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Duet With Myself – Charlie McDonnell

Standard Tuning

((((Capo on the 6th fret))))

I am you, you are me

Together we make a perfect Charlie

And when I’m feeling down

We know that we will always be around

Two Three

Our relationship is complicated

Sometimes its hard to remember

That you’re even there

But when I feel Im being hated

Feeling lonely in December

Facing hardships that we can’t bare

You’ll help me come through the other side

You build up my confidence, and raise my pride

Together theres nothing that we can’t face

Just as long as we embrace ourselves

It’s just a shame that I hate you

Oooh

I hate you

You’re insufferable, your acne’s terrible

Your sunny dispossession is completely unbearable

And worst of all, you’ve got no friends

They’re just on the internet

You’re a waste of space, you’ve got no life

Got a mole on your face, you should take a knife

To your head

and do it before I do it instead

You’re not that perfect either, mate

In fact youre way too easy to hate

What 19 year old can’t get a date

I guess it’s fate, that youll never find a soul mate

You’re going to die alone, on your own

Making crappy YouTube videos

I am you, you are me

Together we make a spotty, unfit, neurotic,

unfunny, forgetful, weedy, Charlie

And when I’m feeling down

We know that we, will only ever have each other

around

Two three

Our relationship is complicated

Sometimes it’s hard to remember

That you’re even there

But when I feel I’m being hated

Feeling lonely in December

Facing hardships that we can’t bare

You’ll help me come through the other side

You build up my confidence, and raise my pride

Together there’s nothing that we can’t face

Just as long as we embrace ourselves

You know that I really, really, really love you

Oooh

I really love you too

Yes, even though its vain,

I think we feel the same

You need to be able to love yourself

But not in that way

What way?

This is Me- 2010
Ratings, comments, corrections all welcome.

CHORDS: (Standard uke tuning GCEA)
These chords are all barre, so prepare for major hand cramps.
F#: 3121
Bbm: 3111
B: 4322
Dmaj7: 2224
Bm: 4222
Bb: 3211
C#: 6544
D#sus: 3346
D#: 3336
Ebm: 3321

Intro: F#, Bbm, B, Dmaj7, Bm

VERSE I:
This is my face on my head on my shoulders
With eyes and a mouth and a nose
With a lie on my tongue and a weight on my back
And a fidgeting twitch in my toes
But this isn?t me anymore

PRECHORUS I:
These are my arms around you, though you?re reluctant
And my fingernails, I can?t help but bite
My face is in my hands, but I?ll change in seconds
F# (ch)B#(/ch) B Bm
As my smile returns and I remember tonight
And I find that I?m me once more

CHORUS:
Cos this is the me that I like to be
Charisma quick wit and charm
But that side of me rarely likes to be
In the face of causing harm.
Can you see my fear as you disappear
Into someone else?s arms
Or are you unaware that the me you care for
Isn?t really me at all
This is me.

VERSE II:
These are my hands, on my arms, on my conscience
With fingers that shake while they strum
And this is you, in my head, regardless of whether I want you there
And thoughts that I tried to avoid have already begun
And I can?t feel myself anymore

PRECHORUS II:
These are my fingers typing, to no avail
As I try my best, to let you down
But I?ve just so much to do, and I can?t help but force you
To the bottom of my lists and block out the sound
This isn?t the me I want to explore

Bridge:

CHORUS

This is me, this is me. Oh this is me, this is me
This is me, oh this is, this is me.
Da da da daa da da da daa da.

by Charlie McDonnell (charlieissocoollike)
Tabbed by Tyler Swagar

Ukulele chords:

[A(ii)]

a——4——-4——-2——-4——-0——-0——-7
e——5——-4——-3——-2——-1——-0——-4
c——4——-4——-2——-2——-2——-1——-4
g——6——-4——-0——-2——-2——-2——-4

a——2——-0——-2——-5——-5
e——1——-2——-2——-4——-2
c——1——-1——-3——-4——-2
g——1——-2——-2——-4——-2

