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My Better Half

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                             My Better Half - Bo Burnham
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Tuning: Standard
Also, I'm not sure how on earth you get the chord diagrams to
 show up, so I'll just leave it to you to figure out the chords, pretty easy though.
Anyways, lissen' to the song for timing and strumming patterns and whatnot.
So for the first verse you pick these notes, just a Em chord and a G chord. Play 2x for intro.
e|------Em--------------------------0----------G-----------------------------3--|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------0----------------------------------------0----------|
D|---------2-------------------------------------------0---------------------|
A|---2----------------------------------------2------------------------------|
E|---------------0-------------------------------------------3---------------|
you filled the hole that pierced my soul, i promised that i'd find
someone willing to take a run, round pleasures of my mind
                                Em          D(10th muffled)
you make me laugh youre my better half, though you weigh twice as much
Strum D a few times here.
Em350 Gpounds of love
Emyou mustve Cmaj7fell from up above
Emand killed the Gtownspeople belDow
you had a crush and you let it show
Emwhen i Gwant to pleasure you Emi need an Cmaj7expedition crew
Em             G          D (pick the high e string a few times)
with all those trips to KFC, you eat out more than me.
Em  G  Em  Cmaj7    Em  G
D
(Now for this verse go back to picking like the first verse)
we look just like the number 10
when you stand next to me
is it your stare that pulls me in?
or just gravity
you mix mayonnaise with your scotch
youre the perfect spouse
(Start strumming Em chord here) D (strum once)
last week we went on a whale watch
The boat drove to your house.
Strum the D chord a few times then go to chorus.
Em350 Gpounds of pain
Emwhen you exhale Cmaj7al gore goes insane
Emwhenever Gwe make out
D (10th muffled)
i taste jam and sauerkraut
Emwe went on a Gsailing trip you Emfell and floated Cmaj7beside the ship
Emthen a Gboat docked on your paDnts
(pick the high e string while keeping the D chord)
and said "i claim this island in the name of france."
Em G Em Cmaj7 Em G D
Alrighty, now heres a note, I'm not sure if these chords are right, but they sound kinda 
Emthen you did what i feGared you dissapeaEmred
Emsaying tGhis was Cmaj7something Emnew
EmlyposuctiGon, brEmeast reducGtion
and what came hDome wasnt you
Dno no no no it wasnt you it was
Em120 Gpounds of hate,
Emand you said, Cmaj7"i look great."
Emand when the Gnurse removed the fDat, they found the neighbors cat
Emi just Gpaused and said to her
Emi loved you Cmaj7just the way you were
Emthen she Gsmiled and for my Dsake
Dsaid, "pass the caEmaaaGaaEmaaaCmaj7aaaake!"
Empass the cEmaaaGaaEmaakDe
Pass the caaEmaaaGaaEmaaaCmaj7aaaaaaake
Pass the caEmaaaGaaaaDke

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My Better Half

by Bo Burnham

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Cmaj7

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My Better Half - Bo Burnham

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Tuning: Standard

Also, I'm not sure how on earth you get the chord diagrams to

show up, so I'll just leave it to you to figure out the chords, pretty easy though.

Anyways, lissen' to the song for timing and strumming patterns and whatnot.

So for the first verse you pick these notes, just a Em chord and a G chord. Play 2x for intro.

Em G

e|--------------------------------0---------------------------------------3--|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------0----------------------------------------0----------|

D|---------2-------------------------------------------0---------------------|

A|---2----------------------------------------2------------------------------|

E|---------------0-------------------------------------------3---------------|

you filled the hole that pierced my soul, i promised that i'd find

someone willing to take a run, round pleasures of my mind

Em D

(10th muffled)

you make me laugh youre my better half, though you weigh twice as much

Strum D a few times here.

Em G

350 pounds of love

Em Cmaj7

you mustve fell from up above

Em G D

and killed the townspeople below

you had a crush and you let it show

Em G Em Cmaj7

when i want to pleasure you i need an expedition crew

Em G D (pick the high e string a few times)

with all those trips to KFC, you eat out more than me.

Em G Em Cmaj7 Em G

(Now for this verse go back to picking like the first verse)

we look just like the number 10

when you stand next to me

is it your stare that pulls me in?

or just gravity

you mix mayonnaise with your scotch

youre the perfect spouse

(Start strumming Em chord here) D (strum once)

last week we went on a whale watch

The boat drove to your house.

Strum the D chord a few times then go to chorus.

Em G

350 pounds of pain

Em Cmaj7

when you exhale al gore goes insane

Em G

whenever we make out

D (10th muffled)

i taste jam and sauerkraut

Em G Em Cmaj7

we went on a sailing trip you fell and floated beside the ship

Em G D

then a boat docked on your pants

(pick the high e string while keeping the D chord)

and said "i claim this island in the name of france."

Em G Em Cmaj7 Em G D

Alrighty, now heres a note, I'm not sure if these chords are right, but they sound kinda

Em G Em

then you did what i feared you dissapeared

Em G Cmaj7 Em

saying this was something new

Em G Em G

lyposuction, breast reduction

and what came home wasnt you

no no no no it wasnt you it was

Em G

120 pounds of hate,

Em Cmaj7

and you said, "i look great."

Em G D

and when the nurse removed the fat, they found the neighbors cat

Em G

i just paused and said to her

Em Cmaj7

i loved you just the way you were

Em G D

then she smiled and for my sake

D Em G Em Cmaj7

said, "pass the caaaaaaaaaaaaake!"

Em Em G Em D

pass the caaaaaaake

Em G Em Cmaj7

Pass the caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake

Em G D

Pass the caaaaaaaake

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