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[Intro]
C  Em  Am  G
[Verse 1]
CPaper or plastic
Presents Emitself as a decision with an obvious Amanswer
You pick paper 'cause the Gplastic will end up in the ocean
Giving a whale Ccancer   but did you know that
The Empaper in this bag is made from the prickly Ampeckerwood tree
Which happens to be the resiGdency of the dwarf winged beaver bee
And Cwhen the dwarf winged beaver bees no longer have
HEmomes in which to go, then I think you should kAmnow
That they've been known to reconstruct their hives
Right Ginside of those same whale's blowholes
So Cyou can weigh
AEmll these factors before you choose to dAmecide
But either way, know Gthis
[Chorus]
A whale is gonna dieC  
No matter whaEmt you choose
A whale is gonna dieAm  
No matter whaGt you do
A whale is gonna dieC  
[Verse 2]
CDine in or take out
An Eminconsequential question at the fast food Amrestaurant
So you take it to go
Then Gon the way home, you know you start to smelling those
CFrench fries, so you reach in the bag
And take your Emeyes off the road and drive straight off a bridge
And who Amknows what's in the water below 
So you should've dined Gin
But if you dined Cin you decide to shake salt on those fries
With the Emshaker that the previous guy
Coughed Amon, and then you rub your eyes
Oh nGo, the next morning you wake up
With a wicked face iCtch you drive to urgent care
Your eyes swelled shut then you
EmDrive off the very same bridge from when you didn't dine Amin
And did I mentGion   both times you Fhit   a whale
[Chorus]
A whale is gonna dieC  
No matter Emwhat you choose
A whale is gonna dieAm  
No matter Gwhat you do
A whale is gonna dieC  
It's gonna Embe okay
ExAmcept in the case you're a wGhale
A whale is gonna dieC  
(A special thanks to the person named Melissa, I copied the lyrics from.)

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Tough Decisions

by Rhett & Link

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C Em Am G

[Verse 1]

Paper or plastic

Em Am

Presents itself as a decision with an obvious answer

You pick paper 'cause the plastic will end up in the ocean

Giving a whale cancer but did you know that

Em Am

The paper in this bag is made from the prickly peckerwood tree

Which happens to be the residency of the dwarf winged beaver bee

And when the dwarf winged beaver bees no longer have

Em Am

Homes in which to go, then I think you should know

That they've been known to reconstruct their hives

Right inside of those same whale's blowholes

So you can weigh

Em Am

All these factors before you choose to decide

But either way, know this

[Chorus]

A whale is gonna die

No matter what you choose

A whale is gonna die

No matter what you do

A whale is gonna die

[Verse 2]

Dine in or take out

Em Am

An inconsequential question at the fast food restaurant

So you take it to go

Then on the way home, you know you start to smelling those

French fries, so you reach in the bag

And take your eyes off the road and drive straight off a bridge

And who knows what's in the water below

So you should've dined in

But if you dined in you decide to shake salt on those fries

With the shaker that the previous guy

Coughed on, and then you rub your eyes

Oh no, the next morning you wake up

With a wicked face itch you drive to urgent care

Your eyes swelled shut then you

Em Am

Drive off the very same bridge from when you didn't dine in

G F

And did I mention both times you hit a whale

[Chorus]

A whale is gonna die

No matter what you choose

A whale is gonna die

No matter what you do

A whale is gonna die

It's gonna be okay

Am G

Except in the case you're a whale

A whale is gonna die

(A special thanks to the person named Melissa, I copied the lyrics from.)

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