Chords for Continental Drift: Alfred Wegener Song by The Amoeba People
Tempo:
117.2 bpm
Chords used:
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A
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Ab
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [Bm]
[C] [E] [D] [E] [Ab] [A] [Bm]
[Cm] [E] [D] [E] [Ab] In [A] the [Bm] year of [C] [E] 1910 there was a scientist [Ab] whose name was [Am] Alfred [Bm] Wegener.
[C] [D] [E] [Ab] [A] He [B] built a [C] set of [E] continents with just like [Ab] pieces of a [A] broken [Bm] puzzle.
[C] [D] [E] [Ab] [Dm] By 1915 he [A] called it continental drift, it [E] caused a rift.
With his [B] fellow scientist who [A] sang,
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [Bm] little man.
[C] [E] [D] [F] [Ab] [A] [B]
[C] [D] [E] [F] [Ab] [A] Say we [C] wondered if he [E] had no proof for how or [Ab] why the continents [B] could move.
[C] [E] [Ab] [A] And until [Ab] you [C] show just [E] how or [Dm] why you [Em] merely [Ab] have one interesting [Am] [B] hypothesis,
[Cm] [E] [D] [E] [Ab] [Dm] Until this evidence we see, [E] you don't have a [A] theory.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] little [B] man.
[C] [E] [Ab]
[A] [B] [C] [D] [Ab]
[Dm] In the year of 1930 [Am] on an expedition to [Dm] Greenland,
They heard a cop [Am] in a blizzard.
[Dm] When they finally found him [Am] it was much, oh much too late,
[E] And they buried him in an icy mausoleum.
[A]
Thirty years after he died, [D] a new idea came to light.
[B]
[G] [D] [B] It changed the way geologists saw the world,
[E] And brought continental drift back to life.
Now everybody [A] sing,
Ha ha, [D] Alfred Wegener, you [Em] are a brilliant [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, [E] you are a brilliant, [A] brilliant man.
[D]
[E] [A] Continental [D] drift, [E] Alfred [A] Wegener's theory.
Continental [D] drift, [A] Alfred Wegener's theory.
[D] [E] [A] [D]
[E] [G] [A]
[C] [E] [D] [E] [Ab] [A] [Bm]
[Cm] [E] [D] [E] [Ab] In [A] the [Bm] year of [C] [E] 1910 there was a scientist [Ab] whose name was [Am] Alfred [Bm] Wegener.
[C] [D] [E] [Ab] [A] He [B] built a [C] set of [E] continents with just like [Ab] pieces of a [A] broken [Bm] puzzle.
[C] [D] [E] [Ab] [Dm] By 1915 he [A] called it continental drift, it [E] caused a rift.
With his [B] fellow scientist who [A] sang,
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [Bm] little man.
[C] [E] [D] [F] [Ab] [A] [B]
[C] [D] [E] [F] [Ab] [A] Say we [C] wondered if he [E] had no proof for how or [Ab] why the continents [B] could move.
[C] [E] [Ab] [A] And until [Ab] you [C] show just [E] how or [Dm] why you [Em] merely [Ab] have one interesting [Am] [B] hypothesis,
[Cm] [E] [D] [E] [Ab] [Dm] Until this evidence we see, [E] you don't have a [A] theory.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] little [B] man.
[C] [E] [Ab]
[A] [B] [C] [D] [Ab]
[Dm] In the year of 1930 [Am] on an expedition to [Dm] Greenland,
They heard a cop [Am] in a blizzard.
[Dm] When they finally found him [Am] it was much, oh much too late,
[E] And they buried him in an icy mausoleum.
[A]
Thirty years after he died, [D] a new idea came to light.
[B]
[G] [D] [B] It changed the way geologists saw the world,
[E] And brought continental drift back to life.
Now everybody [A] sing,
Ha ha, [D] Alfred Wegener, you [Em] are a brilliant [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, [E] you are a brilliant, [A] brilliant man.
