Imitosis chords

Andrew Bird

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INTRO 

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VERSE I 

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He's keeping busy, yeah, he's bleeding stones 
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With his machinations and his palindromes 
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It was anything but hear the voice 
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Anything but hear the voice 
        Am          C/G 
It was anything but hear the voice 
     Fm7               E          Am   C/G  Fm7  E 
That says that we're all basically alone 

Am  C/G  Fm7  E 


VERSE II 

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Poor Professor Pynchon had only good intentions 
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When he put his Bunsen burners all away 
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And turning to a playground in a Petri dish 
      E                  Am 
Where single cells would swing their fists 
   C/G           Fm7           E 
At anything that looks like easy prey 
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In this nature show that rages every day 
       Am      C/G       Fm7  E (strum louder) 
It was then he heard his intuition say 
                       Am 
We were all basically alone 



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And despite what all his studies had shown 
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That what's mistaken for closeness is just a case for mitosis 
    Am  C/G    Fm7        E           Am         C/G       Fm7  E 
And why---- do some show no mercy while others are painfully shy? 
Am             C/G     Fm7     E 
Tell me doctor can you quantify? 
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He just wants to know the reason,   the reason why 

Am  C/G  Fm7  E 


VERSE III 

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Why do they congregate in groups of four 

Fm7          E        Am 
Scatter like a billion spores 
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And let the wind just carry them away? 
Am           C/G    Fm7 
How can kids be so mean? 
           E               Am 
Our famous doctor tried to glean 
      C/G              Fm7      E 
As he went home at the end of the day 
      Am       C/G       Fm7       E 
In this nature show that rages every day 
       Am      C/G       Fm7  E  (strum louder) 
It was then he heard his intuition say 
                       Am 
We were all basically alone 




   C/G                Fm7      E 
Despite what all his studies had shown 
               Am           C/G              Fm7     E 
That what's mistaken for closeness is just a case of mitosis 
Am         C/G         Fm7             E 
Sure fatal doses of malcontent through osmosis 
    Am  C/G    Fm7        E           Am         C/G       Fm7  E 
And why---- do some show no mercy while others are painfully shy? 
              Am              C/G      Fm7 
Well, tell me doctor, can you quantify? 
E (strum louder) 
  The reason why 

Am  C/G  Fm7  E Am