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Mathematical Pi by Ken Ferrier and Antoni Chan
Mathematical Pi
INTRO:
G D Em
A long, long time ago
Am C Em D
Long before the Super Bowl and things like lemonade
G D Em
The Hellenic Republic was full of smarts
Am C
And a question resting on the Grecian hearts
Em C D
Was "What is the circumference of a circle?"
Em Am
But they were set on rational numbers
Em Am
And it ranks among their biggest blunders
C G Am
They worked on it for years
C D
And confirmed one of their biggest fears
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I can't be certain if they cried when irrationality was realized
G D Em
But something deep within them died
C D7 G C G
the day they discovered pi.
D
They were thinking
CHORUS:
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Pi, pi, mathematical pi
G C G D
3 point 14 15 92
G C G D
65 35 89 7
Em A7
932384 62
Em D7
6433832 7 (not rounded)
VERSE:
G Am
Well this kind of pie is different than most
C Am
It hasn't got berries, ain't spread on toast
Em D
And that's how it's always been
G D Em
We keep extending its decimal places
Am C
Pushing our computers through their paces
Em D
But we'll never reach the end
Em Am
So why the fascination with
Em Am
A number whose end is just a myth
C G A7
Whence the adulation
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For mental masturbation
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It might have something to do with the stars
Am C
To calculate distances from afar
G D Em
But that's just a guess 'bout the way things are
C D7 G C G
Regarding the precision of pi
D7
I am pondering
CHORUS:
G C G D
Pi, pi, mathematical pi
G C G D
3 point 14 15 92
G C G D
65 35 89 7
Em A7
932384 62
Em D7
6433832 7 (not rounded)
VERSE:
G Am
Now I feel that I should mention
C Am
Pi is applicable in any dimension
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At least as far as I know
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If there were no Pi we'd be missing things
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Like marbles and mugs and balls of string
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And sports such as soccer and curling
Em Am
The orbs in their celestial paths
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Navigate along elliptical graphs
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Ellipses have pi in them too
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Just one side of them has grew
G D Em
You can see pi in most everything
Am C
It's in Cornell's Electron Storage Ring
G D Em
And also in slinkies and other springs
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And that's why it's important to know pi
D
You should memorize
CHORUS:
G C G D
Pi, pi, mathematical pi
G C G D
3 point 14 15 92
G C G D
65 35 89 7
Em A7
932384 62
Em D7
6433832 7 (not rounded)
OUTRO:
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Once one night I had a dream
C Am
That pi was gone and I had to scream
Em D
Cause all pi things had disappeared (pause)
G D Em
Can you imagine a world like that
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Circles aren't round and spheres are flat
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It's the culmination of everything we've feared
Em Am
'Twas a nightmare of epic proportions
Em Am
One that gave me brain contortions
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Oh wait! I mean contusions
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They put me in some institutions
G D Em
But then I escaped and now I'm free
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To sing of the virtue of pi
CHORUS:
G C G D
Pi, pi, mathematical pi
G C G D
3 point 14 15 92
G C G D
65 35 89 7
Em A7
932384 62
Em D7
6433832 7 (not rounded)
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