Genius Next Door Chords & Tabs
These are the chords to my best approximations. But feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
CAPO: 1
Em Am Am G D
Some said the local lake had been enchanted
G G B7 Em
Others said it must have been the weather
Am Am G D
The neighbors were trying to keep it quiet
G G B7 Em
But I swear that I could hear the laughter
Am Am
So they jokingly nicknamed it the porridge
G D G G B7 Em
Cause overnight that lake had turned as thick as butter
Am Am G D
But the local kids would still go swimming, drinking
G
Saying that to them it doesn't matter
G B7 Am7 C D G
If you just hold in your breath til you come back up in full
Am7 C D G
Hold in your breath til you thought it through, you fool
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Em Am Am G D
The genius next door was busing tables
G G B7 Em
Wiping clean the ketchup bottle labels
Am Am G D
Getting high and mumbling German fables
G G B7 Em
Didn't care as long as he was able
Am Am G D
To strip his clothes off by the dumpsters
G G B7 Em
At night while everyone was sleeping
Am Am G D
And to wade midway into that porridge
G
Just him and the secret he was keeping
G B7 Am7 C D G
If you just hold in your breath til you come back up in full
Am7 C D G Em
Hold in your breath til you thought it through, you foolish child
Em Am Am G D
In the morning the film crews start arriving
G G B7 Em
With donuts, coffee and reporters
Am Am G D
The kids were waking up hungover
G G B7 Em
The neighbors were starting up their cars
Am Am G D
The garbageman were emptying the dumpsters
G G B7 Em
Atheists were praying full of sarcasm
Am Am G D
And the genius next door was sleeping
G
Dreaming that the antidote is orgasm
G B7 Am7 C D G
If you just hold in your breath til you come back up in full
Am7 C D G Em
Hold in your breath til you thought it through, you foolish child!
