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Masterfade Tab

by Andrew Bird


Intro - D 


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Well you sure didn't look like you were having any fun 
                                                    
with that heavy-metal gaze they'll have to measure in tons 
                            
and when you look up at the sky 
                                                    
all you see are zeros / all you see are zeros and ones  
                                                       
you took my hand and lead me down to watch a kewpie doll parade 
                                                        
we let the kittens lick our hair and drank our chalky lemonade  
			                               	
it's not that I just didn't care I must admit I was afraid 
                                                               
and I'm awfully glad my finger's resting gently on the masterfade    
       
 
                                   
the masterfade / I coulda played along 
                                                               
the masterfade / I coulda played Mah Jongg / but it just takes too long 
                                                   
and I just can't remember / which way the east wind blows 
                                                              
does it matter? / If we're all matter/ what's it matter does it matter 
                                                           
if we're all matter when we're done?
                                    
when the sky is full of zeros and ones 


    /     /  +7   /    


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I saw you standing all alone in the electrostatic rain 
                                                  
I thought at last I'd found a situation you can't explain 
                                                      
with GPS you know it's all just a matter of degrees 
                                                        
your happiness won't find you underneath that canopy of trees 
                                        
if the green grass is 6 the soybeans are 7 
                                            
the junebugs are 8 the weeds and thistles are 11 
                                                   
and if the 1s just hold thier place the 0s a smiley face 
                                            
when they come floating down from the heavens 
                                                    
you took my hand and lead me down to watch a papillon parade 
                                                         
we let the kittens lick our hair and drank our chalky lemonade 
                                                             
you squeezed my hand and told me softly that I shouldn't be afraid  
                                                               
'cause all the while your finger's resting   gently on the masterfade 
                                           
the masterfade I coulda played along / the masterfade 
                                               
I coulda played Mah Jongg but it just takes too long
                                                    
and who the hell can remember which way the east wind blows 
                 
when your lying on the ground staring up at an inverted compass  
                     
I mean Christ who Knows?