Listen to the Math Chords & Lyrics by Tokyo Police Club

Listen to the Math

guitar chords lyrics

Tokyo Police Club

Tabbed By: Mike

Standard Tuning

I wanted to play this song acoustically so I came up with this to kind of mix the
bass and guitar together and I think it sounds
pretty decent. Works best if you have another guitar to play the little lead part
during the chorus.

Just as a heads-up, this is how I play the chords but you can do it any other way

(this just sounds best to me):

A C#m Abm B E Eb/B
e|--0-------4---0---0---0------|
B|--0---5---4---0---0---0------|
G|--6---6---4---8---9---8------|
D|--7---6---6---9---9---9------|
A|--7---4---6---9---7---6------|
E|--5-------4---7---0----------|


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-------9---------9---------9---------9-----| --> second guitar plays this through out the chorus
G---9-----9---8-----8---9-----9---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|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-\6-66------------------|
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|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-\6-66------------------|
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\14-14-14-1414-|-\13--------|
D|---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x-x-|---x--------|
A|--14-14-14-14--14\12-12-12-1212-|-\11--------|
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