Kempt

        Dm                                    A 
Yon:    My life was completely astrous when I met you. 
Scod:   Not disastrous. 
        A                                      Dm 
Yon:    So gruntled with this life I thought I had. 
Scod:   Opposite of disgruntled. 
            A#                            Gm 
Yon:    How could a love so perfect be so vincible.  
         
Scod:   Not invincible. 
                     A#sus2 
Yon:    I could have sworn that you were scrutable, 
                           C 
        My judgment was so bad. 
                           (pause) 
Scod:   Bad, opposite of unbad. 
 
         
Yon:    But you were 
        F         Dm 
Tripod: Kempt, so kempt,  
        A#                       C 
        Everything about you was seemly 
                 Gm        A 
        You were kempt, so kempt! 
           Dm (let ring) 
Yon:    Of course I?d be bedevilled, 
           A# (let ring) 
        So gusting and so shevelled  
             A#      C 
        Were you_________. 
         
           Dm                           A 
Yon:    It started out so wholesome, so pure. 
         
S & G:  Tell them about it. 
           A                    Dm 
Yon:    We engaged in speakable acts. 
         
S & G:  Nothing too saucy. 
          A#                              Gm 
        Although we had hibitions we were totally toward 
            A#sus2 
S & G:  You should have seen it coming. 
             A#sus2 
Yon:    But I always had a tendency to 
               C 
Tripod: Underreact 
            D# 
        Our love is defunct  
                F 
        When it once was funct 
              Dm 
        You debunked all the myths 
                D#              (stop) 
        You had previously bunked 
         
         
Yon:    When you were 
        F         Dm 
Tripod: Kempt, so kempt,  
        A#                       C 
        Everything about you was seemly 
                 Gm        A 
        You were kempt, so kempt! 
           Dm 
Yon:    Of course I?d be bedevilled, 
           Gm (let ring) 
        So gusting and so shevelled  
             (Palm muted) 
             Gm        F 
        Were you____________ 
            Gm 
Tripod: You always seemed so honest, 
               F 
Yon:    And so sidious. 
         
        You are an angel 
          Gm 
Tripod: I checked your phone bill 
                       F 
Yon:    It was full of crepancies. 
         
Scod:   Everything was in order! 
            A                                  Gm 
Tripod: But I found out one evening you?d been creet! 
         
Yon:    AHA! 
                          A# 
Tripod: When you and your ex  
                          D#   A# 
        booked a motel cogni___to___________  
             F (let ring)          Gm (let ring) 
Yon:    Your ex, your ex! It was a personal attack! 
                 Am (let ring)           A#     Am  C (let ring) 
        You were going out with prefixes behind my back! (breaks down crying) 
         
Scod:   Poor little fella 
Gatesy: Look what?s happened to the little fellow now, huh? 
        His heart?s completely roken! Although he does hang out  
        with some serious lappers! You know the kind of lutty type. 
Scod:   Gatesy, this song?s not actually about just taking the first letter off words. 
Gatesy: What? I mean, hat? 
Scod:   Gatesy, this song?s about prefixes, alright. Like in, or ex, or un.  
        If you find an un in a word and you take that out. 
Audience member: Begun! 
Gatesy: As in, you?re not very f-ny? 
Scod:   Yeah, I could think of a better example is you?re a c-t. 
(Pause)  
Gatesy: HEY! 
Scod:   Let?s have another crack at it shall we? 
         
        Dm 
Scod:   He asked you questions 
                  A 
        No more terrogation  
                A 
Gatesy: He acted and he umped,  
                            Dm 
        DUMPED you straight away. 
               A# 
S & G:  You?re free, 
                                  Gm 
        Enjoy your new found carceration . 
                   A# 
Yon:    You?re the ex I always pected, 
                        A# 
        I'll never member you again. 
                                  C 
        You always derstood me anyway. 
            D# 
Tripod: You sent a liminal message, 
           F 
        By cheating with your ex. 
            Dm                          D# (let ring) 
        But I just think you had an feriority complex. 
         
Yon:    But anyway, I found someone else. 
         
        And she is 
        F         Dm 
        Kempt, so kempt. 
S & G:  Oooooh oooooh  
        A#                      C 
Yon:    Everything about her is seemly 
               Gm                A 
Tripod: She is kempt, so fucking kempt! 
            Dm (let ring) 
        Her Christian name is Ingrid, 
            Gm (let ring) 
Yon:    She let?s me call her Grid. 
                A# (let ring)    C (let ring)       F (let ring) 
Tripod: And she takes off her derpants          for me________! 
         
Scod:   Thank you!