmin7 E Esus4 E
You will know it's true
Am
That you've never been soft rocked
C D G
'Til you've been soft rocked by me
Intro
G Cmaj7
I'll listen to the things you say about the way you feel
G D
I'll smile an understanding smile when your boyfriend calls
Bm G
And you'll go, but you'll think of me
C Cm
And one day you'll knock on my door
G
'Cause you want to be
D7
Soft rocked by me
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C D
Though it may take some time I know eventually
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C B7
I use the passive voice to show how gentle I'll be
Em
When I soft rock you
Bmin7 E Esus4 E
You will know it's true
Am
That you've never been soft rocked
C D G
'Til you've been soft rocked by me
G Cmaj7 B Em G7 C A
C A C D
G Cmaj7
Have you ever been in love with a man who's sensitive?
G D
Have you ever spent the night with a man who cries?
Bm G
Well that's me: I'm sensitive
C Cm
And I cry, I'm crying right now
G
In a manly way
D7
Because I know someday
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C D
Though it may take some time I know eventually
G D
You will be soft rocked by me
Am C B7
I use the passive voice to show how gentle I'll be
Em
When I soft rock you
Bmin7 E Esus4 E
You will know it's true
Am
That you've never been soft rocked
C D G
'Til you've been soft rocked by me
Intro
C D G
'Til you've been soft rocked by me
Intro
C D G
'Til you've been soft rocked by me
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