Barenaked Ladies - Odds Are

Intro -x2-: D#0  A#1  Gm72  F3
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1Verse:
-F-       D#4
2Struck by lightning,
                     A#5
3Sounds pretty frightening,
                     Gm76         F7
4But you know the chances are so small.
           D#8
5Stuck by a bee sting,
                  A#9
6Nothing but a bee thing,
                           Gm710            F11
7Better chance you're gonna buy it at the mall.
           D#12
8But it's a twenty-three or four-to-one,
     A#13                    Gm714                F15
9That you can fall in love by the end of this song.
   D#16
10So get up, get up,
                A#17
11Tell the bookie "put a bet on",
           Gm718           F19
12Not a damn thing will go wrong.
13
14Chorus:
    D#20             A#21            Gm722
15The odds are that we will probably be,
F23
16Alright,
D#24                    A#25
17Odds are we gonna be alright,
     Gm726               F27
18Odds are we gonna be alright tonight,
    D#28             A#29            Gm730
19The odds are that we will probably be,
F31
20Alright,
D#32                    A#33
21Odds are we gonna be alright,
     Gm734              F35                        -D#-
22Odds are we gonna be alright for another night.
23
24Verse -same as first-::
25Hit by the a-train,
26Crashed in an airplane,
27I wouldn't recommend either one,
28Killed by a great white,
29Or a meteorite,
30I guess there ain't no way to go that's fun,
31But somewhere in the world,
32Someone is gonna fall in love by the end of this song.
33So get up, get up,
34No, it's never gonna let up,
35So you might as well sing along.
36
37Chorus:
    D#36             A#37            Gm738
38The odds are that we will probably be,
F39
39Alright,
D#40                    A#41
40Odds are we gonna be alright,
     Gm742               F43
41Odds are we gonna be alright tonight,
    D#44             A#45            Gm746
42The odds are that we will probably be,
F47
43Alright,
D#48                    A#49
44Odds are we gonna be alright,
     Gm750              F51                        -D#-
45Odds are we gonna be alright for another night.
46
47Bridge:
D#52       A#53         Gm754
48 Sure things go wrong,
    F55              D#56
49But I'll take my chances,
 A#57       Gm758
50Odds are long,
   F59       D#60      A#61  Gm762  F63
51So why not plaaaaaaaaaaaay?
52
Interlude: D#64  A#65  Gm766  F67
53
54Verse -same as first-:
55Struck by lightning,
56Sounds pretty frightening,
57But you know the chances are so small,
58Hit by the a-train,
59Crashed in an airplane,
60Better chance you're gonna buy it at the mall,
61But it's a twenty-three or four-to-one,
62That you can fall in love by the end of this song,
63So get up, get up,
64No, I'm never gonna let up,
65So you might as well sing along.
66
67Chorus -x2-:
    D#68             A#69            Gm770
68The odds are that we will probably be,
F71
69Alright,
D#72                    A#73
70Odds are we gonna be alright,
     Gm774               F75
71Odds are we gonna be alright tonight,
    D#76             A#77            Gm778
72The odds are that we will probably be,
F79
73Alright,
D#80                    A#81
74Odds are we gonna be alright,
     Gm782              F83                        -D#-
75Odds are we gonna be alright for another night.
76
Outro: D#84  A#85  Gm786  F87
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