Mental Math chords by
Julien Baker
Julien Baker

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Key: E major
Intro 1
B
E
G#m
B
E
B
E
G#m
E
B
E
Read it in a book once,
Verse 1
G#m
don't remember where
If you're happy in a dream,
E
B
it has to count for somethin'
E
Cursin' at the sun,
you taught me not to swear
G#m
E
You ask if I get worse and I say,
B
"Dammit, you can bet"
Verse 2
B
E
Hangin' on a ledge outside
G#m
of your house
E
Tryin' not to freak out,
B
starin' at the ground
C#m
Doing math in my head,
G#m
E
how far is it down?
G#m
E
Not too good to beg for you
G#m
to try to talk me down
Verse 3
G#m
You say you never had
E
a good night's sleep
B
Any of the nights you spent with me
F#
I ask if it'd be better when I leave
G#m
and then regret it
E
Maybe if I were a little patient
But I never learned the virtue
B
in waitin'
F#
It's too late anyway, to take it back
Verse 4
B
E
'Cause I have a lot to say
B
And never in the right way
F#
B
And if I could just explain
E
B
myself again
E
Oh, if I could fix you first
B
F#
Tell me about what hurts
E
And try not to make it worse
B
F#
than it already is
G#m
E
'Cause I have a lot to say
But never in the right way
B
F#
And if I could just explain myself
Outro 1
again
F#
B
G#m
B
F#
B
G#m
B
F#
B

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E G#m C#m F#