Robots In Love
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E
Alert. System error.
E A E A
E B
Q.O.T.S.A. on the hi-fi, we were talking via wi-fi.
C#m
So much Aqua Teen and sci-fi - I was, "Oh, my!"
B A B E
When he said, "I love you, girl," it was four in the morning.
B
It's a simple computation: you take easy conversation,
C#m
add erotic exploration, adoration...
B A B E
but when he said, "I love you, girl," it should have come with a warning.
He said, "I gotta go, go, go, 'cause it hurts to feel.
A
I'm gonna run, run, run like a man of steel."
C#m B E
And I could try, try, try to stay in the fight,
B A E
but when push comes to shove,
B A E
we are only robots in love.
E A E B
Delete.
A E
But when he said, "I love you, girl," it should have come with a warning.
He said, "I gotta go, go, go, 'cause it hurts to feel.
A
I'm gonna run, run, run like a man of steel."
C#m B E
And I could try, try, try to stay in the fight,
B A E
but when push comes to shove,
B A E
we are only robots in love.
B A E
But when push comes to shove,
B A C#m
we were only robots in love.
B A
In the afternoons, when we lay like spoons,
G# C#m
everything was more than okay.
E A
And I saw no sign of your flawed design;
E
I guess I wasn't made that way.
A E A
E B
So he started to malfunction, and it hit me like a punch:
C#m
in all our hours of connection and affection,
B A E
when he said, "I love you, girl," it was only science fiction.
Go, go, go, 'cause I need to feel -
A
I'm gonna run, run, run into something real,
C#m B E
and I could stay, stay, stay and put up a fight,
B A E
but when push comes to shove,
B A E
we were only robots in love.
B A E
But when push comes to shove,
B A E
we were only robots in love.
B A E
Robots in love...
B A E
we were only robots in love.
B A C#m B E
We were only robots in love.
How to play Robots In Love
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.