• Song:

    That Spells Dna

  • Artist:

    Jonathan Coulton

  • Album:

    Our Bodies, Ourselves, ...

Chords

A  x02220
G  320033
D  xx0232
Bm x24432
Em 022000
C9 x3233x
Bb x1333x

  Intro             Riff                             Bridge Figure
  E5 D/F# G  Asus4  D        G          A      D     Dadd4/A   A7 

E---------3--0------2--0--2--3--2--0--0------0----   ------------|
B----3----3--3--------------------------2--3---3--   -----3----2-|
G----2----0--2------------------------------------   -----0----0-|
D-2--0----0--2------------------------------------   --2s4-4s2-2-|
A-2--x----2--0------------------------------------   --0-------0-|
E-0--2----3---------------------------------------   ------------|

Intro:

Intro - Riff


Verse 1:
A (p.m.)
We start the story when Mom met Dad 
A (p.m.)                                      G
And they danced all night and he took her home 
A (p.m.)
It might have been all the wine they had 
A (p.m.)                                    
But they rolled the dice and won your genome 

Pre-Chorus 1:
         G            D            A            Bm
Then you grew and you grew and one day you were you
        G                D          A Asus4 A
And you looked like your father and mother 
               G      D	         A	    Bm
If you're looking for someone convenient to blame 
        G		               A
You can take your pick it's one or the other 

Chorus:
  A  G	          D
DNA, you're in my heart 
  A                 G	     D	     A
DNA, in fact you're in every part of my body 
          G		             A
Each cell has a nucleus, each nucleus has chromosomes 
    Intro                      Riff
And DNA, baby, that spells DNA 

Verse 2:

A (p.m.)
Guanine met Cytosine, fell in love 
A (p.m.)                             G
And then Thymine got busy with Adenine
A (p.m.)
They sent the messenger-RNA 
A (p.m.)			      A
To the ribosome to make more protein 

Pre-Chorus 2:
               G           D            A              Bm
And while it's killing you dead it will mess with your head 
             G            D              A        Asus4 A
And it's the light in the dark that will guide you 
         G	   D	         A	 Bm
It's the pages and pages of what you are like 
       G	                   A
In the giant book that's hidden inside you 

Chorus:
  A  G	          D
DNA, you're in my heart 
  A                 G	     D	     A
DNA, in fact you're in every part of my body 
          G		             A
Each cell has a nucleus, each nucleus has chromosomes 
    Intro                      Riff
And DNA, baby, that spells DNA 

Bridge:
           G       A7
If it says TGGTCGAAC 
                       Dadd4/A A7
Then you might get the cancer 
           G    Em   A7  
If it says GTCACGACAGG 
                       Dadd4/A   A
Then you shouldn't eat shrimp or nuts 
           G   Em  C9  Bb  A7
If it says TATACACATATCCTCGT 
                                          D
Then you'll probably wish that you didn't know 

(Guitar Solo!)

Verse 3:
A (p.m.)
The time will come when you're almost gone 
A (p.m.)                                  G 
And you try to guess but you'll never know 
A (p.m.)
You do your best and you soldier on 
A (p.m.)
Every day you're here till it's time to go 

Pre-Chorus 3:
        G               D	     A	         Bm
All the good things and bad that you do or don't have 
        G	     D               A Asus4 A
You can find out for sure if you got em 
              G         D	       A              Bm
But there's a spiraling staircase that you're falling down 
           G                       A
And you're nothing but dead at the bottom 


Chorus:
  A  G	          D
DNA, you're in my heart 
  A                 G	     D	     A
DNA, in fact you're in every part of my body 
          G		             A
Each cell has a nucleus, each nucleus has chromosomes 
    Intro                      Riff
And DNA, baby, that spells DNA

[edit] Solo


Guitar 1
 
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|7-8b10r8-7----|7b8r7-----|10-8-7---------|-------------------|
|-7---------9--|------9-7-|------9--6h7s9-|7s6s7-9b11r9-7-----|
|------------7-|----------|--------7-----7|-----7---------9-10|
|--------------|----------|---------------|-------------------|
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|------------|------------|---7-9-10-----|
|------------|--------7-8-|10------------|
|11b1211-9---|9-6-7-9-----|--------------|
|----------10|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|

Guitar 2


|--------------|----------|---------------|--------------------|
|--------------|----------|---------------|------10b12r10-7----|
|--------------|----------|---------------|----------------7-9-|
|--------------|----------|---------------|--------------------|
|--------------|----------|---------------|--------------------|
|--------------|----------|---------------|--------------------|
                           

|------------|-----------7-|9-10-12-14----|
|13b15r13-8--|8---7-8-10---|--------------|
|-----------9|--9----------|--------------|
|------------|-------------|--------------|
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