Dm                              A 
Yon:      My life was completely astrous when I met you. 

Scod:       Not disastrous. 
      A                               Dm 
Yon:       So gruntled with this life I thought I had. 

Scod:       Opposite of disgruntled. 
          A#                          Gm 
Yon:       How could a love so perfect be so vincible.  
       
Scod:       Not invincible. 
                 A#9 
Yon:       I could have sworn that you were scrutable, 
                     C 
      My judgment was so bad. 
                     (pause) 
Scod:       Bad, opposite of unbad. 

Yon:       But you were 
      F        Dm 
Tripod: Kempt, so kempt,  
      A#                   C 
      Everything about you was seemly 
             Gm         A 
      You were kempt, so kempt! 
         Dm (let ring) 
Yon:       Of course I?d be bedevilled, 
         A# (let ring) 
      So gusting and so shevelled  
           A#           C 
      Were you_________. 
       

         Dm                        A 
Yon:       It started out so wholesome, so pure. 
       
S & G:       Tell them about it. 
         A                  Dm 
Yon:       We engaged in speakable acts. 
       
S & G:       Nothing too saucy. 
        A#                          Gm 
      Although we had hibitions we were totally toward 
          A#9 
S & G:       You should have seen it coming. 
           A#9 
Yon:       But I always had a tendency to 
             C 
Tripod: Underreact 
          D# 
      Our love is defunct  
            F 
      When it once was funct 
            Dm 
      You debunked all the myths 
            D#            (stop) 
      You had previously bunked 
       
Yon:       When you were 
      F        Dm 
Tripod: Kempt, so kempt,  
      A#                   C 
      Everything about you was seemly 
             Gm         A 
      You were kempt, so kempt! 
         Dm 
Yon:       Of course I?d be bedevilled, 
         Gm (let ring) 
      So gusting and so shevelled  

           (Palm muted) 
           Gm        F 
      Were you____________ 
          Gm 
Tripod: You always seemed so honest, 
             F 
Yon:       And so sidious. 
       
      You are an angel 
        Gm 
Tripod: I checked your phone bill 
                   F 
Yon:       It was full of crepancies. 
       
Scod:       Everything was in order! 
          A                               Gm 
Tripod: But I found out one evening you?d been creet! 
       
Yon:       AHA! 
                    A# 
Tripod: When you and your ex  
                    D#   A# 
      booked a motel cogni___to___________  
           F (let ring)         Gm (let ring) 
Yon:       Your ex, your ex! It was a personal attack! 
             Am (let ring)             A#     Am  C (let ring) 
      You were going out with prefixes behind my back! (breaks down crying) 
       
Scod:      Poor little fella 

Gatesy: Look what?s happened to the little fellow now, huh? 

      His heart?s completely roken! Although he does hang out  

      with some serious lappers! You know the kind of lutty type. 

Scod:       Gatesy, this song?s not actually about just taking the first letter off words. 

Gatesy: What? I mean, hat? 

Scod:       Gatesy, this song?s about prefixes, alright. Like in, or ex, or un.  

      If you find an un in a word and you take that out. 

Audience member: Begun! 

Gatesy: As in, you?re not very f-ny? 

Scod:       Yeah, I could think of a better example is you?re a c-t. 

(Pause)       

Gatesy: HEY! 

Scod:       Let?s have another crack at it shall we? 
      Dm 
Scod:       He asked you questions 
              A 
      No more terrogation  
            A 
Gatesy: He acted and he umped,  
                      Dm 
      DUMPED you straight away. 
             A# 
S & G:       You?re free, 
                          Gm 
      Enjoy your new found carceration . 
               A# 
Yon:       You?re the ex I always pected, 
                  A# 
      I'll never member you again. 
                          C 
      You always derstood me anyway. 
          D# 
Tripod: You sent a liminal message, 
         F 
      By cheating with your ex. 
          Dm                        D# (let ring) 
      But I just think you had an feriority complex. 
       
Yon:       But anyway, I found someone else. 
       
      And she is 
      F        Dm 
      Kempt, so kempt. 

S & G:       Oooooh oooooh  
      A#                  C 
Yon:       Everything about her is seemly 
             Gm             A 
Tripod: She is kempt, so fucking kempt! 
          Dm (let ring) 
      Her Christian name is Ingrid, 
          Gm (let ring) 
Yon:       She let?s me call her Grid. 
            A# (let ring)       C (let ring)          F (let ring) 
Tripod: And she takes off her derpants             for me________! 
       
Scod:       Thank you!