Originally in D, I play in E capo 2
Let ring, vox enter on the 4 on “this”
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| This was a tr | iumph |
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| I’m | making a note | here |
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| HUGE SUCCESS |
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| It’s | hard to overstat | e my satis | faction |
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| Aperture Sc | ience |
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| We | do what we must | because | we can |
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| For the good of | all of us except the | ones who are dead |
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| But there’s | no sense | crying over | every mis | take |
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| You just | keep on | trying until you | run out of | cake |
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| And the | science gets | done and you | make a | neat | gun |
Band enters on the I at the end of this line
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| For the | people who ar | e still al | ive |
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| I’m | not even | angry |
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| I’m being so | sincer | e right | now |
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| Even though you | broke my heart and k | illed m | e |
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| And | tore me to pi | eces |
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| And | threw every piece | int | o a fire |
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| As they burned, it | hurt because I was so | happy for you |
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| Now these | points of | data make a | beautiful | line |
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| And we’re | out of | beta, we’re re | leasing on | time |
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| So I’m | GLaD I got | burned, think of | all the | things we | learned |
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| For the | people who ar | e still al | ive |
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Let ring
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| Go ahead and leave | me |
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| I | think I prefer | to sta | y inside |
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| Maybe you’ll find | someone else to help | you |
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| Maybe Black M | esa |
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| That was a j | oke, haha | , fat chance |
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| Anyway, this | cake is great, it’s so de | licious and moist |
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| Look at | me, still | talking when there’s | science to | do |
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| And I lo | ok out | there, it makes me | GLaD I’m not y | ou |
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| I’ve ex | periments to r | un, there is r | esearch | to be d | one |
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| On the | people who a | re still a | live |
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| And beli | eve me, I | am still al | ive |
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| I’m doing | science and | I’m still al | ive |
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| I feel FAN | TASTIC and | I’m still al | ive |
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| While you’re | dying I’ll | be still al | ive |
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| And when you’re | dead I will | be still ali | ve |
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| Still ali | ve |
The last I is implied
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| Still ali | ve |