math poems 3

To the tune of 'American Pie'




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A long, long time ago
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Long before the Super Bowl and things like lemonade
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The Hellenic Republic was full of smarts
Bm D
And a question resting on the Grecian hearts
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Was "What is the circumference of a circle?"
F#m Bm
But they were set on rational numbers
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And it ranks among their biggest blunders
D A Bm
They worked on it for years
D E
And confirmed one of their biggest fears
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I can't be certain if they cried when irrationality was realized
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But something deep within them died
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the day they discovered pi.
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They were thinking

CHORUS:
A D A E
Pi, pi, mathematical pi
A D A E
3 point 14 15 92
A D A E
65 35 89 7
F#m B7
932384 62
F#m E7
6433832 7 (not rounded)

VERSE:
A Bm
Well this kind of pie is different than most
D Bm
It hasn't got berries, ain't spread on toast
F#m E
And that's how it's always been
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We keep extending its decimal places
Bm D
Pushing our computers through their paces
F#m E
But we'll never reach the end

F#m Bm
So why the fascination with
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A number whose end is just a myth
D A B7
Whence the adulation
D E7
For mental masturbation
A E F#m
It might have something to do with the stars
Bm D
To calculate distances from afar
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But that's just a guess 'bout the way things are
D E7 A D A
Regarding the precision of pi
E7
I am pondering

A D A E
Pi, pi, mathematical pi
A D A E
3 point 14 15 92
A D A E
65 35 89 7
F#m B7
932384 62
F#m E7
6433832 7 (not rounded)