Regina Spektor : Far

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C

/e

You went into the kitchen cupboard, got yourself another hour

F

Am

And you gave half of it to me

C

/e

We sat there looking at the faces of these strangers in the pages

F

Am

'Til we knew 'em mathematically

Dm

F

They were in our minds until forever

Dm

G

But we didn't mind, we didn't know better

C

/e

So we made our own computer out of macaroni pieces

F

Am

And it did our thinking while we lived our lives

C

/e

It counted up our feelings and divided them up even

F

Am

And it called that calculation perfect love

Dm

F

Didn't even know that love was bigger

Dm

G

Didn't even know, that love was so, so, hey, hey, hey

F

C

F

Hey this fire it's burnin', burnin' us up

F

C

Dm

Hey this fire it's burnin', burnin' us... up

Bb

F

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

C

/e

So we made the hard decision and we each made an incision

F

Am

Past our muscles and our bones, saw our hearts were little stones

C

/e

Pulled 'em out they weren't beating and we weren't even bleeding

F

Am

As we lay 'em on the granite counter top

Dm

F

We beat 'em up against each other

Dm

F

We beat 'em up against each other

Dm

F

We struck 'em hard against each other

Dm

G

We struck 'em so hard, so hard until they sparked

F

C

F

Hey this fire it's burnin', burnin' us up

F

C

F

Hey this fire it's burnin', burnin' us up

F

C

Dm

Hey this fire it's burnin', burnin' us... up

Bb

F

G

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Bb

F

G

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Bb

F

G

Ooh-ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Capo:

I

Am

G

C

F

It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song

Am

G

C

F

You can't believe it, you were always singing along

Am

G

C

F

It was so easy and the words so sweet

Am

G

C

F

You can't remember, you try to feel the beat

F

C

G

Eee-eee, eet, eet, eet

F

C

G

Eee-eee, eet, eet, eet

Am

G

C

F

You spent half of your life trying to fall behind

Am

G

C

F

You're using your headphones to drown out your mind

Am

G

C

F

It was so easy, and the words so sweet

Am

G

C

F

You can't remember, you try to move your feet

F

C

G

Eee-eee, eet, eet, eet

F

C

G

Eee-eee, eet, eet, eet

Am

G

C

A

F

Someone's deciding whether or not to steal

Am

G

C

F

He opens the window just to feel the chill

Am

G

C

F

He hears that outside a small boy just starting to cry

Am

G

C

'Cause it's his turn but his brother won't let him try

Am

G

C

F

It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song

Am

G

C

F

You can't believe it, you were always singing along

Am

G

C

F

It was so easy, and the words so sweet

Am

G

C

F

You can't remember, you try to move your feet

Am

G

C

F

It was so easy and the words so sweet

Am

G

C

F

You can't remember, you try to feel the beat

Capo:

V

Am

F

C

G

He stumbled into faith and thought, "God, this is all there is"

Am

F

C

G

The pictures in his mind arose and began to breathe

Am

F

And all the gods and all the worlds

C

G

Am

F

G

Began colliding on a backdrop of blue

Dm

C

Am

Blue lips, blue veins

Am

F

C

G

He took a step but then felt tired, he said, "I'll rest a little while"

Am

F

C

G

But when he tried to walk again, he wasn't a child

Am

F

And all the people hurried fast, real fast

C

G

Am

F

G

And no one ever smiled

Dm

C

Am

Blue lips, blue veins

C

G

Am

Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away

Dm

C

Am

Blue lips, blue veins

C

G

Am

Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away

Am

F

C

G

He stumbled into faith and thought, "God, this is all there is"

