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David Byrne
David Byrne
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Key: E major
Verse 1
Em
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Bdim
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C
C

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F
F

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I don't have
C
C

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Em
Em

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any philosophy
Dm
Dm

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C
C

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F
F

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Dm
Dm

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Bb
Bb

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G
G

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Why do I know what I know?
F
F

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Bb
Bb

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Bdim
Bdim

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Bb
Bb

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I see the world in a coffee cup
F#
F#

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G
G

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Gm
Gm

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And when I drink it down there I go
Verse 2
C
C

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F
F

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We have our own kind of
C
C

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Em
Em

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Dm
Dm

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universe
C
C

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F
F

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Dm
Dm

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Bb
Bb

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G
G

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Sometime but not always true
F
F

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Bb
Bb

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Bdim
Bdim

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Bb
Bb

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How come? Wait! Maybe I think it is
F#
F#

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G
G

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Dbdim
Dbdim

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The view is very nice and it's
G
G

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Dbdim
Dbdim

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G
G

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big through and through
Verse 3
G
G

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I got skills and I got secrets,
C
C

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I can part my hair
G
G

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I feel an empty space where love could be
In adjoining universes
Touching here and there
I stick my head outside
A
A

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and I can see - that
D
D

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Particles
Verse 4
G
G

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D
D

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spin 'round a nucleus
F#m
F#m

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Em
Em

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D
D

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G
G

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Planets encircle
Em
Em

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C
C

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A
A

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the sun
G
G

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C
C

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Dbdim
Dbdim

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C
C

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Further out there is the Milky Way
Em
Em

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Dm
Dm

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G
G

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C#dim
C#dim

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G
G

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The coolest part of all cracks me up,
C#dim
C#dim

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Ev'rytime
G
G

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A
A

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Verse 5
D
D

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G
G

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D
D

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Em
Em

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Life isn't really miraculous
D
D

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G
G

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Em
Em

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C
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A
A

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It had to happen this way
G
G

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C
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C#dim
C#dim

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C
C

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We had to meet in this checkout line
Em
Em

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Dm
Dm

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G
G

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C#dim
C#dim

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G
G

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Explain it as a simple twist of fate
C#dim
C#dim

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G
G

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C#dim
C#dim

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C
C

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Fm
Fm

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But we can't - be - sure

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