Kempt keyboard

Kempt

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Transcribed by Rob 
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	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! 
	    Dmlet 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! 
 

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