How We Met The Long Version chords by Jens Lekman

Guitar chords with lyrics

INTRO:
BbmBbm BbmBbm C minorCm C minorCm  x6


VERSE 1:
                BbmBbm                            C minorCm
Nothing became something, turned itself inside out
           BbmBbm                                          C minorCm
Subatomic particles became atoms, became stars, became galaxies
             BbmBbm           C minorCm
The earth's crust became solidified
                    BbmBbm                C minorCm                      ( Eb MajorEb EdimEdim ) F minorFm
The planets became perfectly aligned, Jupiter blinked with its little red eye

VERSE 2:
F minorFm    BbmBbm    C minorCm         Eb MajorEb EdimEdim  F minorFm
               Oxygen replaced methane
F minorFm    BbmBbm    C minorCm          Eb MajorEb EdimEdim       F minorFm
               A augmentedA party started in the ocean
F minorFm    BbmBbm    C minorCm       Eb MajorEb EdimEdim   F minorFm
               Trilobites and crustaceans
F minorFm    BbmBbm    C minorCm    Eb MajorEb EdimEdim   F minorFm
                A augmentedA Cambrian explosion


INTERLUDE:
F minorFm  BbmBbm  C minorCm  Eb MajorEb EdimEdim  x4


VERSE 3:
   AbAb         DbDb           BbmBbm    Eb MajorEb    F minorFm G minorGm
A augmentedA conga line headed up on land
            AbAb     CbCb                BbmBbm       Eb MajorEb   F minorFm G minorGm
Out of the water      and into the frying pan
   AbAb        DbDb               BbmBbm      Eb MajorEb    F minorFm G minorGm
A augmentedA layer of iridium paved the way
           AbAb     DbDb                      BbmBbm         C minorCm    Eb MajorEb F minorFm
For furry mammals     with big, beautiful brains

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VERSE 4:
           BbmBbm    C minorCm               BbmBbm
The Congo River divided the chimpanzees
         C minorCm                   BbmBbm
The peaceful bonobos from the ones like you and me
      C minorCm               BbmBbm
As soon we stood up, picked an apple from a tree
          C minorCm                     BbmBbm
Someone pointed a finger, said, "That apple belongs to me."


INTERLUDE:
F minorFm  BbmBbm  C minorCm  Eb MajorEb EdimEdim  x4


VERSE 5:
N.C.
And people fought and loved and died
N.C.
And everywhere babies opened their eyes
N.C.
And had their hearts broken, laughed, and cried
N.C.
Watched the planets slowly collide


VERSE 6:  - Chords as implied by the bass
AbAb                  DbDb                        BbmBbm           Eb MajorEb     F minorFm G minorGm
  And one day I asked if I could borrow your bass guitar
             AbAb         DbDb                   BbmBbm                Eb MajorEb    F minorFm G minorGm
  Not that I needed one,   but I didn't know where to start
AbAb            DbDb         BbmBbm            Eb MajorEb    F minorFm G minorGm
  One magic night in an empty backyard
                  AbAb               DbDb               BbmBbm          C minorCm    Eb MajorEb F minorFm
  You grabbed my arm and kissed me quick under a heaven full of stars


VERSE 7:
     F minorFm         BbmBbm  C minorCm        Eb MajorEb  EdimEdim
And that's the story of how we met
     F minorFm   BbmBbm    C minorCm   Eb MajorEb EdimEdim
The long version
    F minorFm       BbmBbm     C minorCm     Eb MajorEb EdimEdim
And you can call it fate or chance
F minorFm    BbmBbm    C minorCm   Eb MajorEb  EdimEdim F minorFm
         But we made it happen
F minorFm    BbmBbm    C minorCm    Eb MajorEb EdimEdim
             We made it happen
F minorFm    BbmBbm    C minorCm    Eb MajorEb EdimEdim
             We made it happen


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