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David Byrne
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Key: E major
Verse 1
Gm
Gm

Ddim
Ddim

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

I don't have
Eb
Eb

Gm
Gm

any philosophy
Fm
Fm

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Fm
Fm

Db
Db

Bb
Bb

Why do I know what I know?
Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Ddim
Ddim

Db
Db

I see the world in a coffee cup
A
A

Bb
Bb

Bbm
Bbm

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

Ab
Ab

We have our own kind of
Eb
Eb

Gm
Gm

Fm
Fm

universe
Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Fm
Fm

Db
Db

Bb
Bb

Sometime but not always true
Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Ddim
Ddim

Db
Db

How come? Wait! Maybe I think it is
A
A

Bb
Bb

Edim
Edim

The view is very nice and it's
Bb
Bb

Edim
Edim

Bb
Bb

big through and through
Verse 3
Bb
Bb

I got skills and I got secrets,
Eb
Eb

I can part my hair
Bb
Bb

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

and I can see - that
F
F

Particles
Verse 4
Bb
Bb

F
F

spin 'round a nucleus
Am
Am

Gm
Gm

F
F

Bb
Bb

Planets encircle
Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

C
C

the sun
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

Eb
Eb

Further out there is the Milky Way
Gm
Gm

Fm
Fm

Bb
Bb

Edim
Edim

Bb
Bb

The coolest part of all cracks me up,
Edim
Edim

Ev'rytime
Bb
Bb

C
C

Verse 5
F
F

Bb
Bb

F
F

Gm
Gm

Life isn't really miraculous
F
F

Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

C
C

It had to happen this way
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

Eb
Eb

We had to meet in this checkout line
Gm
Gm

Fm
Fm

Bb
Bb

Edim
Edim

Bb
Bb

Explain it as a simple twist of fate
Edim
Edim

Bb
Bb

Edim
Edim

Eb
Eb

Abm
Abm

But we can't - be - sure

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