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[CHORDS]
 A       x 0 2 2 2 x
 E       0 2 2 1 0 0
 E7      0 2 0 1 0 0
 F#m     2 4 4 2 2 2
 B       x 2 4 4 4 x
 E/C#    x 4 2 1 x x
 E/C     x 3 2 1 x x
 A/F     x 0 3 2 2 x
 F#m7    2 4 2 2 2 2
 B7      x 2 1 2 0 2
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=== VERSE 1 ===

 A                                 A                       
    Try not to think so much about      the truly staggering...

  E            E7                                 F#m  
amount       of oil     that it takes to make a record.
        B 
All the shipping, the vinyl, the cellophane lining...

   E                                      E7 
the high gloss.         The tape and the gear.

 A                                   A                        
    Try not to become too consumed      with what's a criminal... 

   E             E7                                 F#m  
volume        of oil     that it takes to paint a portrait.

       B 
The acrylic, the varnish, aluminum tubes filled...   

      E                             E7 
with latex.        The solvents and dye.  Ohh oh ohh.


=== CHORUS 1 ===

 F#m                          E      E7    E/C#   E/C    E 
Lets just call this what it is. 

    A               A/F              F#m    
The jealous side of mankind's death wish.        

 F#m7                      B7 
      When it's my time to go…

           E                  E7               A 
I'm gonna leave behind things that won't decompose.


=== VERSE 1 ===

 A                                 A                        
    Try not to dwell so much upon     how it won't be so very...

  E               E7                                    F#m  
long       from now     that that they laugh at us for selling
            B 
a bunch of 15 year olds made from dinosaur bones...

           E                             E7 
singing 'oh yeah'         again and again       right up til...


=== CHORUS 2 ===

    F#m                                 E      E7    E/C#   E/C    E 
the end.   Lets just call this what it is. 

     A              A/F              F#m    
The jealous side of mankind's death wish.        

 F#m7                      B7 
      When it's my time to go…

             E                 E7               A         A/F 
I'm gonna leave behind things that won't decompose.   Ohh oh ohh.

 F#m                          E      E7    E/C#   E/C    E 
I'll just call this what it is. 

    A          A/F             F#m    
A vanity gone wild with a crisis.        

 F#m7                          B7 
      One day this all will repeat.

             E                   E7             A 
I sure hope they make something useful out of me.