wait no go back
go way back
go all the way back
chinese room
G C G
when introduced to a book of rules
C G
like flirting with a girl and buying her jewels
C G
did i already know what i read
C D
or did i learn it from the book instead
C G Am G
am i in a chinese room
C G D
or do i speak chinese
C G Am G
am i in a chinese room
C G D
or do i speak chinese
G C G
isn't the moon supposed to be over there
C G
isn't it freezing? what's dripping from my hair
C G
am i so smart that i recognize
C D
the reasons that tears are coming out of my eyes
G C G
shouldn't that door swing the other way
C G
why is the sky so clear today
C G
why am i in such a regular hell
C D
where i know what it is but i still can't tell
C G Am G
if i'm in a chinese room
C G D
or if i speak chinese
C G Am G
am i in a chinese room
C G D G
or do i speak chine-ese
pool for bats
Bm E x2
Bm E
out in the yard with hammer in hand
Bm E Bm
been studyin' the stars and stuff to figure out my cosmic demand
E
i don't know what i'm doing here
Bm E Bm
i wish that i was doing something else but the instructions were clear
E D F#m
who would build this
A E D F#m
a pool for a bat isn't proven to need to exist
Bm E D F#m
who came up with this
A E D F#m B
this must be some kind of sick joke at my expense
E D#m F#
but that's life isn't it
C#m E D#m F#
you can't ever hope to make sense of whatever you get
B E D#m F#
it's never what you expect
C#m E D#m F# Badd9* E
you're thinkin' something logical and you're handed a pool for bats
D#m F# C#m E
pool for bats
D#m F# Badd9* E
pool for bats
D#m F# C#m E D#m F#
pool for bats
Bm E x2
Bm E D F#m
A E D F#m
Bm E
glenn and the guys, they know where it's at
Bm E Bm
they make the kind of boppin' poppy new wave stuff that's cool for a cat
E
'course i don't want exactly the same
Bm E Bm
just want some kids with discogs accounts to tell their buddies my name
E D F#m
i don’t get it
A E D F#m Bm
what about me being me makes it harder to get
E D
everybody else’s logic is sound
F# A E D F# B
but to justify this stupid pool for bats i’ve got to scramble around
E D#m F#
but that's life isn't it
C#m E D#m F# B
you can't ever hope to make sense of whatever you get
E D#m F#
it's never what you expect
C#m E D#m F# Badd9* E
you're thinking something logical and you're handed a pool for bats
D#m F# C#m E
pool for bats
D#m F# Badd9*
D#m F# C#m E
pool for bats
D#m F# Badd9*
pool for bats
D#m F# C#m E
pool for bats
D#m F# Badd9*
pool for bats
D#m F# C#m E
pool for bats
D#m F# B**
pool for bats
*add9 in vocal harmony
**not in the recording, but ends the song nicely since i'm assuming you'll be playing this without a fadeout
grendel
G Am6 C
everyone is disgusting
Bm D C
full of black burnt sugar and hair
G Am6 C
closed off in a shell of clay
Bm D C
i made my face into a sun
Bm D Am C
i don't see a monster in the unhappy wight
Bm D Em C
i see a tragedy hidden from light
G Am6 C
Bm D C
x2
G Am6 C
we the underwater men
Bm D C
we need our blankets to live
G Am6 C
we're homo something else
Bm D C
we don't know what landsmen do
G Am6 C
i'd never raid the mead hall
Bm D C
i never would i promise
G Am6 C
i just need you to hug me
Bm D C
so that i stop imagining it
Bm D Am C
i don't see a monster stepping the march
Bm D Em C
i see a pity kicked into the dark
G Am6 C
Bm D C
x2
G Am6 C
i never would
Bm D C
i promise
G Am6 C
i never would
Bm D C
i promise
MSG/BIBI
(N.C.)
the weeks have days
the days have hours
i have my hands
my hands have fingers
a problem has parts
and some solutions
solutions have parts
and parts have parts
F Am A# Dm C F
x4
F
Am A# Dm
the world is too complex
C F
this makes it good and bad
Am A# Dm
the fact that there's no just good is good
C F
and it's also bad
Am A# Dm
the world is too complex
C F
this makes it good and bad
Am A# Dm
the fact that there's no just good is good
C F
and it's also bad
F Am A# Dm C F
x2
computer
C F C Cadd11
i asked a computer to write a song for me
C F Am G F
about how everyone's mean to each other and that makes me angry
C F C Cadd11
but the song it made for me kinda stunk
C F Am
i decided to wait 'til they're better at that to try again
G F
i tried my luck with
Dm Em
youtube tutorials next
Dm
i started a seventeen part series
Em G F
that i haven't finished yet
Em*
i-
C F C Cadd11
i asked a computer to write a song for me
C F Am G F
about all the things in life that made me feel better or happy
C F C Cadd11
it told me that i like watching tv
C F Am G F
and that i like to watch snl and modern family
Dm Em
it's so impressive
Dm Em G F
i mean, it wasn't right but look how well it guessed it
C F
i asked a computer to confess to my crush for me
C C7(quickly)
*this is an accident. feel free to keep it in i guess
dead fly
(N.C.)
