Kempt

        Dm                    
Yon:    My life was completely 
                A
astrous when I met you.
Scod:   Not disastrous.
        A                          
Yon:    So gruntled with this life 
            Dm
I thought I had.
Scod:   Opposite of disgruntled.
            A#                     
Yon:    How could a love so perfect
       Gm
 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#                      
        Everything about you was 
 C
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                      
Yon:    It started out so 
     A
wholesome, so pure.

S & G:  Tell them about it.
           A                   
Yon:    We engaged in speakable 
 Dm
acts.

S & G:  Nothing too saucy.
          A#                       
        Although we had hibitions 
       Gm
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
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              Dm
        You debunked all the myths
                D#              
(stop)
        You had previously bunked


Yon:    When you were
        F         Dm
Tripod: Kempt, so kempt,
        A#                      
        Everything about you was 
 C
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                      
Tripod: But I found out one evening
            Gm
 you?d been creet!

Yon:    AHA!
                          A#
Tripod: When you and your ex
        booked a motel 
   D#   A#
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,
        Enjoy your new found 
     Gm
carceration .
                   A#
Yon:    You?re the ex I always 
pected,
                        A#
        I'll never member you again.
        You always derstood me 
   C
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#                     
Yon:    Everything about her is 
 C
seemly
               Gm               
Tripod: She is kempt, so fucking 
 A
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!