Modest Mouse – Steam Engenius (Guitar)

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[Refrain]
A7
I was born in the factory

A7
Far away from the milky teat

           F#m
What's the use?
Oh, what's the use? [Pre-Chorus]
A7
You cheered as I was split in half

                                   F#m
A mechanical sacrificial calf for you
Oh, all for you [Chorus 1]
A7
Steam engenius, you see

                                              F#m
Steam engenius enough to answer anything you need
But what's the use? [Verse 1]
 A7
Human nature was installed in me
Well, I did what was right
                            F#m
But naturally it wasn't natural
Though not my fault, no [Chorus 2]
A7
I held in my hands

A7
The beating heart of a robot

A7
He'd lost his car

A7
It was sitting there crying out waiting in a parking lot

          F#m
Just for you

F#m
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo [Chorus 3]
A7
What a waste of time

A7
What a waste of words

A7
What a waste of strength
Well, I spoke in binary
                                      F#m
And you for volume and for dizzying length
[Refrain]
A7
I was born in the factory
Far away from the milky teat
            F#m
What's the use?
Oh, what's the use? [Pre-Chorus]
A7
Birds flew out as I was split in half
A mechanical sacrificial calf
      F#m
They flew
Oh, out they flew [Chorus 1]
A7
Steam engenius, you see

                                              F#m
Steam engenius enough to answer anything you need
And, ah, that speed [Chorus 2]
A7
I held in my hands the beating heart of a robot
He was lost in his car
                                                         F#m
Was sitting there and waiting in the parking lot out for you

F#m
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo [Chorus 3]
A7
What a waste of time

A7
What a waste of words

A7
What a waste of strength
Well, I spoke in binary
                                     F#m
And you for volume and for dizzying length

F#m
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo! [Bridge] A7 F#m
A7
Both halves are the better half

                                               F#m
Like a joke trying to make another joke laugh, ha-hah

 A7
Stasis is what you bought
Like a rickshaw getting pulled around
               F#m
By another rickshaw, rickshaw

A7
In the past talking present tense
Gonna break it, gonna wreck it
                               F#m
Gonna try to make it all make sense

A7
Stasis is what you got
Like a rickshaw getting pulled around
                F#m
By another rickshaw
[Chorus 1]
A7
Steam engenius, you see
Steam engenius enough
                      F#m
To bring my own damn doom
What could I do? [Verse 3]
A7
I blame the blame that grew

                                             F#m
Well, deep inside and everybody knew it was them
It was all on them [Verse 3]
A7
Things rang of stories Greek
I didn't want it, you gave me deity
       F#m
It was you
Yeah, all for you [Refrain]
A7
I was born in the factory
Far away from the milky teat
            F#m
What's the use?
Oh, what's the use? [Chorus 2]
A7
I held in my hands a beating heart of a robot
He was lost in his car
                                             F#m
Crying out waiting in a parking lot just for you

F#m
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo [Verse 4]
A7
I was thought up by man to think better than them

                                                            F#m
Then revered, admired, and then destroyed or something by them

F#m
You'd think that my demise what thought up by them
Oh, even though that was my own damn plan [Chorus 3]
A7
What a waste of time

A7
What a waste of words

A7
What a waste of strength
Well, I spoke in binary, you broke your thought
               F#m
You meant for it
[Chorus 2]
A7
I held my hands
The beating heart of a robot
                                                                       F#m
He lost his car just there crying out, waiting for you in the parking lot
Going woo-hoo! [Outro] N.C. Stasis is what you got N.C. Like a rickshaw getting pulled around By another rickshaw...