I Love You For Psychological Reasons chords by They Might Be Giants

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A D E A D E


Verse 1:
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Lately I've taken to vacantly making repetitive movements mistakenly seen as improvements
A     D      E    A     D     E      A     D       E   A  D E
Nearing perfection but wisely electing to shun my reflection preferring instead shoe inspection
D     E       F#      Bm      D      E      A Bm
Cheese and chalk do not talk but their eyes synchronize with a secret rhythm
D     E       F#     Bm     D   E    A   D E
Which is a way one could say that I love you for psychological reasons

A    D     E     A    D      E        A      D      E   A    D E
Mumbling failure in jail my extremities flail and I wail though my arms and my legs to the chair are nailed
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Under the table, unwilling, unable, the torture's medieval the dream is a fable with feeble wings


Pre-Chorus:
D      E        F#       Bm         D      E      A   Bm
Why does the mouse share the house with the louse? They won't say but they feel their feelings
D     E       F#      Bm      D   E    A
Doesn't subtract from the fact that I love you for psychological reasons


Chorus:
Bm   D    E
Reasons I can't really go into now
A    Bm     D    E
Reasons we should probably not get into right now

A D E A D E


Verse 2:
A   D     E     A     D      E      A    D     E      A    D E
I'm ashamed to admit I'm afraid of assuming the blame for my lame abnegation of braveness and fame
A      D    E    A      D      E      A     D     E      A  D E
Brain in a jar in a car in reverse I'm rehearsing the way I'll replay how to say how to be where you are


Pre-Chorus:
D     E  F#    Bm    D      E   A   Bm
Flammable undiagrammable sentiments pass between animal beings
D      E       F#      Bm      D   E    A
Hard to explain but it's plain that I love you for psychological reasons


Solo:
A D E A D E
A D E A D E


Pre-Chorus:
D      E        F#       Bm         D      E      A   Bm
Why does the mouse share the house with the louse? They won't say but they feel their feelings
D     E       F#      Bm      D   E    A
Doesn't subtract from the fact that I love you for psychological reasons


Chorus:
Bm   D    E
Reasons I can't really go into now
A    Bm     D    E           A
Reasons we should probably not get into right now