Chords for Chris Smither - Origin of Species (Edinburgh, 2012)
Tempo:
100.35 bpm
Chords used:
E
C#m
C#
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [Am] [C#m]
[F#] [C#m] [Em] [E]
[B] [E]
He told Adam, snakes I've had, [Am] let's get out of here.
[C#m] Go [B] raise his family someplace out of [Em] town.
[C#m]
[E] They left the garden [D] just in time [Am] with the landlord [C#m] cousin right behind [C#] their head.
They [E] finally settled down.
[A] One thing led to another.
Bunch [B] of sons, one [E] killed his brother.
[F#] They kicked him out with nothing [C#] but his clothes.
[E] But the human race survives, [A] cause those brothers all stopped wives.
But where they came [E] from, there ain't no money no more.
[B] [A] [Em] [C#m]
[B] Then came the flood, no figure, just [Am] like New Orleans, only [E] bigger.
No one who could not swim would make it through.
All the luckier [A#] ones were off the boat, [Am] fake circus, they [C#m] just make it through.
[C#] I hope nobody pulls the plug [E] on you.
How they [A] fit, that crowd is a [E] mystery.
It ain't down in the history, [F#] but it's a sin since they've been out to live on [C#] cakes and jam.
Lions don't eat cabbage, [Am] and in spite of [C#m] that old adage, [C#] you will never see Lionel with a man.
[C#m] [C#] Well [Cm] you might,
[Em] [C#m] but the lamb does [A] not get much sleep.
[E] [F#]
[F#m] [E] [B] [E]
[Am] [C#m] [B] [A]
[Em] [C#m] [F#] [A]
[E] Charles Darwin [C#] looked so far [E] into the way [C#m] things are, that [C#] he caught a glimpse of [E] God's unfolding plan.
God said I'll make some DNA, [A] they'll use it [C#m] anyway, they [B] want some [A] paramecium, right [E] hook the man.
[C#] They'll have sex, they'll mix up sections of their code and [E] have mutations.
[F#] The whole thing works like clockwork [B] all the time.
[E] I'll just [A#] sit back in the [Am] shade while everyone [C#m] gets laid, [B] that's what I call intelligent [Em] design.
[C#m] [C#] [Em]
[C#m] [C#] Yeah you and your cat [A] named Felix, [E] you both wrapped up in [F#] that double helix, [C#] it's what [A] we call intelligent [E] design.
[A#] [E] [C#] [A] [Em] [E]
[F#] [C#m] [Em] [E]
[B] [E]
He told Adam, snakes I've had, [Am] let's get out of here.
[C#m] Go [B] raise his family someplace out of [Em] town.
[C#m]
[E] They left the garden [D] just in time [Am] with the landlord [C#m] cousin right behind [C#] their head.
They [E] finally settled down.
[A] One thing led to another.
Bunch [B] of sons, one [E] killed his brother.
[F#] They kicked him out with nothing [C#] but his clothes.
[E] But the human race survives, [A] cause those brothers all stopped wives.
But where they came [E] from, there ain't no money no more.
[B] [A] [Em] [C#m]
[B] Then came the flood, no figure, just [Am] like New Orleans, only [E] bigger.
No one who could not swim would make it through.
All the luckier [A#] ones were off the boat, [Am] fake circus, they [C#m] just make it through.
[C#] I hope nobody pulls the plug [E] on you.
How they [A] fit, that crowd is a [E] mystery.
It ain't down in the history, [F#] but it's a sin since they've been out to live on [C#] cakes and jam.
Lions don't eat cabbage, [Am] and in spite of [C#m] that old adage, [C#] you will never see Lionel with a man.
[C#m] [C#] Well [Cm] you might,
[Em] [C#m] but the lamb does [A] not get much sleep.
[E] [F#]
[F#m] [E] [B] [E]
[Am] [C#m] [B] [A]
[Em] [C#m] [F#] [A]
[E] Charles Darwin [C#] looked so far [E] into the way [C#m] things are, that [C#] he caught a glimpse of [E] God's unfolding plan.
God said I'll make some DNA, [A] they'll use it [C#m] anyway, they [B] want some [A] paramecium, right [E] hook the man.
[C#] They'll have sex, they'll mix up sections of their code and [E] have mutations.
[F#] The whole thing works like clockwork [B] all the time.
[E] I'll just [A#] sit back in the [Am] shade while everyone [C#m] gets laid, [B] that's what I call intelligent [Em] design.
