Thats Mathematics - Tom Lehrer

Thats Mathematics

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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
F7 Bb
Counting sheep
D7
when you're trying to sleep,
G9
Being fair
 
when there's something to share,
Cm7
Being neat
F7 Bb Gm
when you're folding a sheet
C7 F
That's mathematics!
 
F7 Bb
When a ball
D7
bounces off of a wall,
G9
When you cook
 
from a recipe book,
Cm7
When you know
F7 Bb Gm
how much money you owe,
C7 F7 Bb
That's mathematics!
Bb7 Eb6
How much gold
Ebm6
Can you hold In an elephant's ear?
Bb
When it's noon
 
On the moon,
Fm6 G7
Then what time is it here?
C7 F7
If you could count for a year,
EbMaj7 Dm7
Would you get to in-finity
Cm7 Dm
Or somewhere in that vi-cinity?
 
F7 Bb
When you choose
D7
how much postage to use
G9
When you know
 
what's the chance it will snow,
Cm7
When you bet
F7 Bb G7
and you end up in debt
C7
Oh, try as you may,
Cm7 F Bb
You just can't get away from mathe-ma-tics!
 
F7 Bb
Tap your feet
D7
keeping time to the beat
G9
Of a song
 
while you're singing along,
Cm7
Harmo-nize
F7 Bb7 A7 Ab7 G7
with the rest of the guys
C7
Yes, try as you may
Cm7 F Bb
You just can't get away From mathe-mat-ics!

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