Puffy Amiyumi モグラライク Mogura raiku Mogura-like Mole-Like guitar chords tab

I'm guessing that they not only do their own choreography but are in charge of wardrobe as well. (Actually, as someone who grew up during the golden era of MTV, I really do appreciate the Lauperesque outfits. Not to mention that animation, which reminds me of DigDug. Looks like Puffy is ready for the inevitable 80s revival.) This is almost too easy to be worth posting, but when I think about how bad I was at figuring out chord progressions when I started playing guitar, I figure the transcription might save a newbie a few minutes.




Power chords, mostly

C D Bb

Mogura wa gangan kono chikyuu wo yasu mazu susumu
Hita sura gashigashi hori susunde umi wo watatte

A Ab G
Soshite futo te wo yasumete wa hoshi wo nagameteiru

C D Bb

C Bb
Bokura mo gangan kono chikyuu de make zuni susumi
C Bb
Mogura ga gashigashi suru mitai ni ryote wo mawasu
A Ab G
Mada mada zenzen shiranai haru kana to kono
A Ab G
Umi wo mitai, hoshi wo mitai zenmai maite
Bb C E
guru guru maite hora mosukoshi ageteke

F C G C
Mada mada mienaiyo
doko nimo mienaiyo
Kangaete shimauyo
F C G Am7 Em C Em C
dakara te wo ugokashitsuzukeyou miyouyo dakara



A Em A Em A Em
D F

F C G C
Dare mo mitenaiyo
dare mo kiitenaiyo
Matchigaete shimauyo
dakara te wo ugokashi tsuzukeyou
Mada mada mienaiyo
doko nimo mienaiyo
Kanga ete shimauyo
F C G Am7
dakara te o ugokashi tsuzukeyou
F C G Am7
Hotte hotte mata hotte
Em F G C
furimukeba michi ga dekitetayo


Moles work busily, never resting, moving through the world
Digging their way through earnestly, crossing seas
And then suddenly they take a break and look up at the stars
We, too, are working busily, moving through the world, never giving in
Moving our hands like the moles digging
I want to dream of a place that I've never seen before
I want to see the stars, wind a spring, wind it round and round and move up a little
We can't see yet, we can't see anywhere
We end up thinking like that, so let's keep moving our hands, let's look
Nobody's watching, nobody's listening
We make mistakes, so let's keep moving our hands
We can't see yet, we can't see anywhere
We end up thinking like that, so let's keep moving our hands, let's look
Dig and dig and dig some more
And when you look back you'll see you've made a road

Y'all have probably already seen the NYT article on "hip librarians." A librarian on the editorial staff of Touchstone isn't impressed. "Serious library users have the same opinion of hip librarians as serious church users have of hip priests and ministers." Lots of good discussion in the combox on the nature of librarianship in the IT age.

An academic monograph on Kate Bush and Hounds of Love.

I decided against the China job. My initial idea was to go there only long enough to snare a Chinese wife with the lure of American citizenship, but given my track record so far I'm not at all confident I could get a job on my return. My latest idea is to try to get into high school librarianship. Although I'm not sure exactly what that involves (aside from hunting vampires), I would like the summers off.