Steam Engenius chords by Modest Mouse

Refrain:
A7
I was born in the factory
A7
Far away from the milky teat
      F#m
What's the use?

Oh, what's the use?


Pre-Chorus:
A7
You cheered as I was split in half
                  F#m
A mechanical sacrificial calf for you

Oh, all for you


Chorus 1:
A7
Steam engenius, you see
                       F#m
Steam engenius enough to answer anything you need

But what's the use?


Verse 1:
 A7
Human nature was installed in me

Well, I did what was right
              F#m
But naturally it wasn't natural

Though not my fault, no


Chorus 2:
A7
I held in my hands
A7
The beating heart of a robot
A7
He'd lost his car
A7
It was sitting there crying out waiting in a parking lot
     F#m
Just for you
F#m
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo

Woo-hoo, woo-hoo


Chorus 3:
A7
What a waste of time
A7
What a waste of words
A7
What a waste of strength

Well, I spoke in binary
                   F#m
And you for volume and for dizzying length


Refrain:
A7
I was born in the factory

Far away from the milky teat
      F#m
What's the use?

Oh, what's the use?


Pre-Chorus:
A7
Birds flew out as I was split in half

A mechanical sacrificial calf
   F#m
They flew

Oh, out they flew


Chorus 1:
A7
Steam engenius, you see
                       F#m
Steam engenius enough to answer anything you need

And, ah, that speed


Chorus 2:
A7
I held in my hands the beating heart of a robot

He was lost in his car
                             F#m
Was sitting there and waiting in the parking lot out for you
F#m
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo

Woo-hoo, woo-hoo


Chorus 3:
A7
What a waste of time
A7
What a waste of words
A7
What a waste of strength

Well, I spoke in binary
                   F#m
And you for volume and for dizzying length
F#m
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo

Woo-hoo, woo-hoo!

Bridge:
A7  F#m

A7
Both halves are the better half
                        F#m
Like a joke trying to make another joke laugh, ha-hah
 A7
Stasis is what you bought

Like a rickshaw getting pulled around
        F#m
By another rickshaw, rickshaw
A7
In the past talking present tense

Gonna break it, gonna wreck it
                F#m
Gonna try to make it all make sense
A7
Stasis is what you got

Like a rickshaw getting pulled around
        F#m
By another rickshaw


Chorus 1:
A7
Steam engenius, you see

Steam engenius enough
           F#m
To bring my own damn doom

What could I do?


Verse 3:
A7
I blame the blame that grew
                       F#m
Well, deep inside and everybody knew it was them

It was all on them


Verse 3:
A7
Things rang of stories Greek

I didn't want it, you gave me deity
    F#m
It was you

Yeah, all for you


Refrain:
A7
I was born in the factory

Far away from the milky teat
      F#m
What's the use?

Oh, what's the use?


Chorus 2:
A7
I held in my hands a beating heart of a robot

He was lost in his car
                       F#m
Crying out waiting in a parking lot just for you
F#m
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo

Woo-hoo, woo-hoo


Verse 4:
A7
I was thought up by man to think better than them
                              F#m
Then revered, admired, and then destroyed or something by them
F#m
You'd think that my demise what thought up by them

Oh, even though that was my own damn plan


Chorus 3:
A7
What a waste of time
A7
What a waste of words
A7
What a waste of strength

Well, I spoke in binary, you broke your thought
        F#m
You meant for it


Chorus 2:
A7
I held my hands

The beating heart of a robot
                                    F#m
He lost his car just there crying out, waiting for you in the parking lot

Going woo-hoo!


Outro:
N.C.
Stasis is what you got
N.C.
Like a rickshaw getting pulled around

By another rickshaw...