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Regina Spektor : Far
2009


  1. The Calculation
  2. Eet
  3. Blue Lips
  4. Folding Chair
  5. Machine
  6. Laughing With
  7. Human Of The Year

  8. Two Birds
  9. Dance Anthem Of The 80's
  10. Genius Next Door
  11. Wallet
  12. One More Time With Feeling
  13. Man Of A Thousand Faces

The Calculation

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C
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C
/g
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C
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C
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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


Eet

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
You spent half of your life trying to fall behind You're using your headphones to drown out your mind It was so easy, and the words so sweet You can't remember, you try to move your feet Eee... eee... eet, eet, eet Eee... eee... eet, eet, eet Someone's deciding whether or not to steal He opens the window just to feel the chill He hears that outside a small boy just starting to cry 'Cause it's his turn but his brother won't let him try It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song You can't believe it, you were always singing along It was so easy, and the words so sweet You can't remember, you try to move your feet It was so easy and the words so sweet You can't remember, you try to feel the beat


Blue Lips

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
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
C
Am
Blue lips, blue veins
C
G
Am
Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away
Dm
C
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
C
Am
Blue lips, blue veins
C
G
Am
Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away
Dm
C
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
C
Am
Blue lips, blue veins
C
G
Am
Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away


Folding Chair

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..............................


Machine

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


Laughing With

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


Human Of The Year

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
|
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...


Two Birds

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


Dance Anthem Of The 80's

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C#
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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


Genius Next Door

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


Wallet

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


One More Time With Feeling

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
F
C
C/e
F
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...)


Man Of A Thousand Faces

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