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Aminor

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AmO loathsome crawling thingAm  
Be doGne with your miniscuGle affairs
O Amhungry creeping speck
I releaGse you from your carAmes
 DmBe EgoAmne    Roach!
AmYou live on carrion FThat's outrageous
AmYou're Fprobably Dcontagious
AmBlind crippled and Dmhalf-squashed
Eand yet you carry on
Your persistence is disgusting
I could never find myself trusting
A creature that would rather live in 
the trash than in the lawn
CAmockroach your problems are not mDine
B      A      <played with barre chords
I love life but with you I draw the line
BNot to Aflaunt my superior design
But Fnext to you I'm Epractically Amdivine
ECockroach your Eproblems are not minDme

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Cockroach

by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

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Am Am

O loathsome crawling thing

G G

Be done with your miniscule affairs

O hungry creeping speck

G Am

I release you from your cares

Dm E Am

Be gone Roach!

Am F

You live on carrion That's outrageous

Am F D

You're probably contagious

Am Dm

Blind crippled and half-squashed

and yet you carry on

Your persistence is disgusting

I could never find myself trusting

A creature that would rather live in

the trash than in the lawn

Am D

Cockroach your problems are not mine

B A <played with barre chords

I love life but with you I draw the line

B A

Not to flaunt my superior design

F E Am

But next to you I'm practically divine

E E Dm

Cockroach your problems are not mine

About Cockroach Chords by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

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