Genius Next Door Regina Spektor
These are the chords to my best approximations. But feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
CAPO: 1
[Em] Some said the local lake had been [Am]enchanted[Am] [G] [D]
Others said it must have been the [G]weather[G] [B7] [Em]
The neighbors were trying to keep it [Am]quiet[Am] [G] [D]
But I swear that I could hear the [G]laughter[G] [B7] [Em]
So they jokingly nicknamed it the [Am]porridge[Am]
[G]Ca[D]use overnight that lake had turned as thick as [G]butter[G] [B7] [Em]
But the local kids would still go [Am]swimming, [Am]dri[G]nk[D]ing
Saying that to them it doesn't [G]matter
[G]If[B7] you just [Am7]hold in your [C]breath til you [D]come back up in [G]full
[Am7]Hold in your [C]breath til you [D]thought it through, you [G]fool
[Em] The genius next door was busing [Am]tables[Am] [G] [D]
Wiping clean the ketchup bottle [G]labels[G] [B7] [Em]
Getting high and mumbling German [Am]fables[Am] [G] [D]
Didn't care as long as he was [G]able[G] [B7] [Em]
To strip his clothes off by the [Am]dumpsters[Am] [G] [D]
At night while everyone was [G]sleeping[G] [B7] [Em]
And to wade midway into that [Am]porridge[Am] [G] [D]
Just him and the secret he was [G]keeping
[G]If[B7] you just [Am7]hold in your [C]breath til you [D]come back up in [G]full
[Am7]Hold in your [C]breath til you [D]thought it through, you [G]foolish [Em]child
[Em] In the morning the film crews start [Am]arriving[Am] [G] [D]
With donuts, coffee and [G]reporters[G] [B7] [Em]
The kids were waking up [Am]hungover[Am] [G] [D]
The neighbors were starting up their [G]cars[G] [B7] [Em]
The garbageman were emptying the [Am]dumpsters[Am] [G] [D]
Atheists were praying full of [G]sarcasm[G] [B7] [Em]
And the genius next door was [Am]sleeping[Am] [G] [D]
Dreaming that the antidote is [G]orgasm
[G]If[B7] you just [Am7]hold in your [C]breath til you [D]come back up in [G]full
[Am7]Hold in your [C]breath til you [D]thought it through, you [G]foolish [Em]child!
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