Am

F

C

G

The pictures in his mind arose and began to breathe

Am

F

C

G

And no one saw and no one heard, they just followed the lead

Am

F

C

G

The pictures in his mind awoke and began to breed

Am

F

They started off beneath the knowledge tree

C

And they chopped it down to make a picket fence

G

And marching along the railroad tracks

Am

They smiled real wide for the camera lenses

F

As they made it past the enemy lines

C

G

Am

F

G

Just to become enslaved in the assembly lines

C

G

Am

F

G

Dm

C

Am

Blue lips, blue veins

C

G

Am

Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away

Dm

C

Am

Blue lips, blue veins

C

G

Am

Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away

Dm

Am

C

G

Am

Blue, the most human color Blue, the most human color Blue, the most human color

Dm

C

Am

Blue lips, blue veins

C

G

Am

Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away

C

Am

F

G

x2

C

Am

F

G

C

Am

F

G

Come and open up your folding chair next to me

C

Am

F

G

C

Am

F

G

My feet are buried in the sand and there's a breeze

C

Am

F

G

C

Am

F

G

There's a shadow, you can't see my eyes

C

Am

F

G

C

Am

F

G

And the sea is just a wetter version of the skies Let's get a silver bullet trailer and have a baby boy I'll safety pin his clothes all cool and you'll graffiti up his toys I've got a perfect body, but sometimes I forget I've got a perfect body, 'cause my eyelashes catch my sweat (yes they do, they do)

F

G

Am

C

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

F

G

Am

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh-ooh

F

G

Am

C

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

F

G

C

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Now I've been sitting on this abandoned beach for years Waiting for the salty water to cover up my ears But every time the tide comes in to take me home I get scared, now I'm sitting here alone, dreaming of the dolphin song

F

G

Am

C

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

F

G

Am

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh-ooh

F

G

Am

C

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

F

G

C

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

G

C

F

C

Maybe one day you'll understand

G

C

F

G

That I want nothing from you but to sweetly hold your hand

G

C

F

C

Till that day just please don't be so down

F

G

Don't make frowns, you silly clown Come and open up your folding chair next to me My feet are buried in the sand and there's a breeze There's a shadow, you can't see my eyes And the sea is just a wetter version of the skies

C

Am

F

G

C

Am

F

G

There's a shadow, you can't see my eyes

C

Am

F

G

There's a shadow, you can't see my...

F

G

Am

C

Eyes..............................

F

G

Am

Eyes..............................

F

G

Am

C

Eyes..............................

F

G

Eyes..............................

Capo:

III

Am

E

My eyes are bifocal

F

E

My hands are sub jointed

F

E

I live in the future

F

E

In my prewar apartment

Am

E

And I count all my blessings

F

E

I have friends in high places

F

E

And I'm upgraded daily

F

E

All my wires without traces

Am

Hooked into machine

E

Hooked into machine

F

Hooked into machine

E

I'm hooked into, hooked into

Am

Hooked into machine

E

Hooked into machine

F

Hooked into machine

E

Am

I'm hooked into, hooked into machine I collect my moments Into a correspondence With a mightier power Who just lacks my perspective And who lacks my organics And who covets my defects And I'm downloaded daily I am part of a composite Hooked into machine Hooked into machine Hooked into machine I'm hooked into, hooked into Hooked into machine Hooked into machine Hooked into machine I'm hooked into, hooked into machine

Am

E

F

E

Everything's provided Consummate consumer Part of worldly taking Apart from worldly troubles Living in your prewar apartment Soon to be your postwar apartment And you lived in the future

F

And the future

E

E7

It's here, it's bright, it's now

Capo:

I

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Am

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Em

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D

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G

/f#

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x2

Am

Em

No one laughs at God in a hospital

D

G

/f#

No one laughs at God in a war

Em

Bm

No one's laughing at God when they're starving or freezing

C/g

Or so very poor No one laughs at God when the doctor calls After some routine tests No one's laughing at God When it's gotten real late And their kid's not back from that party yet No one laughs at God when their airplane Starts to uncontrollably shake No one's laughing at God When they see the one they love hand in hand With someone else and they hope that they're mistaken No one laughs at God when the cops knock on their door And they say "We've got some bad news, sir" No one's laughing at God When there's a famine, fire or flood

