• Song:

    Listen To The Math

  • Artist:

    Tokyo Police Club

  • Album:

    Elephant Shell

Tabbed By: Mike

Standard Tuning


A5                             C#5
You've been famous since your birth
                    Ab5
And a silent one it was,
                         B5
Till they told me it's a girl
              A5
And everybody gasped
                        C#5
I know how to raise you right
                 Ab5
Teach you how to read
                                    B5
Do math, share toys spell names and alphabet
              A5        C#5       Ab5        B5
And how to be polite

A5                             C#5
You've been famous since your birth
                    Ab5
And a silent one it was,
                         B5
Till they told me it's a girl
              A5
And everybody said
                           C#5
You and your atlas know it all
                Ab5
Let the corners curl
                   B5
Cause if you go by night
                         E5
You'll hit the coast for sure

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...Verse goes straight into chorus on E
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Chorus

E5      Eb5         Ab5
It's a ruse, it's a laugh
                 B5
Experts, they'd agree
B5
Listen to the math
E5     Eb5   Ab5
Australopithecine
              B5
Rekindle your heart
B5
These hospital machines
                        A5    C#5    Ab5    B5
Are state of the art

e-----7---------7---------7---------7------- |       
B-------(b9)--------(b9)--------(b9)--------(b9)---- |  --> second guitar plays this through out the chorus 
G---(b9)----(b9)--8-----8---(b9)----(b9)--8-----8--- | 
D------------------------------------------- | 
A------------------------------------------- | 
E------------------------------------------- | 

Then:

e | ------------------------------------------- | 
B | ------------------------------------------- |       
G | --11111111-11-13-13--8-88------------------ |  x4
D | ---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------ | 
A | ---(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)-9/11-11--66------------------ | 
E | ------------------------------------------- | 


A5                       C#5
I've put down my middle name
                   Ab5
In the back of her book
                      B5
And signed it just in case
                  A5
Our walk was over love
                              C#5
Cause I've got one more up my sleeve
             Ab5
Bring it out tonight
                  B5
Cause if I am the joke
                          E5
Then you're the punchline

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-Into Chorus
------------------

Then:

A5    C#5    Ab5    B5    x2

e | ------------------------------------------- | 
B | ------------------------------------------- |       
G | --11111111-11/13-13-\8-88------------------ |  x7
D | ---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------ | 
A | ---(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)-9/11-11--66------------------ | 
E | ------------------------------------------- | 

and on the last time:
                                   |  End on: (on the same beat as the B chord below)
e | -------------------------------- | ------------ | 
B | -------------------------------- | ------------ |      
G | --16-16-16-16--16-14-14-1414- | --------- | 
D | ---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x-x- | ---x-------- | 
A | --14-14-14-14--14
-12-12-1212- | -	-------- | 
E | -------------------------------- | ------------ | 

End on:
             B5
But it's the art of the state
That's gonna keep me awake
         E5
I need a second opinion
Not a second to waste
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