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Key: E major
Verse 1
Gm
Gm

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Ddim
Ddim

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Eb
Eb

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Ab
Ab

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I don't have
Eb
Eb

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Gm
Gm

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any philosophy
Fm
Fm

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Eb
Eb

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Ab
Ab

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Fm
Fm

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Db
Db

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Bb
Bb

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Why do I know what I know?
Ab
Ab

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Db
Db

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Ddim
Ddim

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Db
Db

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I see the world in a coffee cup
A
A

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Bb
Bb

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Bbm
Bbm

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

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Ab
Ab

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We have our own kind of
Eb
Eb

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Gm
Gm

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Fm
Fm

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universe
Eb
Eb

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Ab
Ab

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Fm
Fm

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Db
Db

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Bb
Bb

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Sometime but not always true
Ab
Ab

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Db
Db

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Ddim
Ddim

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Db
Db

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

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Bb
Bb

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Edim
Edim

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The view is very nice and it's
Bb
Bb

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Edim
Edim

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Bb
Bb

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big through and through
Verse 3
Bb
Bb

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I got skills and I got secrets,
Eb
Eb

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I can part my hair
Bb
Bb

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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
C
C

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and I can see - that
F
F

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Particles
Verse 4
Bb
Bb

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F
F

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spin 'round a nucleus
Am
Am

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Gm
Gm

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F
F

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Bb
Bb

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Planets encircle
Gm
Gm

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Eb
Eb

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C
C

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the sun
Bb
Bb

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Eb
Eb

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Edim
Edim

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Eb
Eb

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Further out there is the Milky Way
Gm
Gm

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Fm
Fm

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Bb
Bb

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Edim
Edim

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Bb
Bb

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The coolest part of all cracks me up,
Edim
Edim

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Ev'rytime
Bb
Bb

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C
C

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Verse 5
F
F

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Bb
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F
F

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Gm
Gm

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Life isn't really miraculous
F
F

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Bb
Bb

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Gm
Gm

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Eb
Eb

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C
C

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It had to happen this way
Bb
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Eb
Eb

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Edim
Edim

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Eb
Eb

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We had to meet in this checkout line
Gm
Gm

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Fm
Fm

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Bb
Bb

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Edim
Edim

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Bb
Bb

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Explain it as a simple twist of fate
Edim
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Bb
Bb

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Edim
Edim

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Eb
Eb

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Abm
Abm

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But we can't - be - sure

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