• Song:

    Listen To The Math

  • Artist:

    Tokyo Police Club

  • Album:

    Elephant Shell

Tabbed By: Mike

Standard Tuning


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

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

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...Verse goes straight into chorus on E
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Chorus

E      Eb/B         Abm
It's a ruse, it's a laugh
                 B
Experts, they'd agree
B
Listen to the math
E     Eb/B   Abm
Australopithecine
              B
Rekindle your heart
B
These hospital machines
                        A    C#m    Abm    B
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 | ------------------------------------------- | 


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

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-Into Chorus
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Then:

A    C#m    Abm    B    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:
             B
But it's the art of the state
That's gonna keep me awake
         E
I need a second opinion
Not a second to waste
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