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[Intro]
 C   Gx2
[Verse 1]
You went inCto the kitchen cupboard
Got yourself another hour
And you Fgave
Half of it to Amme
We sat there Clooking at the faces
Of these strangers in the pages
F'Til we knew 'em mathematicalAmly
[Pre-Chorus]
They were in our Dmminds
Until Fforever
But we didn't Dmmind
We didn't know Gbetter
[Verse 2]
So we Cmade our own computer out of macaroni pieces
And it dFid our thinking while we lived our Amlives
It Ccounted up our feelings
And divided them up even
And it Fcalled that calculation perfect Amlove
Didn't even Dmknow that love was Fbigger
Didn't even Dmknow
That love was Gso, so
Hey Hey Hey
[Chorus]
Hey this Ffire it's burnin'
CBurnin' us Fup
Hey this Ffire it's burnin'
CBurnin' us..
DmUp
A#Ohhhhh
FOhh Ohh Ohh
[Verse 3]
So we Cmade the hard decision
And we each made an incision
Past our Fmuscles and our bones
Saw our Amhearts were little stones
Pulled 'em Cout they weren't beating
And we weren't even bleeding
As we Flay 'em on the granite counter Amtop
[Pre-Chorus]
We beat 'em Dmup
Against each Fother
We beat 'em Dmup
Against each Fother
We struck 'em Dmhard
Against each Fother
We struck 'em Dmso hard
So hard until they Gsparked
[Chorus]
Hey this Ffire it's burnin'
CBurnin' us Fup
Hey this Ffire it's burnin'
CBurnin' us Fup
Hey this Ffire it's burnin'
CBurnin' us
DmUp
A# F G

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The Calculation

by Regina Spektor

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

(listen to the song for rhythm, or just play it the way you want/like/can)

[Intro]

C G

[Verse 1]

You went into the kitchen cupboard

Got yourself another hour

And you gave

Half of it to me

We sat there looking at the faces

Of these strangers in the pages

F Am

'Til we knew 'em mathematically

[Pre-Chorus]

They were in our minds

Until forever

But we didn't mind

We didn't know better

[Verse 2]

So we made our own computer out of macaroni pieces

F Am

And it did our thinking while we lived our lives

It counted up our feelings

And divided them up even

F Am

And it called that calculation perfect love

Dm F

Didn't even know that love was bigger

Didn't even know

That love was so, so

Hey Hey Hey

[Chorus]

Hey this fire it's burnin'

C F

Burnin' us up

Hey this fire it's burnin'

Burnin' us..

Ohhhhh

Ohh Ohh Ohh

[Verse 3]

So we made the hard decision

And we each made an incision

Past our muscles and our bones

Saw our hearts were little stones

Pulled 'em out they weren't beating

And we weren't even bleeding

F Am

As we lay 'em on the granite counter top

[Pre-Chorus]

We beat 'em up

Against each other

We beat 'em up

Against each other

We struck 'em hard

Against each other

We struck 'em so hard

So hard until they sparked

[Chorus]

Hey this fire it's burnin'

C F

Burnin' us up

Hey this fire it's burnin'

C F

Burnin' us up

Hey this fire it's burnin'

Burnin' us

A# F G

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