Hate The Villanelle chords by They Might Be Giants

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Em
G
A
Bsus4
B
Bm
C
E
Am

Verse 1
Em 
Don't  (E minor) hate the villain, hate the villanelle
With these picky rules and
odd jigsaw rhymes
G 
Curses, these verses  (G major) are my
prison cell
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 2
Bsus4 
 (Bsus4) 
B 
Em 
G 
 (B major) At school,  (E minor) I ran from the very  (G major) first bell
A 
The  (A major) teacher's ruler,
Bm 
those  (B minor) maddening chimes
Em 
 (E minor) Don't hate the villain,
G 
 (G major) hate the villanelle
A 
 (A major) 

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Verse 3

Joking in class, oh,

the words I misspell

Mumbles and stammers,

but are those real crimes?

Curses, these verses are my

prison cell

Verse 4
Bsus4 
 (Bsus4) 
Bm 
G 
 (B minor) If someone  (G major) could hear,
A 
for someone  (A major) to tell
B 
But friend (B major) s have all fled
C 
A 
to faraway  (C major) climes  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) Don't hate the villain,
G 
 (G major) hate the villanelle
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 5
Bsus4 
 (Bsus4) 
E 
Em 
I solve  (E major)  (E minor) this puzzle,
G 
but tumble  (G major) through Hell
A 
Am 
A 
These  (A major) word (A minor) s are frac (A major) tions
Bm 
when I  (B minor) needd primes
Em 
G 
 (E minor) Curses, these verses  (G major) are my
prison cell
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 6
Bsus4 
 (Bsus4) 
Em 
G 
My hand  (E minor) disappears as I  (G major) wave farewell
A 
This  (A major) gentle quicksand turns
Bm 
 (B minor) into hard times
Em 
 (E minor) Don't hate the villain,
G 
A 
Bsus4 
hate  (G major) the villanelle  (A major)  (Bsus4) 
Em 
G 
 (E minor) Curses, these verses  (G major) are my
prison cell
A 
Bsus4 
Em 
 (A major)  (Bsus4)  (E minor) 