Three-Letter Word chords by Tom Wilson Weinberg

SimplifiedAsus4 · A · Dm · F · G …

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Asus4
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Dm
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G
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Bm
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F#m
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Verse 1
Asus4 
 (Asus4) Stuff people say can
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Dm 
 (A major) really  (D minor) be absurd
F 
G 
A 
 (F major) Insults  (G major) fly our  (A major) way,
E 
things  (E major) that we've all heard
D 
A 
Asus4 
A 
Mor (D major) al  (A major) de cay,  (Asus4) yabba    dabba  (A major) doo
F 
A 
Family disarray,  (F major) we did that  (A major) one too
Bm 
D 
G 
But the  (B minor) one I've  (D major) always pre (G major) ferred
Em 
Asus4 
is  (E minor) how we ruined a  (Asus4) lovely
A 
D 
 (A major) three -letter  (D major) word.
F#m 
Bm 
Gay only meant happy till  (F sharp minor) I  (B minor) met you.
Em 
A 
Gay  (E minor) only went with  (A major) Perry
F#m 
You  (F sharp minor) say I'm sappy,
Em 
G 
Em 
 (E minor) but I  (G major) can't  forget  (E minor) you
A 
D 
Taught the meaning of  (A major) gay to me  (D major) 
A 
D 
Bm 
 (A major) Gay  (D major) only meant cheerful till I  (B minor) saw you
Em 
A 
 (E minor) Lavender was just an (A major) other hue
F#m 
Em 
It  (F sharp minor) makes me tearful when  (E minor) I   recall
A 
D 
You told me you  (A major) were cheerful,  (D major) too.
G 
 (G major) Michelangelo's David
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) was just a work of art,
Em 
A 
An  (E minor) ordinary  (A major) masterpiece.
D 
G 
Em 
 (D major)  (G major) San Francis (E minor) co  was
D 
G 
D 
 (D major) where I  (G major) left my  (D major) heart,
Em 
E 
Asus4 
And  (E minor) Greek meant people  (E major) from  (Asus4) Greece.
D 
 (D major) They only meant blissful till I found you.
G 
Bm 
Em 
A 
 (G major) Cruis (B minor)  (E minor) ing was traveling on  (A major) ships.
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) Now I'm so kissful,
Em 
D 
 (E minor) it  would astound  (D major) you
Em 
A 
D 
how  (E minor) much I love  (A major) your tender  (D major) lips.
Em 
A 
D 
F#m 
 (E minor) Fruit was  (A major) simply  (D major)  (F sharp minor) a healthy
thing to eat.
Em 
A 
D 
 (E minor) Queens were  (A major) of a royal ilk.  (D major) 
G 
A 
D 
 (G major) Christopher was  (A major)  (D major) just a busy
Em 
E 
A 
E 
street.  (E minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (E major) 
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E 
C#m 
 (B major) gay  (E major) merely glittered till  (C sharp minor) I     knew you,
F#m 
B 
 (F sharp minor) who knows what I was think (B major) ing of,
when my heart flittered
A 
 (A major) and  drew me to you,
F#m 
B 
E 
D 
E 
I  (F sharp minor) learned the meaning of  (B major) gay is love.  (E major)  (D major)  (E major) 
you