Steam Powered Giraffe – Make Believe (Ukulele)

Capo 1
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Versions (2)

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Chords

For the Walter Robotics Expo 2013 Live Show: Capo 2. Play both [Live Show Intro] and [Intro].
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    Am    G#m   Gm
 A|-0-----X-----X----|
 E|-5-----4-----3----|
 C|-4-----3-----2----|
 G|-5-----4-----3----|

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    C6    Gm
 A|-3-----1----|
 E|-5-----3----|
 C|-4-----2----|
 G|-0-----0----|
In pre-chorus, A#dim OR C7 for final chord in sequence [Live Show Intro] (Prelude to a Dream) F
Am G#m Gm
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C6 Gm 
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Am Dm Gm
    C     Csus4  C+F#    C7
 A|-3------3------3------1----|
 E|-0------1------2------0----|
 C|-0------0------0------0----|
 G|-0------0------0------0----|

Dm     C   F
Here I go again

    F#dim    Gm
I'm breaking up

    C        Bbm  F
I'm shutting down now 

Dm      C
Inside, outside 

F    F#dim
Decommission 

Gm     C       Bbm F
Wonder if it's painful 

Gm      Dm       Eb      Bb
Reading love and writing love

   Gm              D
Is technically the same 

D      Dmaj7  A
I am a living thing 

     D7          G
I am not a human being 

        A7
But I'm alive 

     Bb C F  
I'm alive!
F Am G#m Gm C6 Gm Am Dm Gm C Csus4 C F Am G#m Gm C6 Gm Am Dm Gm C Csus4 C [Intro]
F
Ahh

Am G#m Gm
Aaaahh**

C6  Gm  Am  Dm
Aii-aii-aii-aii***

    Gm
Yai yeah

C  Csus4 C
La la la

F
Ahh

Am   G#m Gm
La la la da

C6    Gm Am
La la la da

     Dm
Whoo hoo

   Gm
Oh yeah

C  Csus4 C
La la la
[Verse 1]
F
People

Am       G#m        Gm
Why just talk about it?

C6       Gm       Am
Can't we live without

        Dm
All the bounds,

    Gm         C    Cadd9 C
Our society is Make Believe

F
Break it!

Am       G#m       Gm
Don't be afraid to shake it

C6        Gm        Am        Dm
We're not afraid to shake it around

   Gm
In society

C    Cadd9 C
Make Believe
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm        Am7
Hey kids! Whaddaya know?

Gm7                      A#dim
What do you think you're doing?

Dm    Am7
I say pardon me

    Gm7            A#dim
I'm dancing for no reason
[Chorus]
F
La la-la, la la-la

Gm7
La la lalalala

Bb             F
La la la la-la-la

F
La la-la, la la-la

Gm7
La la lalalala

Bb             F
La la la la-la-la!
[Break] F Am G#m Gm C6 Gm Am Dm Gm C Cadd9 C F Am G#m Gm C6 Gm Am Dm Gm C Cadd9 C Dm Am7 Gm7 A#dim Dm Am7 Gm7 A#dim [Verse 2]
F
Doubt it

Am        G#m    Gm
Get right up and shout it

C6     Gm      Am            Dm
Try it out and flout all the bounds

   Gm               C Cadd9 C
Of society that are Make Believe

F
Dream it

           Am     G#m    Gm
But you've got to really mean it, brother

      C6    Gm  Am
There is no disagreement

    Dm         Gm          C Cadd9 C
The stage of society, it's Make Believe
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm       Am7
Hey kids whatcha know

Gm7                  A#dim
Whatcha think you're doing?

Dm    Am7
I say pardon me

    Gm7            A#dim
I'm dancing for no reason
[Chorus]
F
La la-la, la la-la

Gm7
La la lalalala

Bb             F
La la la la-la-la

F
La la-la, la la-la

Gm7
La la lalalala

Bb             F  N.C.
La la la la-la-la!

F
La la-la, la la-la

Gm7
La la lalalala

Bb             F  N.C.
La la la la-la-la!

F
La la-la, la la-la

Gm7
La la lalalala

Bb             F  N.C.
La la la la-la-la!
[Outro] (Spoken)
F
Life's too short so spread the love (La la-la, la la-la...)

    Gm7
You know it is, you know it is

Bb
Do great things ((La la la la-la-la!)

                            F
Where you know they must be done

F
Someone's got it worse than you (La la-la, la la-la...)

    Gm7
You know he does, you know he does

       Bb                       F
So I'm asking you to spread the love (La la la la-la-la!)
Yayy!
F
La la-la, la la-la
N.C. La la lalalala La la la la-la-la! La la-la, la la-la La la lalalala La la la la-la-la!