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Have To Explode

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Mute the high e string during verses.
[Intro]
  D    Asus4    G    Gx4
[Verse 1]
  DTile floor of the Asus4bathroom
  GScrubbed clean and Gbright
Checkerboard Dwhi-Asus4ite and GgrayG  
  DTowels from the Asus4Ritz Carlton hoGtel
In Kingston, JaGmaica
I can Dstill Asus4see the Grust colored stains toGday
The stage is AsetG  
Someone's Dgonna do something
Someone Gelse will regret
  GI speak in Asmoke signals
And Dyou answer in Gcode
   BbThe fuse will Bbhave to run out DsometimeD  
  GSomething Ahere will eDventually have to exGplode
Have to exDplodeAsus4  G  G  
D  Asus4  G  G
[Verse 2]
  DYou and Asus4me lying Gon the tile Gfloor
  DTrying to keep Asus4cool
  GRestless all Gnight
  DSweating out the Asus4poison
  GAs the temperature Gclimbs
Staring Dup, Asus4up
  GAt the hundred watt Glight that burns aAbove
  GName one Dthing about us two
GAnyone could love
  GWe rolled out the Ared carpet
When Drotten luck comes down the Groad
BbFive, four, Bbthree, two, Done
Watch for the Gflash
  GSomething Ahere will eDventually have to exGplode
Have to exDplodeAsus4  G  G  
[Outro]
  D    Asus4    G    Gx5

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Have To Explode

by The Mountain Goats

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus4

Mute the high e string during verses.

[Intro]

D Asus4 G G

[Verse 1]

D Asus4

Tile floor of the bathroom

G G

Scrubbed clean and bright

D Asus4 G G

Checkerboard whi-ite and gray

D Asus4 G

Towels from the Ritz Carlton hotel

In Kingston, Jamaica

D Asus4 G G

I can still see the rust colored stains today

A G

The stage is set

Someone's gonna do something

Someone else will regret

G A

I speak in smoke signals

D G

And you answer in code

Bb Bb D D

The fuse will have to run out sometime

G A D G

Something here will eventually have to explode

D Asus4 G G

Have to explode

D Asus4 G G

[Verse 2]

D Asus4 G G

You and me lying on the tile floor

D Asus4

Trying to keep cool

G G

Restless all night

D Asus4

Sweating out the poison

G G

As the temperature climbs

D Asus4

Staring up, up

G G A

At the hundred watt light that burns above

G D

Name one thing about us two

Anyone could love

G A

We rolled out the red carpet

D G

When rotten luck comes down the road

Bb Bb D

Five, four, three, two, one

Watch for the flash

G A D G

Something here will eventually have to explode

D Asus4 G G

Have to explode

[Outro]

D Asus4 G G

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