Chords for Laurie Anderson - Language Is A Virus (From Outer Space)

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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ Paradise is exactly like _ [E] where _ _ you are right _ now.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] Saw this guy on the train and he seemed to have gotten [Bb] stuck _ in one of those abstract [F] things.
_ He was going, _ _ _ [Bb] _ and _ _ Fred [F] says, I think he's in some kind of pain.
_ [Bb] I think it's a pain cry.
_ And I [F] said, _ _ pain cry.
_ _ [Bb] Then language, _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ language, it's a virus.
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_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ Language, it's a virus.
_ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
Well I was talking _ [Bb] to a friend _ and I was [F] saying I wanted you _ _ _ and I [Bb] was looking for you, but
I couldn't find [C] you.
[F] _ _
_ I couldn't find [Bb] you. _ _ _
_ _ He [F] said, hey, _ you talking to me?
_ [Bb] Are you just practicing for one of those performances?
_ [Ebm] _ Language, it's a virus.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ Language, it's a virus.
_ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ He [F] said, I had to write that letter to your mother _ and I had to tell the judge that it was you.
_ And I had to sell the car and go to Florida because [B] that's just my way of saying that
I [F] love you.
And I had to tell you that you cracked on and list [Gb] the times that I've been [F] wrong.
That's just my way of saying that [Bb] [Eb] I'm sorry.
It's [Bb] a judge, _ [Ebm] _ _ _
it's a virus.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ Language, it's a virus.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ Paradox, _ _ _ _ it's exactly like _ we are _ now.
Only _ much, _ _ much [F] _ _ better.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ It's a judge, it's a [F] virus.
You know, I don't believe there's such a thing as TV.
[Bb] _ _ They just keep showing the [F] same pictures _ _ over and over. _ _ _ _
[Bb] They just [F] make sounds that more or less sync _ [Bb] up with their [Fm]
lips.
[Bb] That's what I do.
[Ebm] _ Language, it's a virus.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ Language, it's a virus.
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_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ Language, it's a virus.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [F] Well, I do.
There was an island.
_ [Bb] There was a lonely sea.
_ [C] And everybody on the island _ was somebody from TV.
_ _ _ _ [F] And there was a beautiful view.
_ _ [Bb] But nobody could see.
_ _ [C] Because everybody on the island was screaming,
Look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me, [F] look at me. _
Paradox, _ _ [Bb] it's exactly like _ where _ [C] you are right now.
_ Only _ much, _ much _ [G] better. _ _
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