[ A5 ] [ G5 ] Protons and neutrons, {A5 ] [ G5 ] The electron cloud scattered around, [ A5 ] [ G5 ] Atoms packed and lattices stacked [ F5 ] [ G5 ] [ A5 ] Among billions and trillions of their kind, [ F5 ] [ G5 ] [ A5 ] And around trillions more they wind, [ G5 ] [ A5 ] And we see that they are formed into this thing, [ G5 ] [ A5 ] That I and those before me call a guitar string. [ F5 ] [ G5 ] [ A5 ] [ C5 ] We think we see this world but we see a fraction of a fraction, [ F5 ] [ G5 ] [ A5 ] [ C5 ] And even what we can see is just photonic reactions, [ F5 ] [ G5 ] [ A5 ] [ C5 ] And we think that it's gorgeous and that no thing could compare, [ G5 ] [ A5 ] But how could we ever know when there's so much more out there. [ A5 ] [ G5 ] Protons and neutrons, {A5 ] [ G5 ] The electron cloud scattered around, [ A5 ] [ G5 ] Carbon and oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen, [ F5 ] [ G5 ] [ A5 ] Forming two of the simplest proteins, [ F5 ] [ G5 ] [ A5 ] And stacked together into beta-pleated sheets, [ G5 ] [ A5 ] And out from my finger grows this thing, [ G5 ] [ A5 ] That I smack up and down this guitar string. [ F5 ] [ G5 ] [ A5 ] [ C5 ] We think we see this world but we see a fraction of a fraction, [ F5 ] [ G5 ] [ A5 ] [ C5 ] And even what we can see is just photonic reactions, [ F5 ] [ G5 ] [ A5 ] [ C5 ] And we think that it's gorgeous and that no thing could compare, [ G5 ] [ A5 ] But how could we ever know when there's so much more out there.
