Jonathan Coulton - Mandelbrot Set

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original transcription by m_pony , revised by suuuupaadave .

E riff
Eadd9 E Esus4 E
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intro :
Esus2 E E – Esus4 E Esus2 – E

verse 1
E ( riff ) A F#m
pathological monsters! cried the terrified mathematician
A B7 E
every one of them is a splinter in my eye
E
i hate the peano space and the koch curve
A F#m
i fear the cantor ternary set
A B7 E
the sierpinski gasket makes me want to cry
Amaj7 Emaj7 Amaj7 Emaj7
and a million miles away a butterfly flapped its wings
Amaj7 Emaj7 F#m B7 E ( riff ) 2
xon a cold november day . . a man named benoit mandelbrot was born

verse 2
E ( riff ) A F#m
his disdain for pure mathematics and his unique geometrical insights
A B7 E ( riff )
left him well equipped to face those demons down
E A F#m
he saw that infinite complexity could be described by simple rules
A B E
he used his giant brain to turn the game around
Amaj7 Emaj7
and he looked below the storm and saw a vision in his head
Amaj7 Emaj7
a bulbous pointy form
F#m B E B7 E B7
he picked his pencil up and he wrote his secret down

pre chorus
E B7 E B7
take a point called C in the complex plane
E B7 E B7
let z1 be z squared plus C
E B7 E B7
and z2 is z1 squared plus C
E B7 E ( break )
and z3 is z2 squared plus C and so on
A B7
if the series of z’s should always stay
G# C#m B
close to C and never trend away
A B7 E ( break )
that point is in the mandelbrot set

chorus
B7
mandelbrot set you’re a rorschach test on fire
E
you’re a day – glo pterodactyl
B7
you’re a heart – shaped box of springs and wire
E E7
you’re one badass fxxking fractal
F#11 Amaj7
and you’re just in time to save the day
F#11 Amaj7
sweeping all our fears away
F#11 Amaj7 E ( riff ) 4
xyou can change the world in a tiny way

verse 3
E ( hold ) A F#m
mandelbrot’s in heaven , at least he will be when he’s dead
A B7 E ( riff )
right now he’s still alive and teaching math at yale
E ( riff ) A F#m
he gave us order out of chaos , he gave us hope where there was none
A B7 E
and his geometry succeeds where others fail
Amaj7 Emaj7 Amaj7 Emaj7
if you ever lose your way , a butterfly will flap its wings
Amaj7 Emaj7 F#m B7 E B7 E B7
from a million miles away , a little miracle will come to take you home

pre chorus
E B7 E B7
take a point called C in the complex plane
E B7 E B7
let z1 be z squared plus C
E B7 E B7
and z2 is z1 squared plus C
E B7 E ( break )
and z3 is z2 squared plus C and so on
A B7
if the series of z’s should always stay
G# C#m B
close to C and never trend away
A B7 E ( break )
that point is in the mandelbrot set

final chorus
B7
mandelbrot set you’re a rorschach test on fire
E
you’re a day – glo pterodactyl
B7
you’re a heart – shaped box of springs and wire
E E7
you’re one badass fxxking fractal
F#11 Amaj7
and you’re just in time to save the day
F#11 Amaj7
sweeping all our fears away
F#11 Amaj7 E ( riff )
you can change the world in a tiny way

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F#11 Amaj7
and you’re just in time to save the day
F#11 Amaj7
sweeping all our fears away
F#11 Amaj7
you can change the world in a tiny way
F#11 Amaj7
go on change the world in a tiny way
F#11 Amaj7
come on change the world in a tiny way