Am

Em

But God can be funny

D

G

/f#

At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke

Em

C/g

Or when the crazies say He hates us

D

And they get so red in the head you think they're 'bout to choke

Am

Em

God can be funny

D

G

/f#

When told he'll give you money if you just pray the right way

Em

C/g

And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini

D

Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

D

God can be so hilarious

Am

Em

D

G

Ha ha

Am

Em

D

G

Ha ha No one laughs at God in a hospital No one laughs at God in a war No one's laughing at God When they've lost all they got And they don't know what for No one laughs at God on the day they realize That the last sight they'll ever see is a pair of hateful eyes No one's laughing at God When they're saying their goodbyes But God can be funny At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke Or when the crazies say He hates us And they get so red in the head you think they're 'bout to choke God can be funny When told he'll give you money if you just pray the right way And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus God can be so hilarious

Am

Em

No one laughs at God in a hospital

D

G

/f#

No one laughs at God in a war

Am

Em

No one's laughing at God in a hospital

D

G

/f#

No one's laughing at God in a war

Em

No one's laughing at God

Bm

C/g

When they're starving or freezing or so very poor

C/g

No one's laughing at God No one's laughing at God No one's laughing at God

G

We're all laughing with God

Capo:

II

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Em

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B7

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Em

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B7

C

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Am

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C

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Am

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x2

Em

B7

Hello, hello?

Em

B7

C

Am

Calling a Karl Projectorinski to the front

C

Am

Em

B7

Of the Cathedral you have won, dear sir

Em

B7

C

Am

C

May I congratulate you first?

Am

Oh, what an honour

G

F

Em

Human, human of the year!

D

You won!...

G

F

Em

Human, human of the year!

D

You won!... Why are you so scared? You stand there shaking in your pew The icons are whispering to you They're just old men Like on the benches in the park Except their balding spots are glistening with gold Human, human of the year! You won!... Human, human of the year! You won!...

Em

B7

Em

B7

Aah, aah, aaaaah, ah aaaaah, aaah...

D

Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhh...

G

You have won...

G

Gsus4

G

Gsus4

G

Hallelujah...

G

Gsus4

G

Gsus4

G

Hallelujah...

G

Gsus4

G

Gsus4

C

Hallelujah...

Adim7

G

Hallelujah...

Em

D

C

G

Em

D

C

G

Outside the cars are beeping out a song just in your honour

Em

D

C

G

Em

D

C

G

And though they do not know it, all mankind are now your brothers

Em

D

C

G

Em

D

C

G

And thus the Cathedral had spoken, wishing well to all us sinners

Em

D

C

G

Em

D

C

G

And with a sigh, grew silent 'Til next years' big human winner

Em

D

C

G

Em

D

C

G

Outside the cars are beeping out a song just in your honour

Em

D

C

G

Am

Em/d

C

F#m/e

And though they do not know it, all mankind are now your brothers

D

D#

E

All mankind are now your brothers Hallelujah Hallelujah... Hallelujah Hallelujah...

Em

B7

Hello, hello?

Em

B7

C

Am

Calling a Karl Projectorinski to the front

C

Am

Em

Of the Cathedral, you have won...

C

G

Am

Em

Two birds on a wire

F

G

F

G

One tries to fly away and the other

C

G

Am

Em

Watches him close from that wire

F

G

F

G

He says he wants to as well, but he is a liar

C

G

I'll believe it all

Am

Em

G

There's nothing I won't understand

C

G

I'll believe it all

Am

Em

G

I won't let go of your hand Two birds on a wire One says "come on" and the other says "I'm tired" The sky is overcast and I'm silent One more or one less, nobody's worried I'll believe it all There's nothing I won't understand I'll believe it all I won't let go of your hand Two birds of a feather Say that they're always gonna stay together But one's never goin' to let go of that wire He says that he will, but he's just a liar Two birds on a wire One tries to fly away and the other Watches him close from that wire He says he wants to as well, but he is a liar Two birds on a wire One tries to fly away and the other

