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Pure Comedy

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    D(b5)xx013x
G#sus2   4663xx (or other variant)
[Verse]
B7/F#The comedy of man G#starts like this
E7Our brains are way too big for our Amothers' hips
A7And so Nature, she divines this alEternative
G#We emerged half-formed and hope that whoever greets us on the A7other end
AIs kind enough to fill us Ein
And, babies, that's A7pretty much how it's been ever Esince
B7Now the miracle of birth leaves a few iG#7ssues to address
Like, say, that D(b5)half of us are periodicallAy iron deficient
So somebody's A7got to go kill something while I Elook after the kids
I'd do it G#myself, but what, are you going to get this A7thing its milk?
He says as Asoon as he gets back from the hunt, we can Eswitch
It's hard not to A7fall in love with something so helpEless
Ladies, I A7hope we don't end up regretting Ethis
[Chorus]
EComedy, E7now that's what I call pure Acomedy
A7Just waiting until the part where G#mthey start to believe
G#sus2They're at the G#mcenter of everything
And some Aall-powerful being endowed this Bhorror show with B7meaning
Oh, their Ereligions are the best
E7They worship themselves yet they're Atotally obsessed
A7With risen zombies, celestial G#mvirgins, magic G#sus2tricks, these unbelG#mievable outfits
And they get Aterribly upset
When you Bquestion their sacred texts
Written by B7/F#woman-hating epileptics
[Bridge]
Their Alanguages just serve to confuse them
Their Amconfusion somehow makes them more sure
They build Afortunes poisoning their offspring
And hand out Amprizes when someone patents the cure
Where did they Afind these goons they elected to rule them?
What makes these Amclowns they idolize so remarkable?
These mammals are Ahell-bent on fashioning new gods
So they can Amgo on being godless animals
[Instrumental]
G#/A      G#/B# G#7/B#
G#m7b5/D  A7
A7        E
G#7       A
[Chorus]
Oh Ecomedy, E7their illusions they have no Achoice but to believe
A7Their horizons that just G#mforever recede
G#sus2And how's G#mthis for irony, their Aidea of being free is a Bprison of beliefs
That they B7/F#never ever have to leave
Oh Ecomedy, E7oh it's like something that a Amadman would conceive!
A7The only thing that seems to G#mmake them feel G#sus2alive is the stG#mruggle to survive
But the Aonly thing that they request is Bsomething to numb the pain with
Until there's B7/F#nothing human left
[Outro]
Just random Amatter suspended in the dark
I hate to Amsay it, but each other's all we got

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Pure Comedy

by Father John Misty

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D(b5)

B7/F#

G#7

G#m

G#sus2

G#/A

G#/B#

G#7/B#

G#m7b5/D

D(b5)

xx013x

G#sus2 4663xx (or other variant)

[Verse]

B7/F# G#

The comedy of man starts like this

E7 A

Our brains are way too big for our mothers' hips

A7 E

And so Nature, she divines this alternative

G# A7

We emerged half-formed and hope that whoever greets us on the other end

A E

Is kind enough to fill us in

A7 E

And, babies, that's pretty much how it's been ever since

B7 G#7

Now the miracle of birth leaves a few issues to address

D(b5) A

Like, say, that half of us are periodically iron deficient

A7 E

So somebody's got to go kill something while I look after the kids

G# A7

I'd do it myself, but what, are you going to get this thing its milk?

A E

He says as soon as he gets back from the hunt, we can switch

A7 E

It's hard not to fall in love with something so helpless

A7 E

Ladies, I hope we don't end up regretting this

[Chorus]

E E7 A

Comedy, now that's what I call pure comedy

A7 G#m

Just waiting until the part where they start to believe

G#sus2 G#m

They're at the center of everything

A B B7

And some all-powerful being endowed this horror show with meaning

Oh, their religions are the best

E7 A

They worship themselves yet they're totally obsessed

A7 G#m G#sus2 G#m

With risen zombies, celestial virgins, magic tricks, these unbelievable outfits

And they get terribly upset

When you question their sacred texts

B7/F#

Written by woman-hating epileptics

[Bridge]

Their languages just serve to confuse them

Their confusion somehow makes them more sure

They build fortunes poisoning their offspring

And hand out prizes when someone patents the cure

Where did they find these goons they elected to rule them?

What makes these clowns they idolize so remarkable?

These mammals are hell-bent on fashioning new gods

So they can go on being godless animals

[Instrumental]

G#/A G#/B# G#7/B#

G#m7b5/D A7

A7 E

G#7 A

[Chorus]

E E7 A

Oh comedy, their illusions they have no choice but to believe

A7 G#m

Their horizons that just forever recede

G#sus2 G#m A B

And how's this for irony, their idea of being free is a prison of beliefs

B7/F#

That they never ever have to leave

E E7 A

Oh comedy, oh it's like something that a madman would conceive!

A7 G#m G#sus2 G#m

The only thing that seems to make them feel alive is the struggle to survive

A B

But the only thing that they request is something to numb the pain with

B7/F#

Until there's nothing human left

[Outro]

Just random matter suspended in the dark

I hate to say it, but each other's all we got

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