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999
Words & Music by Brooke Lunderville, 2008.
A song about a heartbreaking frustration I think we've all experienced. I was originally going to call this "Missing Piece," but I've been getting bored of seeing the first song in my filk book, so I wanted something to precede it alphabetically. I guess technically you'd file this under N, but shhh.

PDF leadsheet for 999.
MP3 recording of 999.

I posted the music to 999 online before I had any words for it, and Peter Alway, bless his meddling heart, has remixed it with his crazy midi mojo. MP3 recording of Professor Pete's mangled version. 

I bought a jigsaw puzzle 		D  Gsus4
To pass the time 			D  F
The box said a thousand pieces 		D  Gsus4
I count nine hundred ninety nine `	D  F  C  D (Bb6)

Just getting the edge assembled 
Was an arduous chore 
We could find just three corners 
Out of four (The last one was on the floor) 

	Nine hundred ninety nine 		Dm  Dsus2  D
	Are all the pieces I can find 		Dm  Dsus2  D

I don't even like the picture 
It's a landscape with sheep 
But if I don't complete it 
I know I'll never get to sleep 

The missing piece comprises 
The edge of a field 
It's brown and so's my carpet 
I'm starting to feel it will never be revealed 

	Nine hundred ninety nine 
	Are all the pieces I can find 

I bought a jigsaw puzzle 
To pass the time 
The box said a thousand pieces 
I count nine hundred ninety nine
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