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G#

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B

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F#

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x2

You are so sweet Dancing to that beat There's a meat market down the street The boys and the girls watch each other eat You are so sweet, so sweet Dancing and moving to that beat, that beat There's a meat market down the street The boys and girls watch each other eat The boys and the girls watch each other eat When they really just wanna watch each other Sleep They want to watch, to watch each other sleep, sleep, sleep They want to watch, to watch each other sleep, sleep, sleep

C#

F#

You are so sweet

C#

F#

You are so sweet

F#

C#

D#m

Cdim

I went walking through the city, like a drunk, but not

F#

C#

D#m

Cdim

With my slip showing a little, like a drunk, but not

F#

C#

D#m

Cdim

And I am one of your people, but the cars don't stop

F#

C#

D#m

Cdim

And I am one of your people, but the cars don't stop

F#

C#

And it's been a long time since before I've been touched

D#m

Cdim

Now I'm getting touched all the time

F#

C#

And it's only a matter of whom

D#m

Cdim

And it's only a matter of when

F#

C#

An addiction to hands and feet

D#m

Cdim

There's a meat market down the street

F#

C#

The boys and girls watch each other eat

D#m

Cdim

When they really just wanna watch each other sleep An addiction to hands and feet There's a meat market down the street The boys and girls watch each other eat When they really just wanna watch each other Sleep They want to watch, to watch each other sleep, sleep, sleep Sleep They want to watch, to watch each other sleep, sleep, sleep They want to watch, to watch each other sleep, sleep, sleep They want to watch, to watch each other sleep, sleep, sleep

Capo:

I

Em

Am

/g

D

G

/f#

x2

Em

Am

/g

Some said the local lake had been enchanted

D

G

/f#

Others said it must have been the weather

Em

Am

/g

The neighbors were trying to keep it quiet

D

G

/f#

But I swear that I could hear the laughter

Em

Am

/g

So they jokingly nicknamed it the porridge

D

G

/f#

'Cause overnight that lake had turned as thick as butter

Em

Am

/g

But the local kids would still go swimming, drinking

D

G

/f#

Saying that to them it didn't matter

Am

C

If you just hold in your breath

D

G

/f#

'Til you come back up in full

Am

C

Hold in your breath

D

G

/f#

'Til you thought it through, you fool The genius next door was busting tables Wiping clean the ketchup bottle labels Getting high and mumbling German fables Didn't care as long as he was able To strip his clothes off by the dumpster At night while everyone was sleeping And wade midway into that porridge Just him and the secret he was keeping If you just hold in your breath 'Til you come back up in full Hold in your breath

D

G

Em

'Til you thought it through, you foolish child

Am

C

D

G

x2

In the morning the film crews start arriving With donuts, coffee and reporters The kids are waking up hungover The neighbors were starting up their cars The garbage men were emptying the dumpsters Atheists were praying full of sarcasm And the genius next door was sleeping Dreaming that the antidote is orgasm If you just hold in your breath 'Til you come back up in full Hold in your breath

D

G

Em

'Til you thought it through, you foolish child

Em

Am

D

G

x2

G

D

G

D

I found a wallet, I found a wallet

G

Bm

C

D

Inside were pictures of your small family

C

Bm

C

Bm

You were so young, your hair dark brown

C

Bm

C

D

You had been born in 1953 Your winter birthday was stamped on the plastic Of a license so recently expired I was so tired as I walked through my door I let all the contents of your wallet on the floor

