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Five And A Half Minutes

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[Intro]
G5 Csus2 G5 Csus2
[Verse 1]
Every fG5ive and a half minutes the univCsus2erse expands four milG5esCsus2  
And eG5v'ry time I blink, another Csus2child enters the world.
The world has sDix and a half billion peoplCe this yeaDr,
and there are eight million peoG/Bple in this cAm7ity,
on this islG/Band, but right heAm7re, right noG/Bw,
someC5how you're sitting herG5e.
[Instrumental]
Csus2 G5 Csus2
[Verse 2]
I mG5ay not ever catch my breCsus2ath no matter how I G5tryCsus2  
And G5I may never understand how ev'C5ry single day we breatDhe
twenty-three thoCusand timeDs
Because watC6/9ching your chest risG/Be and fall,
the nAm7umbers don't add up when all we are'Csus2s
a hundred trillion cells, two hunG/Bdred and six bones,
five quarts of bloodAm7, forty-five miles of nervD13es, nerves, nerves,
and a hunDsus4/Cdred thousand hairs, and toG/Bo many organs,
and sixCsus2ty thousand milDes of arterCsus2ies.
G/CWe muAm7st've been made by a Gsus2/Bman, cause a woman
would've madCsus2e us more economic'Dsus4ly.
I dG/Don't knoC6/9w what that means
AlG/Bl I know is that IAm7've seen thDsus4is scene some years ago.Csus2  
And I would sweaDr I'm watGsus4ching from the standCsus2s.Gsus4/A  
And I would sweGsus4/Bar I know a sCsus2econd before yoD7sus4u reach for her haCsus2nd.
Feels like it's soG/Bme old movie.
But the scAm11ript's no good, and the D7sus4girl's nG/Do beaC/Duty.
DsusThere's the evC6/9idence, more fG/Bacts,
But there won't eAm11ver be a sciEm/Bence G/Bof
the waAm7y you fiG/Bnd or keC/Dep or measCsus2ure
lovDe.G/D  Gsus  G  Csus2  
How Am7do you fG/Bind or kC/Deep or measure loG5ve?

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Five And A Half Minutes

by Katie Thompson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Csus2

G/B

Am7

C6/9

D13

Dsus4/C

G/C

Gsus2/B

Dsus4

G/D

Gsus4

Gsus4/A

Gsus4/B

D7sus4

Am11

C/D

Dsus

Em/B

Gsus

[Intro]

G5 Csus2 G5 Csus2

[Verse 1]

G5 Csus2 G5 Csus2

Every five and a half minutes the universe expands four miles

G5 Csus2

And ev'ry time I blink, another child enters the world.

D C D

The world has six and a half billion people this year,

G/B Am7

and there are eight million people in this city,

G/B Am7 G/B

on this island, but right here, right now,

C5 G5

somehow you're sitting here.

[Instrumental]

Csus2 G5 Csus2

[Verse 2]

G5 Csus2 G5 Csus2

I may not ever catch my breath no matter how I try

G5 C5 D

And I may never understand how ev'ry single day we breathe

C D

twenty-three thousand times

C6/9 G/B

Because watching your chest rise and fall,

Am7 Csus2

the numbers don't add up when all we are's

G/B

a hundred trillion cells, two hundred and six bones,

Am7 D13

five quarts of blood, forty-five miles of nerves, nerves, nerves,

Dsus4/C G/B

and a hundred thousand hairs, and too many organs,

Csus2 D Csus2

and sixty thousand miles of arteries.

G/C Am7 Gsus2/B

We must've been made by a man, cause a woman

Csus2 Dsus4

would've made us more economic'ly.

G/D C6/9

I don't know what that means

G/B Am7 Dsus4 Csus2

All I know is that I've seen this scene some years ago.

D Gsus4 Csus2 Gsus4/A

And I would swear I'm watching from the stands.

Gsus4/B Csus2 D7sus4 Csus2

And I would swear I know a second before you reach for her hand.

G/B

Feels like it's some old movie.

Am11 D7sus4 G/D C/D

But the script's no good, and the girl's no beauty.

Dsus C6/9 G/B

There's the evidence, more facts,

Am11 Em/B G/B

But there won't ever be a science of

Am7 G/B C/D Csus2

the way you find or keep or measure

D G/D Gsus G Csus2

love.

Am7 G/B C/D G5

How do you find or keep or measure love?

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