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Intro:
Ab Bb Ab
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E|4------1---1--2-------1---1-0------1-0----4-------1---1--------1---1---1----|
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C Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm7 C
Verse 1:
C Gm
I was an existential criminal, so innocently cynical
C Gm
Ignorant as fuck but a proud individual
C Gm
Originally meant to live a God-damned miracle
C Gm
Might’ve been metaphysical, but I think it was medical
F F7
Testing my hypothesis. Never finding a theory
Verse 2:
C Gm
Emulating animals, and mental aboriginals
C Gm
A miserable fuck, but a loud tao mystical
C Gm
An enemy of ritual, traditionally integral
C Gm
To biblical originals, but literally pitiful
F F7
Too impatient for outpatient. Paging Doctor Leary
Chorus:
Ab Bb C Gm C Gm
Did you lose yourself? Well it's always in the last place you'd check
Ab G7
I might find myself, by retracing my step
C Bb F
I don't remember, how I forgot myself
C Bb F
I don't remember, I don't remember 2012
C Bb F
I don't remember, how I forgot myself
C Bb F
I don't remember, I don't remember 2012
F
I don't remember 2012, I don't remember, oh the whole year's a blur
Verse 3:
C Gm
I think I bought into the comedy, and brought a lot of oddity
C Gm
An odyssey I thought to be considered a commodity
C Gm
And not until anomaly abolished my monotony
C Gm
Did I apply autonomy and modify a lot of me
F F7
I'll escape this reality, be the next houdini
Bridge:
C Gm
So glory be Satori, but it's hallucinatory
C Gm
And it's sure to be a story we can tell in purgatory
C C# C
I said, once I’ve lost it can there be a Mahaprajnaparamita?
C C#
We are Bodhisattva, we are Buddha dying waking up
C C#
As butterflies, who fall asleep, as Mahaprajnaparamita
C C#
We cut down our Bodhi trees, burn Dalai Lama as a witch
C C#
From Shangri-La to Auschwitz, we barter karma is a bitch
C C#
Glory be Satori, but it's hallucinatory
C C#
And it's sure to be a story we can tell in purgatory
C C#
We saw it once on mescaline, enlightenment is boring
C C#
All your heroes reincarnated, the grateful dead is touring
C C#
Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, yin-yang tattoos
C C#
Fuck your mystic wisdom, find your own way home from Bonnaroo
C C#
It's just one more religion, we've done acid Too
C C# C C#
Destroy to enjoy. Destroy to enjoy. Destroy to enjoy. Destroy to enjoy
Improvise fretboard abuse here
Chorus:
Ab Bb
Did you lose yourself? Well it's always in the last place you'd check
Ab G7 C Gm C Gm
I might find myself, by retracing my step
C Bb F
I don't remember, how I forgot myself
C Bb F
I don't remember, I don't remember 2012
C Bb F
I don't remember, how I forgot myself
C Bb F
I don't remember, I don't remember 2012
F
I heard the world would turn to hell, compared to that I'm doing well
C Bb F
I don't remember, how I forgot myself
C Bb F
I don't remember, I don't remember 2012
C Bb F
I don't remember, how I forgot myself
C Bb F
I don't remember, I don't remember 2012
F
I don't remember 2012, I don't remember 2012, I don't remember 2012
Song History
Published: August 19, 2024
Last Updated: August 19, 2024