Chords for Just Glue Some Gears On It (And Call It Steampunk)

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As I read the Gazette to catch up on the news, [G] some classified [D] adverts I chanced to peruse
[C] when I saw a category [E] called Steampunk.
[F] I turned to it [C] eagerly, but left in a funk, [F] for I quite enjoyed the Steampunk aesthetic,
[G] but what I beheld [D] there was rather pathetic.
[C] These intrepid online auctioneers had [F] just taken modern objects and stuck on some gears.
[C] It's simply not cricket, it shouldn't be done, [F] but it's clear how their thoughts [Gm] had run.
Just glue some gears on it and call [G] it _ Steampunk.
That's the [Am] trendy fashion _ [C] nowadays.
[F] A copper-painted chunk of some 1980s junk will fetch a [C] pretty penny [F] on eBay. _
But it got even worse than that, I'm afraid, [G] and as I went on I became more [C] dismayed, for
they often didn't [E] modify the things they wanted me [F] to buy.
Kevin [C] Semenci, I'm the one [F] regretting.
Steampunk is more than a mere mode of [G] dresser decoration, so it brings me some distress
[C] to see a metal cicada described with that name, [F] or a teacup, a mood ring, a silver gilt [C] frame.
Gluing on gears at least takes [F] effort.
It's the slope [Gm] of the worst.
Just glue [F] some gears on it and [G] call it _ Steampunk.
[C] That's the trendy [G] fashion nowadays. _
A [F] copper-painted chunk of some [E] 1980s junk [F] will fetch a [C] pretty penny [F] on eBay. _ _
_ Steampunk refers to a type of science [G] fiction about alternate [D] paths, not future [C] prediction.
Often set [E] in Victorian [F] Britain, but the [Gb] history of technology has been rewritten.
[F] So put a bit of thought into [D] your designs.
Use leather and brass, 19th century [C] line.
Retrofuturistic is a good [F] explanation, then antique reality with imagination.
[C] Recalling things [Em] Steampunk to try to sound [F] cool makes you look like a [Gm] bloody fool.
Just [F] glue some gears on it and [G] call it _ _ Steampunk.
[F] That's the trendy fashion nowadays.
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[F] A copper-painted chunk [Bb] of some 1980s [F] junk will fetch a [C] pretty penny [F] on eBay. _ _
_ Gauges and rivets, copper tubing and [G] glass lend the Steampunk creation a real touch of [C] class.
Gears are [E] appropriate to introduce [F] if they look like they have a legitimate use.
Although mixy tubes are undeniably [D] splendid, they date from long after the age of steam [C] engines.
Pity really, I just love mixy [F] tubes.
Anyway, I hope you've comprehended.
[C] So use the word [E] Steampunk correctly, old [F] chap.
Don't use it to refer to crap.
Just glue some gears on it and [G] call it _ _ Steampunk.
[C] That's the trendy fashion [B] _ nowadays.
[F] A copper-painted chunk [G] of some 1980s [Am] junk will fetch a pretty penny [F] on eBay. _
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