From the moment that I saw you

Yeah, it had to be love

Girl, I can’t help but adore you

Knew you’d fit me like a glove

What a life we have in store

To spend together and stuff

You’re a beauty; what a cutie

It’s undoubtably (sic) love

It’s undoubtably love

My legs are going weak and my heart’s beating fast

I’m knowing I should speak to her, but I’m not sure what to ask

I feel like my technique might not be up to the task

But she’s the love that I do seek and, hey, she’s got a nice ass

And when she looks at me, I hope she’ll feel the [A(ii)]same

Due to the hormone that’s released inside her brain

Dopamine, do-o-o-o-o-pamine

It’s a catecholamine neurotransmitter

Which means it sends a message in your brain

To tell you that you think that girl you’re looking at is fitter

To make offspring with than any other dame

And when she looks at me, yes, I can feel it beating

I can tell from the shortness of my breath

That my body has reacted to our wandering eyes meeting

And the hormone’s comparable to meth

But methamphetamine’s a drug of which I’m [A(ii)]clean

Though I can’t say the same of dopamine

Dopamine, do-o-o-o-o-pamine

But dopamine’s just one half of the tale

The chemical that gets you in the mood

There’s another guy that you’ll need to prevail

If you want to see your partner in the nude

Dopamine is useless without norepinephrine

Focusing your efforts on one girl

Telling you that she’s the one who’s making your head spin

If this were an oyster, then she’d be the pearl

And so I lock eyes with this girl, ready for our love to unfurl

I just want to curl up to her, but she’s looking at me like she’s ready to hurl

I guess this lady doesn’t feel the same[A(ii)]

I thought there was a spark, but it [A(ii)]didn’t light the flame

But I still have the urge to ask her [A(ii)]name

But that’s not me, that’s the hormone in my brain

Dopamine, dopamine, dopamine, dopamine

And don’t forget norepinephrine, norepinephrine

Dopamine’s best friend, norepinephrine, norepinephrine, norepinephrine

From the moment that I saw her, yeah, I knew it was love

Couldn’t help but adore her; thought she’d fit me like a glove

But it turned out that my thoughts were just impulses not enough

To get this beauty’s pretty booty; it’s just chemical love

It’s just chemical love

These chords are based on the Version 2 chords, which weren’t entirely right, and
was a bit hard to read seeing as the lyrics weren’t all with the chords. Let’s
just say this is kind of a revised one!

Capo 4

Her name was Flora Spread and she lived on Hovis Hill
Overlooking Baker Town from the window of her flour mill
The bright lights of the city fueled her longing to create
With the innovative bakers with whom she knew she could relate

She saw the cakes they cooked and the muffins that they made
But she kept on beating her bread, all the while feeling betrayed
That her mother left her in this mess of yeast, flour and dough
She must taste inspiration and stop chewing the bread of woe
Woah-oah-oah

Down in baker town lived Victoria Sponge
But her cakes just weren’t selling so she knew that it was time to take
A plunge into the new, and see things from a brand new view
“And yes young Miss Flora I am talking to you

Won’t you come down that hill of yours and work here in my shop?
You might have to bake until the ovens pop!
But I need your creative eye
With my wisdom and your innovation
Together we can bake the Perfect Success Pie
Success Pie
Success Pie-ie-iee”
Bread! BREAD!

After just one week in that shop, Flora’s business was booming
Her creativity blooming and her customers consuming
But looming, on the horizon, lay a rising problem
People couldn’t stop eating, and there was nothing that could stop them

What was once a people of pretty balanced diets
Baker Town without its bread was revolution without riots
Flora closed her shop down, but she knew it was too late
And soon enough the population of the town was overweight
Overweight
Overwei-hey-yay-e-ight
Bread! BREAD!

