2 + 2 = 5

Radiohead - 2 + 2 = 5: Guitar Chords

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Fm               C
Are you such a dreamer
   Fm               C
To put the world to rights?
Fm                C
I'll stay home forever
        F         D      Gm       A# C  C
Where two and two always makes up five

Fm        C
I'll lay down the tracks
 Fm          C
Sandbag and hide
Fm          C
January has April's showers
      F         D      Gm       C# C  C
And two and two always makes up five

         Fm      C   C# C
It's the devil's way now
         D# C#     C
There is no way out
          Fm        C       C#  C
You can scream and you can shout
       D#  C#      C
It is too late now

Because
Fm
  You have not been
C
  Payin' attention
C#
  Payin' attention
C
  Payin' attention
C
  Payin' attention
D#
  You have not been
C#
  Payin' attention
C#
  Payin' attention
C
  Payin' attention
C
  Payin' attention

Fm
  You have not been
C
  Payin' attention
C#
  Payin' attention
C
  Payin' attention
C
  Payin' attention
D#
  You have not been
C#
  Payin' attention
C#
  Payin' attention
C
  Payin' attention
C
  Payin' attention


  A#m/C#      Fm7/G#
I try to sing along
  A#m/C#      Fm7/G#
I get it all wrong
           G7  Fm7/G#
'Cause I'm not
           G7  Fm7/G#
'Cause I'm not
  A#m/C#      Fm7/G#
I swat em like flies
          A#m/C#                Fm7/G#
But like flies the buggers keep coming
 G7 Fm7/G#
Back
         G7 Fm7/G#
But I'm not

   A#m/C#      Fm7/G#
Oh hail to the thief
    A#m/C#      Fm7/G#
Oh hail to the thief
         G7 Fm7/G#
But I'm not
         G7 Fm7/G#
But I'm not
         G7 Fm7/G#
But I'm not
         G7 Fm7/G#
But I'm not

       A#m/C#      Fm7/G#  A#m/C#         Fm7/G#
Don't question my authority or put me in a box
            G7 Fm7/G#
'Cause I'm not
            G7 Fm7/G#
'Cause I'm not
     A#m/C#         Fm7/G#
Oh, go and tell the king that
    A#m/C#       Fm7/G#
the sky is falling in
           G7  Fm7/G#
When it's not
           G7  Fm7/G#
When it's not
           G7  Fm7/G#
When it's not
       G7  Fm7/G#
Maybe not
Maybe not


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