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#Cute little song, I learned this by ear because I love it excessively!
#Have fun :)
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#*Notes > The strumming patterns takes a while to get used to but once you figure
#it out, it's very fun, and you can easily adopt it into other songs. Just keep
#practicing and you'll pick it up in no time!
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"Carol Brown (Choir of Ex-Girlfriends)"
Flight of the Conchords
Tuning: Standard
Verse 1:
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Loretta broke my heart in a letter
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she told me she was leaving and her life would be better.
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Joan broke it off over the phone
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after the tone, she left me alone.
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Jen said she'd never ever see me again,
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when I saw her again she said it again.
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Jan met another man,
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Liza got amnesia just forgot who I am.
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Felicity said there was no electricity,
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Emily, no chemistry.
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Fran ran, Bruce turned out to be a man.
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Flo had to go I couldn't go with the flow.
Chorus:
F#mBmEm
Carol Brown just took a bus out of town,
but I'm hoping that you'll stick around.
Bridge:
GDA
He doesn't cook or clean, he's not good boyfriend material
(Ooh, we can eat cereal)
GDA
You'll lose interest fast, his relationships never last
(Shut up girlfriends from the past)
GDA
He says he'll do one thing and then he goes and does another thing
GD
(Oh, who organized all of my ex-girlfriends into a choir, and got them to
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sing?)
GDA
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Who, who... Mm, shut up)
GDAD
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah.
(Shut up girlfriends from the past)
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Verse 2:
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Mimi will no longer see me.
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Britney, Britney hit me.
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Paula, Persephone, Stella, and Stephanie,
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there must fifty ways that lovers have left me.
Chorus:
F#mBmEm
Carol Brown just took a bus out of town...
Bridge:
GDA
Love is a delicate thing, it could just float away on the breeze
(He said the same thing to me)
GDA
How can we ever know we've found the right person in this world?
(He means he looks at other girls)
GDA
Love is a mystery that does not follow a rule
(This guy is a fool)
GDA
He'll always be a boy, he's a man who never grew up
(I thought I told you to shut up)
GDA
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Mona, you told me you were in a coma)
GDA
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Tiffany you said that you had an epiphany)
GDA
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Mm, would you like a little cereal?)
GDA
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
(Who organized this choir of ex-girlfriends, was it you Carol Brown, was it you Carol Brown?)
Chorus:
F#mBmEm
Carol Brown just took a bus out of town...
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but I'm hoping that you'll
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stick around
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Do do, do do do do do do
Stick around
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Do do, do do do do
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Do do, do do do do do do
Stick around
Do do, do do do do
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Stick around