And so, the very next day Flora went back to her mill
And opened up her bread shop
But it seemed, to Flora’s dismay that no one wanted her bread
And she was left alone up on the hilltop

Victoria Sponge kept on baking
With recipes she stole from Flora’s notes
And Flora’s heart kept breaking
As the cakes continued rising, and the bread became toast…

I’m not exactly sure with the chords in the last verse though (where it goes
“Victoria Sponge kept on baking…”, but they kind of work.

Hope you enjoy it!

You can put a capo on the fifth fret to match the ukulele.

INTRO
D A E G x2 D

VERSE 1
12345678 spots on my face, too much acne to embrace
The person behind them
Zits on my back, with heads bright white, scarlet and black
In much too much an awkward place to pop them
Pimples on my chest, probably there because I’m stressed
about the people talking behind my back
About the spots on my face the ones I wish I could erase
Just like the so called friends that like to tease me about them

CHORUS
Clearasil and Freederm, sitting in my bathroom
The spots on my face can confirm that they don’t really work
Proactiv solution deserves an execution
For being an ablution that does nothing but smirk at me
‘Cause I’m an acne ridden teen
D A E G x2 D
VERSE 2
12345678 countless times I’ve tried and tried but my skin just ends up all dry
And I’m left wanting to stay inside
But then one day I said, “Charlie, it’s not as bad as it could be
They’re only spots it’s not like you’ve died.”
Be a man, be who you are but try not to pop them in case they scar
Even though squeezing them is fun
Understand at the end of the day to put your hands down and say okay
Get out of the bathroom, and lie out in the sun (because I heard that helps)

CHORUS
Clearasil and Freederm, sitting in my bathroom
The spots on my face can confirm that they don’t really work
Proactiv solution deserves an execution
For being an ablution that does nothing but smirk at me
‘Cause I’m an acne ridden teen
D A E G x2 D

MIDDLE

But I won’t let that define me
Because the people that mind don’t matter
And the people that matter don’t mind
So when all that puss goes splatter
Wipe it off your mirror, and wipe it from your mind
You could try and dairy free diet
And drink 8 cups of water a day
But in the end your acne will still run riot
‘Cause the hormones that cause them, just won’t go away

MOUTH TRUMPET SOLO
D A E G repeat

CHORUS
Cause I’m an acne ridden, somewhat smelly, kind of weird
A G A’ D
But generally AOK teen

A Song About Monkeys by Charlie McDonnell

means strum once

E]———2-|
B]——-0-3-|
G]—–0—2-|
D]—2——-|
A]-3———|
E]———–|

G D
You’re my favorite animal, but I’m biased I guess
Em C
Because you look quite a bit like me
G D
You’re not as eloquent and you’ve a hairier chest
Em C D
But I can’t pick my family

As I shake your hand I can feel your grip
And it’s definitely firmer than mine
They say a strong handshake shows the man is equipped
But if I called you a man I’d be crossing a line

You’re an animal
You’re not like me
You’re an animal
I have dominion over thee

You might be my cousin
But I don’t know if you could be my friend
‘Cause you don’t seem the person on
Which when I’m in need I could depend

In fact when I look closer
You don’t seem like a person at all
Do you have opinions?
Do you keep morals?
Do you even have a soul?

You’re an animal
You’re not like me
You’re an animal
Oh what a silly thing to be

And when I look at you
Do you know what I see?
D
I see me
I see me
‘Cause when I look at you
Yeah I can’t help but see myself
Next to you in the tree

G D
You’re my favorite animal, but I’m biased I guess
Em C
Because you look quite a bit like me
G D
And when I stand to admire you I can’t help but confess
That your mannerisms fill me with glee

You’re partial to bananas, and I’m munching on chips
That I’m sharing with the friend by my side
You peel it from the bottom, concentrating as you sit
Break it in two and pass half to the friend you’re beside

You’re an animal (oowaoo)
You’re just like me (oowaoo)
‘Cause I’m an animal (oowaoo)
C D
We’re of the same biology

Oh mister monkey man, I’ve got a favor can’t you see
I was wondering if you would make a monkey out of me?