[D]
[E] [A] Continental [D] drift, [E] Alfred [A] Wegener's theory.
Continental [D] drift, [A] Alfred Wegener's theory.
[D] [E] [A] [D]
[E] [G] [A]
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[C] _ [E] _ [D] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
[Cm] _ [E] _ [D] _ [E] _ [Ab] In [A] the [Bm] year of [C] [E] 1910 there was a scientist [Ab] whose name was [Am] Alfred [Bm] Wegener.
[C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ [A] He [B] built a [C] set of [E] continents with just like [Ab] pieces of a [A] broken [Bm] puzzle.
[C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ [Dm] By 1915 he [A] called it continental drift, it [E] caused a rift.
_ With his [B] fellow scientist who [A] sang,
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [Bm] little man.
[C] _ [E] _ [D] _ [F] _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ [B] _
[C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [F] _ [Ab] [A] Say we [C] wondered if he [E] had no proof for how or [Ab] why the continents [B] could move.
[C] _ [E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [A] And until [Ab] you [C] show just [E] how or [Dm] why you [Em] merely [Ab] have one interesting [Am] [B] hypothesis,
[Cm] _ [E] _ [D] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ [Dm] Until this evidence we see, [E] you don't have a [A] theory. _ _
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] little [B] man.
[C] _ [E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[A] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Dm] In the year of _ 1930 [Am] on an expedition to [Dm] Greenland,
They heard a cop [Am] in a blizzard.
_ [Dm] When they finally found him [Am] it was much, oh much too late,
[E] And they buried him in an icy _ _ _ mausoleum.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Thirty years after he died, _ [D] a new idea came to light.
_ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] [B] It changed the way geologists saw the world,
[E] And brought continental drift back to life.
_ _ Now everybody [A] sing,
Ha ha, [D] Alfred Wegener, you [Em] are a brilliant [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, [E] you are a brilliant, [A] brilliant man.
_ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ Continental [D] drift, [E] Alfred [A] Wegener's theory.
Continental [D] drift, [A] Alfred Wegener's theory.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [E] _ [D] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
[Cm] _ [E] _ [D] _ [E] _ [Ab] In [A] the [Bm] year of [C] [E] 1910 there was a scientist [Ab] whose name was [Am] Alfred [Bm] Wegener.
[C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ [A] He [B] built a [C] set of [E] continents with just like [Ab] pieces of a [A] broken [Bm] puzzle.
[C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ [Dm] By 1915 he [A] called it continental drift, it [E] caused a rift.
_ With his [B] fellow scientist who [A] sang,
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [Bm] little man.
[C] _ [E] _ [D] _ [F] _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ [B] _
[C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [F] _ [Ab] [A] Say we [C] wondered if he [E] had no proof for how or [Ab] why the continents [B] could move.
[C] _ [E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [A] And until [Ab] you [C] show just [E] how or [Dm] why you [Em] merely [Ab] have one interesting [Am] [B] hypothesis,
[Cm] _ [E] _ [D] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ [Dm] Until this evidence we see, [E] you don't have a [A] theory. _ _
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, you [E] are a crazy [A] little [B] man.
[C] _ [E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[A] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Dm] In the year of _ 1930 [Am] on an expedition to [Dm] Greenland,
They heard a cop [Am] in a blizzard.
_ [Dm] When they finally found him [Am] it was much, oh much too late,
[E] And they buried him in an icy _ _ _ mausoleum.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Thirty years after he died, _ [D] a new idea came to light.
_ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] [B] It changed the way geologists saw the world,
[E] And brought continental drift back to life.
_ _ Now everybody [A] sing,
Ha ha, [D] Alfred Wegener, you [Em] are a brilliant [A] man.
Ha ha, Alfred [D] Wegener, [E] you are a brilliant, [A] brilliant man.
_ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ Continental [D] drift, [E] Alfred [A] Wegener's theory.
Continental [D] drift, [A] Alfred Wegener's theory.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
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