i'm a dead fly
on the wall at your party
you'll get nary a whisper out of me
i was never meant
to be inside
but i got here and i won't leave
Dm A# C
nobody knows that i'm here
Gm/F Dm
the same place that i got smashed
A# C
by somebody who remained unaware of me
Gm/F Dm
as they killed me against the wall
Am A# Dm
i'll go door to door at my own pace
Am A# Dm
i'll go door to door at my own pace
Am A# Dm
i'll go door to door at my own pace
Am A# D° Dm
i'll go door to door at my own pace
C7sus4 Dm
eavesdropping and inconsiderate
C7sus4 Dm
eavesdropping and inconsiderate
C7sus4 Dm
eavesdropping and inconsiderate
C7sus4
eavesdropping and in
Dm A# C
i've just gotta have a little role in your life
Gm/F Dm
whether you want me there or not
A# C
i need to get high on the enigma
Gm/F Dm
that my delusion insists i have
Am A# Dm
i'll go door to door at my own pace
Am A# Dm
i'll go door to door at my own pace
Am A# Dm
i'll go door to door at my own pace
Am A# D° Dm
i'll go door to door at my own pace
C7sus4 Dm
eavesdropping and inconsiderate
C7sus4 Dm
eavesdropping and inconsiderate
C7sus4 Dm
eavesdropping and inconsiderate
C7sus4 Dm
eavesdropping and inconsiderate
C7sus4 Dm
eavesdropping and inconsiderate...
(i guess to end this song without a fadeout, make the last stanza like the first instance of it
and end on a dramatically slow D minor)
lydian theme
Asus4 A x4
B Bsus2 x4
we are ants
A#m F#
we are ants from the second that we walk out the door
A#m
'til we catch the elevator and we get to our floor
(note: when first playing/strumming the F#, you can switch it to a F#m once as an accidental like i do in the song)
KAB
F#
squirrelly blond boy tryna sidestep the mud
he doesn't like the rain and he doesn't like the wind
B
he's dressed in silk at six pm
C#7 F#
when the sun disappears behind the mountains he's fucked
oh he's fucked
B
he's fucked
F#
when the sun disappears he's fucked
he's fucked
(the note F#)
oh he's fucked
F# C#
the world is kind to the kyphotic aryan boy
F# C#
he loves it and it loves him back
F#
he shivers and shakes like a wet deer in fright
F#m
it's such a sad sight
C#
the rich prince who hides in the bathroom
(C#) F#
C# F#
disconnected, he watches them die
he's scared of doing something without asking first
B
he's dressed in silk at 6 pm
C#7 F#
when the first cool breeze of the evening kicks up he's fucked
oh he's fucked
B
he's fucked
F#
when the sun disappears he's fucked
he's fucked
(the note F#)
oh he's fucked
F# C#
the world is kind to the kyphotic aryan boy
F# C#
he loves it and it loves him back
F#
he shivers and shakes like a wet deer in fright
F#m
it's such a sad sight
C#
the rich prince who hides in the bathroom
F#
'cause what if, 'cause what if
C#
kyphotic aryan boy
F#
'cause what if, 'cause what if
C#
kyphotic aryan boy
F#
'cause what if, 'cause what if
blond hair blue eyes tryna speak with no prompt
he doesn't like the rain and he doesn't like the wind
B
he's dressed in silk at 6 pm
C#7* F#
when the sun disappears behind the mountains he's fucked
("after" end: F#+ A#)
*that's definitely not a C#7 but i have no idea what i played. might be an 11
self-preservation instincts
F Dm Csus2 D#
i don't draw my hand back when i place it on a stove
F Dm Csus2 D#
i don't tread on water 'cause i think that i will float
F Dm Csus2 D#
i don't have self-preservation instincts in the least
F A#
so i hope you'll take extra care of me
the incline
(the song is pitched up by 1 quarter-tone, the tab is how i originally played it)
Am G
all alone in a clearing
F C
i was crying by myself
Am G
then all of a sudden, the sky opened up
F C
and a bright light came from heaven above
Am E
jesus came down to me, and she was a girl
F G
she comforted me, and i fell in love
C
and when i woke up
Am F
i was so confused
C
when i woke up
Am F
i was so confused
C
when i woke up
Am F
i was so confused
C
when i woke up
Am F
i was so confused
un punto en el cielo
Gm Gm/F Cm Dm A#
x4
Gm Gm/F Cm Dm A#
nadie se mueven
Fadd9/A C Cm7
por un breve tiempo
Gm Gm/F Cm Dm A#
ven un punto en el cielo
Fadd9/A C Cm7
grande bastante ser raro
Gm Gm/F Cm Dm A#
dentro de este momento me entienden
Gm Gm/F Cm Dm A#
dentro de este momento encajo aqui
Gm Gm/F Cm Fadd9/A C
dentro de este momento estoy humano
Cm7
lo veo tambien
Gm Gm/F Cm Dm A#
Gm Gm/F Cm Dm A# Fadd9 C Cm7
x2
everything i do i do for a selfish reason
F#m E D
i threw up on thanksgiving
C#m Bm
and now i'm evil
F#m E D
i gained a thirst for blood
C#m
i'm out for myself
Bm
my teacher was right
A D E
he told us in eighth grade
F#m E D A
that everything you do you do for a selfish reason
F#m E D
i was stolen from on christmas
C#m Bm
it was out of my hands
F#m E D
you might look at me
C#m
and see a charitable man
Bm
but i'm still a sick boy
A D E
getting sicker every day
F#m E D A
and everything i do i do for a selfish reason
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