http://allaboutgeorge.vox.com/library/posts/tags/parties/page/1/ here you'll learn nothing about me en Vox Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:34:30 -0800 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss parties http://allaboutgeorge.vox.com/library/post/how-to-talk-to-girls-at-parties-demo.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(allaboutgeorge) http://allaboutgeorge.vox.com/library/post/how-to-talk-to-girls-at-parties-demo.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://allaboutgeorge.vox.com/library/post/how-to-talk-to-girls-at-parties-demo.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:34:30 -0800 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00bf76d0a5ec438300e398bcaad20001" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large audio-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item audio-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://allaboutgeorge.vox.com/library/audio/6a00bf76d0a5ec438300e398bcaad20001.html"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00bf76d0a5ec438300e398bcaad20001-500pi" alt="How To Talk To Girls At Parties" title="How To Talk To Girls At Parties" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://allaboutgeorge.vox.com/library/audio/6a00bf76d0a5ec438300e398bcaad20001.html" title="How To Talk To Girls At Parties">How To Talk To Girls At Parties</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">Am9 Fmaj7 Dm9</span></strong><em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><br />Don&#39;t start a rumor<br />Don&#39;t listen to talk around town<br />Show good humor<br />And act up when life looks down<br /><br /></span></em><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">Dm9 Em9 arpeg</span></strong><em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><br />Me, I never built my world around them<br />Not that my reserve remained unspent<br />Gave me something beautiful to long for<br />Gave me something to learn to repent<br />I never built my world around them<br />Not that my caution spared me pain<br />Gave me a cushion for my landing<br />Gave me some kind of understanding<br /><br /></span></em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><strong>Amaj9 Amaj9/F# Fmaj7 E/D</strong></span><em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><br />We&#39;re just boys<br />We&#39;re not from another planet, are we?<br />So let&#39;s go be hearty<br />I&#39;ll teach you how to talk to girls at parties<br /><br /></span></em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><strong>Dm9 Em9 arpeg</strong></span><em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><br /></span></em><em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">You, you never made it look that easy<br />To open up the lines of communication<br />Sending out a hailing frequency signal<br />Flawlessly field a shore-leave situation<br />You never made it look that easy<br />To get that it was way beyond me, chum<br />Getting me sum was more than addition<br />Getting down the ins and out of tradition<br /><br /></span></em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><strong>Amaj9 Amaj9/F# Fmaj7 E/D</strong></span><em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><br /></span></em><em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">We&#39;re just boys<br />We&#39;re not from another planet, are we?<br />So let&#39;s go be hearty<br />I&#39;ll teach you how to talk to girls at parties<br /><br /></span></em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><strong>Am9 Fmaj7 Dm9</strong></span><em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><br /></span></em><em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">Don&#39;t start a rumor<br />Don&#39;t listen to talk around town<br />Show good humor<br />And act up when life looks down</span><br /><br /></em><div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00bf76d0a5ec438300e398bcc7d00003 6a00bf76d0a5ec438300e398bcc1340004 6a00bf76d0a5ec438300e398bcc6a20005 6a00bf76d0a5ec438300e398bcb0160002" at:format="strip-horizontal" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-strip enclosure-strip-horizontal" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style=" margin: 5px; 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