Chords for Chris Smither - Origin of Species. Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2009

[E] Then on to Charles Darwin and Watson and Crick and the whole shooting match.
_ _ [Abm] Origin of Species.
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They kicked him out with nothing [B] but his clothes.
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The human [Bb] race [Am] survives, cause those brothers [E] all found wives.
[Abm] But where they came from, they ain't [E] nobody knows.
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Dbm] _ [Abm] Then came the [Bb] floodgull [E] figure.
[Gb] Just like New Orleans, [E] only bigger.
[B] No [Abm] one who could not [Eb] swim [C] would make it [E] through. _ _
The lucky [C] ones were on a [Am] boat, fake circus, [E] and didn't make it [B] float.
They're all in the pool and hope nobody pulls the [E] plug on you.
_ How they [A] fed that crowd is a mystery.
[E] It ain't down in the history.
[Bbm] It's a cinch they [Gb] did not live on [B] cakes and jam.
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Lions [Bb] don't eat cabbage, [Am] and in spite of [E] that old adage,
[B] you'll never [A] see one lie [E] down with a lamb.
[Dbm] _ [B] Well, you might, _ [E] but the lamb does not get a good night's sleep.
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[E] Charles [Bbm] Darwin [Em] looked so [Am] far into the [E] way things are,
he [B] caught a glimpse of God's [E] unfolding plan.
_ God said, I'll [Bb] make some DNA, [Am] they'll use it [E] anyway they [B] want,
from paramecium right [E] up to man.
Yes, [Am] they'll have sex, they'll mix up [E] sections of their code and have mutations.
[Gb] The whole thing [Ebm] works like clockwork [B] over time.
[E] You know I'll just [Bbm] sit back [E] in the [F] shade while everyone [E] gets laid.
[Abm] That's what I call [E] intelligent design.
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_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] Yes, you and your cat named [E] Felix, you both [Gb] wrapped up in that double [B] helix.
It's what we [Abm] call [E] intelligent design.
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Thank you.
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