The Naming of Things
Album: The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Song: The Naming of Things
Verse
D7 F
You remind me of you
C
the way you shot right through and how
you broke my window glass,
D7 Fmaj7
fast it happened so fast
C
I have to confess that I
G
that I was impressed that I
D7
that I was impressed that I
F G
despite all the mess and the broken glass
C
I was impressed
(Chords repeat for next verse)
Here's where I disappeared
where I fell off the pier and to...
and to be rescued I did wait
I watched water bugs skate
as they draw figure eights as they draw
from the bottom of the lake as they draw
I watched water bugs skate as they draw
F G
From the bottom of the lake I watched the water bugs skate
(Walk up the low E string like so)
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Am
Memories like mohair sweaters
C B
Stretched and pilled faux distressed letters
Am
moose's horns and figure eights
white plastic bags in search of mates
C
what suffocates the land
G
in the memory of garbage can
D7
memory of garbage can
Chorus
F Cmaj7
You can't be found when the bell rings
F C
you weren't there that day for the naming of things
G
the naming of things
D7
The naming of things
F G
where the homeroom bell rings
E
the homeroom bell rings
Violin Solo (I usually whistle this part)
CFCmaj7
DFCmaj7
AFCmaj7
DFCmaj7
(Spoken) 1-2-3-4
D7 F
hey, just look at the mess you made today
C
didn't really think it would get this bad
D7 F
hey, feel like you're living in a Russian play
C
where it seems like you made everybody mad
D7 F
You remind me of you
C
When you shot through
D7
and broke my window glass
F
It happened so fast
C
I have to confess
G D7
I was impressed, I was impressed
Fmaj7 G
despite all the mess and the broken glass
E
I was impressed
Repeat chorus
Chorus
F Cmaj7
you can't be found when the bell rings
F C
you weren't there that day for the naming of things
G
the naming of things
D7
The naming of things
F G
where the homeroom bell rings
C
the homeroom bell rings
F G
Its the naming of things
E
the naming of--
Fade out on E
I play the maj chords like this
CFmaj7
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