Kempt by Tripod chord (text):

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