Kempt

(início)

        Dm                                    A
Yon:    My life was completely astrous when I met you.
Scod:   Not disastrous.
        A                                      Dm
Yon:    So gruntled with this life I thought I had.
Scod:   Opposite of disgruntled.
            A#                            Gm
Yon:    How could a love so perfect be so vincible.
Scod:   Not invincible.
                     A#sus2
Yon:    I could have sworn that you were scrutable,
                           C
        My judgment was so bad.
                           (pause)
Scod:   Bad, opposite of unbad.
Yon:    But you were
        F         Dm
Tripod: Kempt, so kempt,
        A#                       C
        Everything about you was seemly
                 Gm        A
        You were kempt, so kempt!
           Dm (let ring)
Yon:    Of course I?d be bedevilled,
           A# (let ring)
        So gusting and so shevelled
             A#      C
        Were you_________.
           Dm                           A
Yon:    It started out so wholesome, so pure.
S & G:  Tell them about it.
           A                    Dm
Yon:    We engaged in speakable acts.
S & G:  Nothing too saucy.
          A#                              Gm
        Although we had hibitions we were totally toward
            A#sus2
S & G:  You should have seen it coming.
             A#sus2
Yon:    But I always had a tendency to
               C
Tripod: Underreact
            D#
        Our love is defunct
                F
        When it once was funct
              Dm
        You debunked all the myths
                D#              (stop)
        You had previously bunked
Yon:    When you were
        F         Dm
Tripod: Kempt, so kempt,
        A#                       C
        Everything about you was seemly
                 Gm        A
        You were kempt, so kempt!
           Dm
Yon:    Of course I?d be bedevilled,
           Gm (let ring)
        So gusting and so shevelled
             (Palm muted)
             Gm        F
        Were you____________
            Gm
Tripod: You always seemed so honest,
               F
Yon:    And so sidious.
        You are an angel
          Gm
Tripod: I checked your phone bill
                       F
Yon:    It was full of crepancies.
Scod:   Everything was in order!
            A                                  Gm
Tripod: But I found out one evening you?d been creet!
Yon:    AHA!
                          A#
Tripod: When you and your ex
                          D#   A#
        booked a motel cogni___to___________
             F (let ring)          Gm (let ring)
Yon:    Your ex, your ex! It was a personal attack!
                 Am (let ring)           A#     Am  C (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?
        Dm
Scod:   He asked you questions
                  A
        No more terrogation
                A
Gatesy: He acted and he umped,
                            Dm
        DUMPED you straight away.
               A#
S & G:  You?re free,
                                  Gm
        Enjoy your new found carceration .
                   A#
Yon:    You?re the ex I always pected,
                        A#
        I'll never member you again.
                                  C
        You always derstood me anyway.
            D#
Tripod: You sent a liminal message,
           F
        By cheating with your ex.
            Dm                          D# (let ring)
        But I just think you had an feriority complex.
Yon:    But anyway, I found someone else.
        And she is
        F         Dm
        Kempt, so kempt.
S & G:  Oooooh oooooh
        A#                      C
Yon:    Everything about her is seemly
               Gm                A
Tripod: She is kempt, so fucking kempt!
            Dm (let ring)
        Her Christian name is Ingrid,
            Gm (let ring)
Yon:    She let?s me call her Grid.
                A# (let ring)    C (let ring)       F (let ring)
Tripod: And she takes off her derpants          for me________!
Scod:   Thank you!