Important! This is not the version found in the credits to Valve's game Portal, that is in the key D. This is Jonathan Coulton's version in the key of A, when you see him play it live, or all for that matter, it is in A. I will go over both ways to play this version. First is the capoed version with any standard capo on the seventh fret. This is the pattern for the verse, rinse and repeat as many times as necessary. With capo the chords D and Bm. e|----------9--------------9----------| B|------10-----10------10-----10------| G|---9-------------11-------------9---| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| This was a triumph I’m making a note here: huge success It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction Aperture Science We do what we must because we can For the good of all of us Except the ones who are dead But there’s no sense crying over every mistake You just keep on trying till you run out of cake * And the science gets done and you make a neat gun For the people who are still alive I’m not even angry I’m being so sincere right now Even though you broke my heart and killed me And tore me to pieces And threw every piece into a fire As they burned it hurt because I was so happy for you Now these points of data make a beautiful line And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time * So I’m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned For the people who are still alive Go ahead and leave me I think I’d prefer to stay inside Maybe you’ll find someone else to help you Maybe Black Mesa That was a joke, ha ha, fat chance Anyway this cake is great It’s so delicious and moist Look at me still talking when there’s science to do When I look out there it makes me glad I’m not you * I’ve experiments to run, there is research to be done On the people who are still alive And believe me I am still alive I’m doing science and I’m still alive I feel fantastic and I’m still alive And while you’re dying I’ll be still alive And when you’re dead I will be still alive Still alive Still alive The second version can be played sans capo using open chords, but is slightly harder. capo the verse is played using A and F#. e|--------------------------------| B|---------2------------2---------| G|------2-----2------2-----2------| D|---2-----------4------------2---| A|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------| This was a triumph I’m making a note here: huge success It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction Aperture Science We do what we must because we can For the good of all of us Except the ones who are dead But there’s no sense crying over every mistake You just keep on trying till you run out of cake * And the science gets done and you make a neat gun For the people who are still alive I’m not even angry I’m being so sincere right now Even though you broke my heart and killed me And tore me to pieces And threw every piece into a fire As they burned it hurt because I was so happy for you Now these points of data make a beautiful line And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time * So I’m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned For the people who are still alive Go ahead and leave me I think I’d prefer to stay inside Maybe you’ll find someone else to help you Maybe Black Mesa That was a joke, ha ha, fat chance Anyway this cake is great It’s so delicious and moist Look at me still talking when there’s science to do When I look out there it makes me glad I’m not you * I’ve experiments to run, there is research to be done On the people who are still alive And believe me I am still alive I’m doing science and I’m still alive I feel fantastic and I’m still alive And while you’re dying I’ll be still alive And when you’re dead I will be still alive Still alive Still alive Before each chord with an asterisk [*], it adds a good effect if you strum open once the chord before the asterisk chord, which will be either a Dm or an Am depending on the version.