D5                              A5 
Yon:      My life was completely astrous when I met you. 

Scod:       Not disastrous. 
      A5                               D5 
Yon:       So gruntled with this life I thought I had. 

Scod:       Opposite of disgruntled. 
          A#5                          G5 
Yon:       How could a love so perfect be so vincible.  
       
Scod:       Not invincible. 
                 A#5 
Yon:       I could have sworn that you were scrutable, 
                     C5 
      My judgment was so bad. 
                     (pause) 
Scod:       Bad, opposite of unbad. 

Yon:       But you were 
      F5        D5 
Tripod: Kempt, so kempt,  
      A#5                   C5 
      Everything about you was seemly 
             G5         A5 
      You were kempt, so kempt! 
         D5 (let ring) 
Yon:       Of course I?d be bedevilled, 
         A#5 (let ring) 
      So gusting and so shevelled  
           A#5           C5 
      Were you_________. 
       

         D5                        A5 
Yon:       It started out so wholesome, so pure. 
       
S & G:       Tell them about it. 
         A5                  D5 
Yon:       We engaged in speakable acts. 
       
S & G:       Nothing too saucy. 
        A#5                          G5 
      Although we had hibitions we were totally toward 
          A#5 
S & G:       You should have seen it coming. 
           A#5 
Yon:       But I always had a tendency to 
             C5 
Tripod: Underreact 
          D#5 
      Our love is defunct  
            F5 
      When it once was funct 
            D5 
      You debunked all the myths 
            D#5            (stop) 
      You had previously bunked 
       
Yon:       When you were 
      F5        D5 
Tripod: Kempt, so kempt,  
      A#5                   C5 
      Everything about you was seemly 
             G5         A5 
      You were kempt, so kempt! 
         D5 
Yon:       Of course I?d be bedevilled, 
         G5 (let ring) 
      So gusting and so shevelled  

           (Palm muted) 
           G5        F5 
      Were you____________ 
          G5 
Tripod: You always seemed so honest, 
             F5 
Yon:       And so sidious. 
       
      You are an angel 
        G5 
Tripod: I checked your phone bill 
                   F5 
Yon:       It was full of crepancies. 
       
Scod:       Everything was in order! 
          A5                               G5 
Tripod: But I found out one evening you?d been creet! 
       
Yon:       AHA! 
                    A#5 
Tripod: When you and your ex  
                    D#5   A#5 
      booked a motel cogni___to___________  
           F5 (let ring)         G5 (let ring) 
Yon:       Your ex, your ex! It was a personal attack! 
             A5 (let ring)             A#5     A5  C5 (let ring) 
      You were going out with prefixes behind my back! (breaks down crying) 
       
Scod:      Poor little fella 

Gatesy: Look what?s happened to the little fellow now, huh? 

      His heart?s completely roken! Although he does hang out  

      with some serious lappers! You know the kind of lutty type. 

Scod:       Gatesy, this song?s not actually about just taking the first letter off words. 

Gatesy: What? I mean, hat? 

Scod:       Gatesy, this song?s about prefixes, alright. Like in, or ex, or un.  

      If you find an un in a word and you take that out. 

Audience member: Begun! 

Gatesy: As in, you?re not very f-ny? 

Scod:       Yeah, I could think of a better example is you?re a c-t. 

(Pause)       

Gatesy: HEY! 

Scod:       Let?s have another crack at it shall we? 
      D5 
Scod:       He asked you questions 
              A5 
      No more terrogation  
            A5 
Gatesy: He acted and he umped,  
                      D5 
      DUMPED you straight away. 
             A#5 
S & G:       You?re free, 
                          G5 
      Enjoy your new found carceration . 
               A#5 
Yon:       You?re the ex I always pected, 
                  A#5 
      I'll never member you again. 
                          C5 
      You always derstood me anyway. 
          D#5 
Tripod: You sent a liminal message, 
         F5 
      By cheating with your ex. 
          D5                        D#5 (let ring) 
      But I just think you had an feriority complex. 
       
Yon:       But anyway, I found someone else. 
       
      And she is 
      F5        D5 
      Kempt, so kempt. 

S & G:       Oooooh oooooh  
      A#5                  C5 
Yon:       Everything about her is seemly 
             G5             A5 
Tripod: She is kempt, so fucking kempt! 
          D5 (let ring) 
      Her Christian name is Ingrid, 
          G5 (let ring) 
Yon:       She let?s me call her Grid. 
            A#5 (let ring)       C5 (let ring)          F5 (let ring) 
Tripod: And she takes off her derpants             for me________! 
       
Scod:       Thank you!
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