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David Byrne
David Byrne
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Key: E major
Verse 1
D#m
D#m

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A#dim
A#dim

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B
B

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E
E

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I don't have
B
B

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D#m
D#m

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any philosophy
C#m
C#m

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B
B

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E
E

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C#m
C#m

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A
A

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F#
F#

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Why do I know what I know?
E
E

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A
A

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A#dim
A#dim

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A
A

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I see the world in a coffee cup
F
F

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F#
F#

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F#m
F#m

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

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E
E

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We have our own kind of
B
B

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D#m
D#m

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C#m
C#m

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universe
B
B

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E
E

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C#m
C#m

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A
A

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F#
F#

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Sometime but not always true
E
E

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A
A

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A#dim
A#dim

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A
A

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

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F#
F#

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Cdim
Cdim

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The view is very nice and it's
F#
F#

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Cdim
Cdim

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F#
F#

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big through and through
Verse 3
F#
F#

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I got skills and I got secrets,
B
B

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I can part my hair
F#
F#

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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
G#
G#

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and I can see - that
C#
C#

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Particles
Verse 4
F#
F#

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C#
C#

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spin 'round a nucleus
Fm
Fm

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D#m
D#m

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C#
C#

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F#
F#

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Planets encircle
D#m
D#m

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B
B

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G#
G#

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the sun
F#
F#

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B
B

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Cdim
Cdim

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B
B

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Further out there is the Milky Way
D#m
D#m

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C#m
C#m

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F#
F#

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Cdim
Cdim

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Gb
Gb

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The coolest part of all cracks me up,
Cdim
Cdim

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Ev'rytime
Gb
Gb

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Ab
Ab

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Verse 5
Db
Db

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Gb
Gb

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Db
Db

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Ebm
Ebm

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Life isn't really miraculous
Db
Db

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Gb
Gb

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Ebm
Ebm

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B
B

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Ab
Ab

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It had to happen this way
Gb
Gb

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B
B

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Cdim
Cdim

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B
B

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We had to meet in this checkout line
Ebm
Ebm

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Dbm
Dbm

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Gb
Gb

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Cdim
Cdim

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Gb
Gb

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Explain it as a simple twist of fate
Cdim
Cdim

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Gb
Gb

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Cdim
Cdim

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B
B

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Em
Em

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But we can't - be - sure

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