Tom: F
Dm A
Yon: My life was completely astrous when I met you.
Scod: Not disastrous.
A Dm
Yon: So gruntled with this life I thought I had.
Scod: Opposite of disgruntled.
A# Gm
Yon: How could a love so perfect be so vincible.
Scod: Not invincible.
A#sus2
Yon: I could have sworn that you were scrutable,
C
My judgment was so bad.
(pause)
Scod: Bad, opposite of unbad.
Yon: But you were
F Dm
Tripod: Kempt, so kempt,
A# C
Everything about you was seemly
Gm A
You were kempt, so kempt!
Dm (let ring)
Yon: Of course I?d be bedevilled,
A# (let ring)
So gusting and so shevelled
A# C
Were you_________.
Dm A
Yon: It started out so wholesome, so pure.
S & G: Tell them about it.
A Dm
Yon: We engaged in speakable acts.
S & G: Nothing too saucy.
A# Gm
Although we had hibitions we were totally toward
A#sus2
S & G: You should have seen it coming.
A#sus2
Yon: But I always had a tendency to
C
Tripod: Underreact
D#
Our love is defunct
F
When it once was funct
Dm
You debunked all the myths
D# (stop)
You had previously bunked
Yon: When you were
F Dm
Tripod: Kempt, so kempt,
A# C
Everything about you was seemly
Gm A
You were kempt, so kempt!
Dm
Yon: Of course I?d be bedevilled,
Gm (let ring)
So gusting and so shevelled
(Palm muted)
Gm F
Were you____________
Gm
Tripod: You always seemed so honest,
F
Yon: And so sidious.
You are an angel
Gm
Tripod: I checked your phone bill
F
Yon: It was full of crepancies.
Scod: Everything was in order!
A Gm
Tripod: But I found out one evening you?d been creet!
Yon: AHA!
A#
Tripod: When you and your ex
D# A#
booked a motel cogni___to___________
F (let ring) Gm (let ring)
Yon: Your ex, your ex! It was a personal attack!
Am (let ring) A# Am C (let ring)
You were going out with prefixes behind my back! (breaks down crying)
Scod: Poor little fella
Gatesy: Look what?s happened to the little fellow now, huh?
His heart?s completely roken! Although he does hang out
with some serious lappers! You know the kind of lutty type.
Scod: Gatesy, this song?s not actually about just taking the first letter off words.
Gatesy: What? I mean, hat?
Scod: Gatesy, this song?s about prefixes, alright. Like in, or ex, or un.
If you find an un in a word and you take that out.
Audience member: Begun!
Gatesy: As in, you?re not very f-ny?
Scod: Yeah, I could think of a better example is you?re a c-t.
(Pause)
Gatesy: HEY!
Scod: Let?s have another crack at it shall we?
Dm
Scod: He asked you questions
A
No more terrogation
A
Gatesy: He acted and he umped,
Dm
DUMPED you straight away.
A#
S & G: You?re free,
Gm
Enjoy your new found carceration .
A#
Yon: You?re the ex I always pected,
A#
I'll never member you again.
C
You always derstood me anyway.
D#
Tripod: You sent a liminal message,
F
By cheating with your ex.
Dm D# (let ring)
But I just think you had an feriority complex.
Yon: But anyway, I found someone else.
And she is
F Dm
Kempt, so kempt.
S & G: Oooooh oooooh
A# C
Yon: Everything about her is seemly
Gm A
Tripod: She is kempt, so fucking kempt!
Dm (let ring)
Her Christian name is Ingrid,
Gm (let ring)
Yon: She let?s me call her Grid.
A# (let ring) C (let ring) F (let ring)
Tripod: And she takes off her derpants for me________!
Scod: Thank you!
