Listen To The Math chords by Tokyo Police Club

Chords with lyrics

Tabbed By: Mike

Standard Tuning

I wanted to play this song acoustically so I came up with this to kind of mix the
bass and guitar together and I think it sounds
pretty decent. Works best if you have another guitar to play the little lead part
during the chorus.

Just as a heads-up, this is how I play the chords but you can do it any other way
(this just sounds best to me):

  BB
e|--0-------4---0---0---0------|
BB|--0---5---4---0---0---0------|
G+G|--6---6---4---8---9---8------|
D MajorD|--7---6---6---9---9---9------|
A augmentedA|--7---4---6---9---7---6------|
E MajorE|--5-------4---7---0----------|

C# minorC#m
You've been famous since your birth
          AbmAbm
And a silent one it was,
             BB
Till they told me it's a girl
       A augmentedA
And everybody gasped
            C# minorC#m
I know how to raise you right
         AbmAbm
Teach you how to read
                  BB
Do math, share toys spell names and alphabet
       BB
And how to be polite

C# minorC#m
You've been famous since your birth
          AbmAbm
And a silent one it was,
             BB
Till they told me it's a girl
       A augmentedA
And everybody said
              C# minorC#m
You and your atlas know it all
        AbmAbm
Let the corners curl
          BB
Cause if you go by night
             E MajorE
You'll hit the coast for sure

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...Verse goes straight into chorus on E MajorE
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Chorus

AbmAbm
It's a ruse, it's a laugh
         BB
Experts, they'd agree
BB
Listen to the math
AbmAbm
Australopithecine
       BB
Rekindle your heart
BB
These hospital machines
            BB
Are state of the art

e-----7---------7---------7---------7-------|
B-------9---------9---------9---------9-----| --> second guitar plays this through out the chorus
G---9-----9---8-----8---9-----9---8-----8---|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

Then:

e|-------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------|
G+G|--11111111-11-13-13--8-88------------------| x4
D MajorD|---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------|
A augmentedA|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-\6-66------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|

C# minorC#m
I've put down my middle name
          AbmAbm
In the back of her book
           BB
And signed it just in case
         A augmentedA
Our walk was over love
               C# minorC#m
Cause I've got one more up my sleeve
       AbmAbm
Bring it out tonight
         BB
Cause if I am the joke
             E MajorE
Then you're the punchline

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-Into Chorus
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Then:

BB  x2

e|-------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------|
G+G|--11111111-11/13-13-\8-88------------------| x7
D MajorD|---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------|
A augmentedA|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-\6-66------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|

and on the last time:
                 | End on: (on the same beat as the BB chord below)
e|--------------------------------|------------|
BB|--------------------------------|------------|
G+G|--16-16-16-16--16\14-14-14-1414-|-\13--------|
D MajorD|---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x-x-|---x--------|
A augmentedA|--14-14-14-14--14\12-12-12-1212-|-\11--------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|------------|

End on:
       BB
But it's the art of the state
That's gonna keep me awake
     E MajorE
I need a second opinion