Chords for Kate and Anna McGarrigle: NaCl (1984)

_ It's probably a theory that's gone out of fashion in the scientific world, _ _ but it was
written _ before they _ [Bbm] rediscovered what salt was.
[Bb] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Gm] Just [C] a little [G] [Bb] atom of [Am] chlorine, _ [D] _ valence [G] minus one.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ Swimming [Bbm] through [Am] the sea, [D] digging the sea, [G] just having fun. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ She's not worried [F] about [Dm] the shape or [G] size [C] of her outside shell.
_ [G] It's fun to ionize just a little [D] atom of Cl with an [G] unfilled shell.
_ [Db] _ [Cm] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Somewhere [Bbm] in that [Am] sea [D] lurks handsome [G] sodium, _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Gbm] _
[D] with [G] [C] enough [G] electrons [Bbm] [Am] on his [D] outside shell
[G] plus that extra one.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
_ In [Dm] this [Gm] deep blue [B] sea [C] there's a negative _ for [G] my extra energy.
[D] Yes, [G] somewhere [Bbm] in this [Dm] foam [D] my positive will find [G] a home.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ Then [F] _ unsuspecting chlorine felt a magnetic [Dm]
pull.
She looked down and her outside shell was full.
[Eb] _ [A] _ Sodium cried, what a gas, be my bride, [D] and I'll change [A] your name from [D] chlorine [Em] to [D] chloride. _
[G] The [Em] sea _ [D] _ evaporates to make the clouds [G] for the rain and snow.
[D] _
_ [E] _ [Gb] _ _ [G] _ [C] [G] Leaving her [Bbm] chemical [Am] compound [D] in the absence [G] of H2O.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] [G] But [C] the crystals that wash [Gm] upon the [G] shore [C] are happy ones.
So [Bb] if you [A] never thought [D] before, [G] think of the love [Bbm] that [D] you eat when [Bm] you salt [C] your [G] meat.
_ [Em] _ _ [Cm] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
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