• Song:

    The Calculation

  • Artist:

    Regina Spektor

Intro 2x: C5  G5

           C5
You went into the kitchen cupboard

Got yourself another hour
        F5
And you gave
              A5
Half of it to me
             C5
We sat there looking at the faces

Of these strangers in the pages
F5                            A5
'Til we knew 'em mathematically

                 D5
They were in our minds
      F5
Until forever
              D5
But we didn't mind
               G5
We didn't know better

      C5
So we made our own computer out of macaroni pieces
        F5                                  A5
And it did our thinking while we lived our lives
   C5
It counted up our feelings

And divided them up even
       F5                               A5
And it called that calculation perfect love

            D5                 F5
Didn't even know that love was bigger
            D5
Didn't even know
              G5
That love was so, so

Hey Hey Hey

         F5
Hey this fire it's burnin'
C5          F5
Burnin' us up
         F5
Hey this fire it's burnin'
C5
Burnin' us..
D5
Up

Bb5
Ohhhhh
F5
Ohh Ohh Ohh

      C5
So we made the hard decision

And we each made an incision
         F5
Past our muscles and our bones
        A5
Saw our hearts were little stones
           C5
Pulled 'em out they weren't beating

And we weren't even bleeding
      F5                             A5
As we lay 'em on the granite counter top

            D5
We beat 'em up
             F5
Against each other
            D5
We beat 'em up
             F5
Against each other
              D5
We struck 'em hard
             F5
Against each other
              D5
We struck 'em so hard
                   C5
So hard until they sparked

         F5
Hey this fire it's burnin'
C5          F5
Burnin' us up
         F5
Hey this fire it's burnin'
C5          F5
Burnin' us up
         F5
Hey this fire it's burnin'
C5
Burnin' us..
D5
Up

Bb5 F5 G5
(ohhh ohh ohhhs & woo wooo wooos part)
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