They Might Be Giants – Hate The Villanelle (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Gm                      Bb
Don't hate the villain! Hate the villanelle

          C                   Dsus4
With these picky rules and odd jigsaw rhymes

Gm              Bb                     C Dsus4
Curses! These verses are my prison cell
[Verse 2]
     Gm                   Bb
At school I ran from the very first bell

    C                      Dsus4
The teacher's ruler, those maddening chimes

Gm                      Bb                 C Dsus4
Don't hate the villain! Hate the villanelle
[Verse 3]
Gm                       Bb
Joking in class. Oh! The words I misspell

C                         Dsus4
Mumbles and stammers but are those real crimes?

Gm              Bb                     C Dsus4
Curses! These verses are my prison cell
[Verse 4]
   F                       Gm
If someone could hear, for someone to tell

    Am                         Bb         C
But friends have all fled to faraway climes

Gm                      Bb                 C Dsus4
Don't hate the villain! Hate the villanelle
[Verse 5]
  Gm                     Bb
I solved this puzzle but tumbled through hell

      C                         Dsus4
These words are fractions when I needed primes

Gm              Bb                     C Dsus4
Curses! These verses are my prison cell
[Verse 6]
   Gm                  Bb
My hand disappears as I wave farewell

     C                        Dsus4
This gentle quicksand turns into hard times

Gm                      Bb                 C Dsus4
Don't hate the villain! Hate the villanelle

Gm              Bb                     C Dsus4
Curses! These verses are my prison cell