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As long as the chord placement doesn't screw up at submission as it usually does, this 
quite correct
A7/ B: (575657)
A7; (575655)
A7/F#: (575675)
D: (x57775)
Dsus: (x57785)
Intro:
A7/  B    A7  A7/  F#     A7x3
Dsus D Dsus D
Verse 1:
A7/                      B                        A7  A7/                         F#  A7  
I'll be the first to admit this is a bright but haunted age
DsusI just don't know now now I Djust can't say Dsushey heyD  
A7/                      B                        A7  A7/                         F#  A7  
When you get down down to the heart and the bones of it
DsusThats when it breaks you know, tDhats when it falls aDsuspartD  
A7/     B            A7  A7/          F#  A7  
               but there's a prize now
Chorus:
Dsusoh caveat emptor, opDen the Dsusatoms coreD  
 A7/     B      A7  A7/  F#  A7  
but thats the prize now
Dsusoh caveat emptor opeDn the aDsustoms coreD  
Dsusoh caveat emptor opeDn the aDsustoms coreD  
         DsusWhoa!
A7/  B    A7  A7/  F#  A7  
A7/        B            A7  A7/          F#  A7  
                                Oh               Oh i just dont get it
Dsus D Dsus D
Verse 2: (same as verse 1)
And you keep slipping down the surface of things
i just cant take it now, i just cant wait for more
when you get down down to the sub atomic part of it
thats when it breaks you know, thats when it falls apart
oh caveat emptor, open the atoms core
DsusWhoa!
DsusWhoa!    
A7/     B      A7  A7/    F#                 A7  A7/   B  
                        Oh         Oh I just don't get it
A7/    F#                       A7  A7/    B  A7  
Get it.    Oh I Just dont get it, get it
A7/   F#  A7  
Get It! Get It!
DsusI just DdonDsus't get Dit
DsusWhoa!
A7/  B    A7  A7/  F#  A7  
DsusI I just don't get itD  
DsusNo I, I Just don't get Dit
DsusJust DdoDsusnt geDt it
Dsusget iDt Dsusget iDt Dsusget iDt get it
Dsusoh
Dsus
*alot of noise*

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Atom

by Sea Power (British Sea Power)

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Dsus

As long as the chord placement doesn't screw up at submission as it usually does, this

quite correct

A7 B

/ : (575657)

; (575655)

A7 F#

/: (575675)

: (x57775)

Dsus

: (x57785)

Intro:

A7 B A7 A7 F# A7

/ / x3

Dsus D Dsus D

Verse 1:

A7 B A7 A7 F# A7

/ /

I'll be the first to admit this is a bright but haunted age

Dsus D Dsus D

I just don't know now now I just can't say hey hey

A7 B A7 A7 F# A7

/ /

When you get down down to the heart and the bones of it

Dsus D Dsus D

Thats when it breaks you know, thats when it falls apart

A7 B A7 A7 F# A7

/ /

but there's a prize now

Chorus:

Dsus D Dsus D

oh caveat emptor, open the atoms core

A7 B A7 A7 F# A7

/ /

but thats the prize now

Dsus D Dsus D

oh caveat emptor open the atoms core

Dsus D Dsus D

oh caveat emptor open the atoms core

Dsus

Whoa!

A7 B A7 A7 F# A7

/ /

A7 B A7 A7 F# A7

/ /

Oh Oh i just dont get it

Dsus D Dsus D

Verse 2: (same as verse 1)

And you keep slipping down the surface of things

i just cant take it now, i just cant wait for more

when you get down down to the sub atomic part of it

thats when it breaks you know, thats when it falls apart

oh caveat emptor, open the atoms core

Dsus

Whoa!

Dsus

Whoa!

A7 B A7 A7 F# A7 A7 B

/ / /

Oh Oh I just don't get it

A7 F# A7 A7 B A7

/ /

Get it. Oh I Just dont get it, get it

A7 F# A7

Get It! Get It!

Dsus D Dsus D

I just don't get it

Dsus

Whoa!

A7 B A7 A7 F# A7

/ /

Dsus D

I I just don't get it

Dsus D

No I, I Just don't get it

Dsus D Dsus D

Just dont get it

Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D

get it get it get it get it

Dsus

*alot of noise*

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