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Scientist Studies

Tuning: Standard 

Intro (Riff 1 - repeat twice): 

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Verse 1: 

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          What ghosts exist behind these attic walls? 

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          There’s got to be a simpler explanation 

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                                                ‘cos I  

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      scrimped and I saved just to find that they've been splicing my  

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    inventions. 

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          Cold skin and bones and this latitude 

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          We ain't paying ‘til the heat comes through 

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                                                so you  

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      slept in a stocking cap and wool scarf and 

Chorus: 

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      Promises   of   payments were u-pon your shoulders constantly but 

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      don’t forget to entertain ‘cause this is your first defense. 

Riff 1 - repeat twice: 

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Verse 2: 

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          Four year offense to the devoted type 

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          I may have got an invitation but I wasn't invited.  

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                                               But I  

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      thought that this meant something more than broken hearts and new  

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    addictions. 

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          We'll leave our sins within the carpet twine. 

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      Our bodies will dissolve the chemicals in due time. 

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Chorus: 

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      Promises   of   payments were u-pon your shoulders constantly but 

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      don’t forget to entertain ‘cause this is your first defense. 

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      This is your first defense. 

Repeat twice: 

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Outro: 

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      This is your first defense.     This was your first defense. 

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      This is my last defense. 

Complete lyrics: 

What ghosts exist behind these attic walls? 
There's got to be a simpler explanation 
'cause I scrimped and I saved 
just to find that they've been splicing my inventions. 
Cold skin and bones and this latitude 
we ain't paying ‘til the heat comes through. 
So you slept in a stocking cap and wool scarf and 

Promises of payments were 
upon your shoulders constantly 
but don't forget to entertain  
'cause this is your first defense. 

Four year offense to the devoted type 
I may have got an invitation but I wasn't invited. 
But I thought that this meant 
something more than broken hearts and new addictions. 
We'll leave our sins within the carpet twine. 
Our bodies will dissolve the chemicals in due time. 

Promises of payments were  
upon your shoulders constantly 
but don't forget to entertain  
'cause this is your first defense.  
This is your first defense. 

This is your first defense. 
This was your first defense. 
This is my last defense.
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