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Love Is…

Bo Burnham
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
+--------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------+
  + This file is Jordan Lapping’s own work and represents his +
  + interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for +
  + private study, scholarship, or research. The contents may not +
+ be duplicated for use with other websites without written +
+ permission. Thank you for understanding. Enjoy. +
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
CHORDS USED:
G7
e]---0----2----0----3----1---|
B]---1----3----0----3----0---|
G]---2----2----0----0----0---|
D]---2----0----2----0----0---|
A]---3---------2----2----2---|
E]-------------0----3----3---|
 I love you like kings  love queens, like a  gay geneticist loves  designer genes
 I need you like New Orleans  needs a drought, like  Hitler's father needed  to learn to pull out
 And I want you,  yeah, like a lawyer/mathematician  wants some kind of proof
 And I want you,  yeah, like JFK wanted  a car with a roof...
  Because  love is taking  that dive, then getting  really comfortable and peeing  in the pool
  And  love is a real  life porn, minus  all the stuff that makes  porn cool
  And  love is a homeless  guy searching  for treasure in the middle  of the rain
  And  finding a bag  of gold coins and slowly  finding out they're all filled  with chocolate
  And  even though he's heart  broken, he can't  complain because he was hungry  in the first place...
  TRANSITION:
  Because  I love you like Dora  loves maps, like the  Pope's toilet loves  "holy craps"
 I need you like a voyeur  needs a branch, like boys  tossing salad needs a little  bit of Neverland
  Ranch...
  And I want you, yeah, like all the gothic  kids that look exactly the same,  never want to conform
 N/
  And I want you like Anne Frank wanted nobody to read her fucking diary!
  INTERLUDE :
  "Because a diary is a collection of secret things that nobody's supposed to read,
  that's the whole point of a diary. Millions of people that have breached this little girls privacy
  after she was chased by Nazis - kick her while she's down..."
 And if we met in ten thousand  BC, I  was your caveman, you's my cavelady...
  If we  got hot - we'd start rubbin', if we  got hungry - we'd go clubbin'
 There's wooly mammoths, but I will protect  us - you're making me devolve to a Homo Erectus
 And if we met in 1780, I  would be a white southern aristocratic plantation owner
  and you were my dark-skinned servant lady... (slave)
 Whenever I could get away from the Missus, I go  to your shed and then I'd steal you kisses
 But let's be serious, I'd still work you full-time  as a slave
  There's a difference between romantic language and complete disregard for socio economic trends...
 If it was 1941, I  was a Nazi, you's a Gypsy on the run - that's a little redundant
  That  probably wouldn't  have worked out...
  CHORUS 2/OUTRO:
 Because  love is your favorite  food for every  breakfast, lunch  and dinner
  And  love is the Holocaust  - if you don't  die quick and you don't  get thinner
  And  love is being  the owner of the  company that makes  rape whistles
  And  even though you started  the company with good  intentions trying to reduce  the rate of rape,
 now you don't want to reduce  it at all, 'cause if the rape  rate declines
  you'll  see an equal decline in whistle  sales...
 Without rapists, who's  gonna buy your whistles?
 Yeah, love  is all about... whistles
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Readable chord sheet for Love Is… by Bo Burnham

+--------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------+
   + This file is Jordan Lapping’s own work and represents his     +
   + interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for    +
   + private study, scholarship, or research. The contents may not +
   + be duplicated for use with other websites without written     +
   + permission. Thank you for understanding. Enjoy.               +
   +---------------------------------------------------------------+

 CHORDS USED:
     [C]    [D]    [Em]   [G]    [G7]
e]---0----2----0----3----1---|
B]---1----3----0----3----0---|
G]---2----2----0----0----0---|
D]---2----0----2----0----0---|
A]---3---------2----2----2---|
E]-------------0----3----3---|

[G]   [G7]   [C]   [D]

[G]  I love you like k[G7]ings love queens, like a[C] gay geneticist l[D]oves designer genes
[G]  I need you like New [G7]Orleans needs a drought, like[C] Hitler's father n[D]eeded to learn to pull out
[G]  And I want you[G7], yeah, like a l[C]awyer/mathemat[D]ician wants some kind of proof
[G]  And I want you[G7], yeah, like [C]JFK [D]wa[C]nt[D]ed a car with a roof...[G]

  Because[G] love is t[C]aking that dive, then g[Em]etting really comfortable and p[D]eeing in the pool
  And[G] love is a r[C]eal life porn, m[Em]inus all the stuff that m[D]akes porn cool
  And[G] love is a h[C]omeless guy s[Em]earching for treasure in the m[D]iddle of the rain
  And[G] finding a b[C]ag of gold coins and sl[Em]owly finding out they're all f[D]illed with chocolate
  And[G] even though he's h[C]eart broken, he c[Em]an't complain because he was h[D]ungry in the first place...

 TRANSITION:
[G]   [G7]   [C]   [D]

  Because[G] I love you like D[G7]ora loves maps, like the[C] Pope's toilet l[D]oves "holy craps"
[G]  I need you like a v[G7]oyeur needs a branch, like b[C]oys tossing salad needs a l[D]ittle bit of Neverland
 R[G]anch...[G7]
  And I want you, yeah, like all the g[C]othic kids that look exactly the s[D]ame, never want to c[G]onform
[G7]                     [C]         [D] [C] [D]   N/[C]                              [G]
  And I want you like Anne Frank wanted nobody to read her fucking diary!

 INTERLUDE [continue G chord]:

 "Because a diary is a collection of secret things that nobody's supposed to read,
  that's the whole point of a diary. Millions of people that have breached this little girls privacy
  after she was chased by Nazis - kick her while she's down..."

[G7]  And if we met in ten th[C]ousand BC, [D]I was your caveman, you's my cavelady...
  If [G]we got hot - we'd start rubbin', if [G7]we got hungry - we'd go clubbin'
[C]  There's wooly mammoths, but I will prot[D]ect us - you're making me devolve to a Homo Erectus
[C]  And if we met in 1780, [D]I would be a white southern aristocratic plantation owner

  and you were my dark-skinned servant lady... (slave)

[G]  Whenever I could get away from the Missus, I [G7]go to your shed and then I'd steal you kisses
[C]  But let's be serious, I'd still work you f[D]ull-time as a slave

  There's a difference between romantic language and complete disregard for socio economic trends...
[C]  If it was 1941, [D]I was a Nazi, you's a Gypsy on the run - that's a little redundant
  That[G] probably wo[G7]uldn't have worked out... [C]        [D]

 CHORUS 2/OUTRO:
[C]  Bec[D]ause[G] love is your f[C]avorite food for [Em]every breakfast, l[D]unch and dinner
  And[G] love is the H[C]olocaust - if you d[Em]on't die quick and you d[D]on't get thinner
  And[G] love is b[C]eing the owner of the[Em] company that m[D]akes rape whistles
  And[G] even though you st[C]arted the company with g[Em]ood intentions trying to r[D]educe the rate of rape,
[G]  now you don't want to r[C]educe it at all, 'cause if the r[Em]ape rate declines
  you[D]'ll see an equal decline in wh[G]istle sales...[G7]
[C]  Without rapists, wh[D]o's gonna buy your wh[G]istles?   [G7]
[C]  Yeah, l[D]ove is all about... wh[G]istles

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