[C#m] [C#] [Em]
[C#m] [C#] Yeah you and your cat [A] named Felix, [E] you both wrapped up in [F#] that double helix, [C#] it's what [A] we call intelligent [E] design.
[A#] [E] [C#] [A] [Em] [E]
Key:
E
C#m
C#
A
B
E
C#m
C#
_ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
He told Adam, snakes I've had, [Am] let's get out of here.
[C#m] Go [B] raise his family someplace out of [Em] town.
_ [C#m] _
[E] They left the garden [D] just in time [Am] with the landlord [C#m] cousin right behind [C#] their head.
They [E] finally settled down. _ _
[A] One thing led to another.
Bunch [B] of sons, one [E] killed his brother.
[F#] They kicked him out with nothing [C#] but his clothes. _
[E] But the human race survives, [A] cause those brothers all stopped wives.
But where they came [E] from, there ain't no money no more. _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [C#m] _ _
[B] Then came the flood, no figure, just [Am] like New Orleans, only [E] bigger.
No one who could not swim would make it through. _ _
All the luckier [A#] ones were off the boat, [Am] fake circus, they [C#m] just make it through.
[C#] I hope nobody pulls the plug [E] on you.
_ How they _ _ [A] fit, that crowd is a [E] mystery.
It ain't down in the history, [F#] but it's a sin since they've been out to live on [C#] cakes and jam.
_ _ Lions don't eat cabbage, [Am] and in spite of [C#m] that old adage, [C#] you will never see Lionel with a man.
[C#m] _ _ [C#] Well [Cm] you might, _
[Em] _ [C#m] but the lamb does [A] not get much sleep. _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] Charles Darwin [C#] looked so far [E] into the way [C#m] things are, that [C#] he caught a glimpse of [E] God's unfolding plan.
_ God said I'll make some DNA, [A] they'll use it [C#m] anyway, they [B] want some [A] paramecium, right [E] hook the man.
_ [C#] They'll have sex, they'll mix up sections of their code and [E] have mutations.
[F#] The whole thing works like clockwork [B] all the time.
_ _ [E] I'll just [A#] sit back in the [Am] shade while everyone [C#m] gets laid, [B] that's what I call intelligent [Em] design.
[C#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [C#] Yeah you and your cat [A] named Felix, [E] you both wrapped up in [F#] that double helix, [C#] it's what [A] we call intelligent [E] design.
_ [A#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
He told Adam, snakes I've had, [Am] let's get out of here.
[C#m] Go [B] raise his family someplace out of [Em] town.
_ [C#m] _
[E] They left the garden [D] just in time [Am] with the landlord [C#m] cousin right behind [C#] their head.
They [E] finally settled down. _ _
[A] One thing led to another.
Bunch [B] of sons, one [E] killed his brother.
[F#] They kicked him out with nothing [C#] but his clothes. _
[E] But the human race survives, [A] cause those brothers all stopped wives.
But where they came [E] from, there ain't no money no more. _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [C#m] _ _
[B] Then came the flood, no figure, just [Am] like New Orleans, only [E] bigger.
No one who could not swim would make it through. _ _
All the luckier [A#] ones were off the boat, [Am] fake circus, they [C#m] just make it through.
[C#] I hope nobody pulls the plug [E] on you.
_ How they _ _ [A] fit, that crowd is a [E] mystery.
It ain't down in the history, [F#] but it's a sin since they've been out to live on [C#] cakes and jam.
_ _ Lions don't eat cabbage, [Am] and in spite of [C#m] that old adage, [C#] you will never see Lionel with a man.
[C#m] _ _ [C#] Well [Cm] you might, _
[Em] _ [C#m] but the lamb does [A] not get much sleep. _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] Charles Darwin [C#] looked so far [E] into the way [C#m] things are, that [C#] he caught a glimpse of [E] God's unfolding plan.
_ God said I'll make some DNA, [A] they'll use it [C#m] anyway, they [B] want some [A] paramecium, right [E] hook the man.
_ [C#] They'll have sex, they'll mix up sections of their code and [E] have mutations.
[F#] The whole thing works like clockwork [B] all the time.
_ _ [E] I'll just [A#] sit back in the [Am] shade while everyone [C#m] gets laid, [B] that's what I call intelligent [Em] design.
[C#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [C#] Yeah you and your cat [A] named Felix, [E] you both wrapped up in [F#] that double helix, [C#] it's what [A] we call intelligent [E] design.
_ [A#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _