Genius Next Door Chords by Regina Spektor

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[Fm] Some said the local lake had been [Bbm] enchanted
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[Eb] Others said it must have been [Ab] the weather
[G] The [Fm] neighbors were trying to keep [Bbm] it quiet
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[Eb] But I swear that I could hear [Ab] the laughter
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[Fm] So they jokingly nicknamed [Bbm] it the porridge
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[Eb] Cause overnight that lake had turned to [Ab] stick-ass butter
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[Fm] But the local kids would still [Bbm] go swimming
[Db] Drinking, [Eb] saying that to them it [Ab] doesn't matter
[G] If [Bbm] you just hold [Db] in your breath
[G] Till you come back [Ab] up in full
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[Bbm] Hold _ [Db] in your breath
[G] Till you've thought it through, [Ab] you fool
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[Fm] The genius next door [Bbm] was bussing tables
[Ab]
[Eb] Wiping clean the ketchup [Ab] bottle labels
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[Fm] Getting high and mumbling [Bbm] German fables
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[Eb] Didn't care as long as [Ab] he was able
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[F] To strip his clothes [Bbm] off by the [Ab] thumbstone
[Eb] At night while everyone [Ab] was sleeping
[G]
[F] And wade midway [Bbm] into that porridge
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[Eb] Just him and the secret he was [Ab] keeping
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[Bbm] If you just hold
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Till [G] you come back up [Ab] in full
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_ [Bbm] _ Hold in [Db] your breath
Till [G] you've thought it through, [Ab] you [Cm] foolish _ [Fm] child
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_ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] In the morning the film crews [Bbm] start arriving
_ _ [Eb] With donuts, coffee [Ab] and reporters
_ _ [Fm] The kids are waking up [Bbm]
hungover
The [Eb] neighbors were starting up [Ab] their cars
_ [Fm] The garbage men were emptying [Bbm] the dumpsters
_ [Eb] _ Atheists were praying full [Ab] of sarcasm
[Fm] And the genius next [Bbm] door was sleeping
_ _ [Eb] Dreaming that the antidote [Ab] is orgasm
If [Bbm] you just hold
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_ _ [G] Till you come back [Ab] up in full
[Cm] _ _ [Bbm] _ Hold in [Db]
your breath
[G] Till you've thought it through, [Ab] you _ [Cm] foolish [Fm] child
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