G

C

G

C

And like a holy relic, or a mystery novel

G

C

I thumbed them in the dim light

G

A

Searching for a clue

C

Bm

C

Bm

A Blockbuster card, an old stick of Juicy Fruit

C

Bm

C

D

A crumpled receipt for a pair of leather boots I have no wallet, I have no wallet I keep my cards together with a blue rubber band And with a free hand I search in my pocket For pieces of, pieces of paper and change I'll take your wallet, to my local Blockbuster They'll find your number in their computer You'll never know me, I'll never know you

C

Bm

C

D

C

But you will be so happy when they call you up

Am

Your stitches are all out

D

But your scars are healing wrong

Am

D

The helium balloon inside your room has come undone

C

G/b

And it's pushing up at the ceiling

Am

E/g#

And the flickering lights it cannot get beyond

F

Dm/f

F

Dm/f

Am

C

Everyone takes turns

D

D/f#

Now it's yours to play the part

Am

C

And they're sitting all around you

D

D/f#

Holding copies of your chart

C

G/b

And the misery inside their eyes is

Am

E/g#

Synchronized and reflecting into yours

F

Dm/f

F

Dm/f

C

E

Hold on!

Am

F

One more time with feeling

C

E

Am

F

Try it again, breathing's just a rhythm

C/g

E/b

Am

F/c

Say it in your mind until you know that the words are right

Dm

F

Dm

F

This is why we fight (Doo.. doo-doo-doo-doo... doo... doo.. ee-oo ee-oo ee-oo ee-oo...)

C

C/e

F

C

C/e

F

C/e

D

D/f#

D

Dm/f

Em

Dm

C

... You thought by now you'd be So much better than you are You thought by now they'd see That you have come so far And the pride inside their eyes Would synchronize into a love you've never known So much more than you've been show Hold on! One more time with feeling Try it again, breathing's just a rhythm Say it in your mind until you know that the Words are right

C

E

F

This is why we fight

C

E

F

This is why we fight (Doo..doo-doo-doo-doo... doo... doo... ee-oo, ee-oo, ee-oo, ee-oo...)

Bb

Dm

x2

Bb

Dm

A man of a thousand faces

Bb

Dm

Sits down at the table

Gm

Bb

Eats a small lump of sugar

Gm

Bb

And smiles at the moon like he knows her

Dm

Bb

And begins his quiet ascension

Dm

Bb

Without anyone's sturdy instruction

F

Bb

F

To a place of no religion

Bdim

Has found a path to our alikeness

Bb

Dm

His words are quiet like stains are

Bb

Dm

On a table cloth washed in a river

F

Bb

F

Bb

F

Stains that are trying to cover, for each other

Bdim

Or at least blend in with the pattern

Bb

Dm

Good is better than perfect

Bb

Dm

Scrub till your fingers are bleeding

Gm

Bb

And I'm crying for things that

Gm

Bb

I tell others to do without crying

Dm

Bb

He used to go to his favorite bookstores

Dm

Bb

And rip out his favorite pages

Gm

Bb

And stuff them into his breast pocket

Gm

Bb

And the moon to him was a stranger

Dm

Bb

Now he sits down at the table

Dm

Bb

Right next to the window

Gm

Bb

And begins his quiet ascension

Gm

Bb

Without anyone's sturdy instruction

Gm

Bb

To a place of no religion

Gm

Bb

Has found a path to our alikeness

Gm

Bb

And eats a small lump of sugar

Gm

C

And smiles at the moon like he knows her

Regina Spektor : Far
2009

The Calculation

Eet

Blue Lips

Folding Chair

Machine

Laughing With

Human Of The Year

Two Birds

Dance Anthem Of The 80's

Genius Next Door

Wallet

One More Time With Feeling

Man Of A Thousand Faces

Regina Spektor : Far 2009

The Calculation

Eet

Blue Lips

Folding Chair

Machine

Laughing With

Human Of The Year

Two Birds

Dance Anthem Of The 80's

Genius Next Door

Wallet

One More Time With Feeling

Man Of A Thousand Faces

Regina Spektor : Far
2009