How We Met The Long Version chords by Jens Lekman

Chords with lyrics

INTRO:
BbmBbm Bbm C minorCm Cm 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


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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