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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Chords
Asus2 x02200
Bm x24432
B7 x21202
Bhalf dim x2323x
C#m x46654
C#7 x43404
D xx0232
D/C# x40232
E 022100
Esus4 022200
Eadd9 024100
F#m 244222
F#m7/C# x44200
G 320033
Meter 3/4
Intro
|Asus2 |Asus2 |Asus2 |D D/C#|
Verse 1
Asus2 Bm
Only a moment ago we had nothing but time
E F#m
Everything lasted forever and you were all mine
Bm E
Only a dream I know
C#m F#m
Thinking you’d never go
Bm B7
Tearing off pieces of myself
Esus4 E Eadd9 E
Just for the time it buys me
Chorus
F#m7/C# D Asus2
Fold my heart up small
F#m7/C# D C#7
Or break it into pieces
Bm F#m
Find somewhere and keep it there
G D E Asus2
Take it when you go
Verse 2
Asus2 Bm
There in the frame of your face in the cast of your eyes
E F#m
I saw this coming but still I am caught by surprise
Bm E
All of this time I knew
C#m F#m
That I’d be losing you
Bm B7
That doesn’t mean that it’s OK
Esus4 E Eadd9 E
That doesn’t mean I’m ready
Chorus 2 into bridge
F#m7/C# D Asus2
Fold my heart up small
F#m7/C# D C#7
Or break it into pieces
Bm F#m
Find somewhere and keep it there
G D E F#m B7
Take it when you go
F#m B7
When you go
Bm Bhalfdim E
When you go
Verse 3
Asus2 Bm
Some things we always remember, some things we forget
E F#m
No way to make it up now no room for regret
Bm E
That’s no good for anyone
C#m F#m
And so I come undone
Bm B7
Now I am less than what I was
Esus4 E Eadd9 E
Whatever’s left is yours now
Chorus
F#m7/C# D Asus2
Fold my heart up small
F#m7/C# D C#7
Or break it into pieces
Bm F#m
Find somewhere and keep it there
G D E Asus2
Take it when you go
Asus2 x02200
Bm x24432
B7 x21202
Bhalf dim x2323x
C#m x46654
C#7 x43404
D xx0232
D/C# x40232
E 022100
Esus4 022200
Eadd9 024100
F#m 244222
F#m7/C# x44200
G 320033
Meter 3/4
Intro
|Asus2 |Asus2 |Asus2 |D D/C#|
Verse 1
Asus2 Bm
Only a moment ago we had nothing but time
E F#m
Everything lasted forever and you were all mine
Bm E
Only a dream I know
C#m F#m
Thinking you’d never go
Bm B7
Tearing off pieces of myself
Esus4 E Eadd9 E
Just for the time it buys me
Chorus
F#m7/C# D Asus2
Fold my heart up small
F#m7/C# D C#7
Or break it into pieces
Bm F#m
Find somewhere and keep it there
G D E Asus2
Take it when you go
Verse 2
Asus2 Bm
There in the frame of your face in the cast of your eyes
E F#m
I saw this coming but still I am caught by surprise
Bm E
All of this time I knew
C#m F#m
That I’d be losing you
Bm B7
That doesn’t mean that it’s OK
Esus4 E Eadd9 E
That doesn’t mean I’m ready
Chorus 2 into bridge
F#m7/C# D Asus2
Fold my heart up small
F#m7/C# D C#7
Or break it into pieces
Bm F#m
Find somewhere and keep it there
G D E F#m B7
Take it when you go
F#m B7
When you go
Bm Bhalfdim E
When you go
Verse 3
Asus2 Bm
Some things we always remember, some things we forget
E F#m
No way to make it up now no room for regret
Bm E
That’s no good for anyone
C#m F#m
And so I come undone
Bm B7
Now I am less than what I was
Esus4 E Eadd9 E
Whatever’s left is yours now
Chorus
F#m7/C# D Asus2
Fold my heart up small
F#m7/C# D C#7
Or break it into pieces
Bm F#m
Find somewhere and keep it there
G D E Asus2
Take it when you go
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