Chords for OLD MAN ATOM by Ozie Waters c.1950 (Protest Song)
Tempo:
121.8 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
D
A
Am
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Dm]
[E] [A]
[Dm] I'm
[Dm] gonna [D] preach you all a sermon about old man Adam.
I don't mean the Adam in the Bible, Adam.
I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve made it.
I mean the thing that [Dm] science liberated.
[Am] The thing that [D] Einstein says he's scared of.
And when Einstein's scared, brother, I'm scared.
If you're scared of the A-bomb, here's what you gotta do.
You gotta gather all the people in the world with you, because if we don't get together
and do it, well, the first thing you know, we're gonna blow the world plum [Dm] to Hiroshima,
[A] Nagasaki, Alamogordo,
[Dm] Bikini.
[A] [D] Now, life used to be such a simple joy, the cyclotron was just a super toy, and folks
got born at work and marry, and Adam was a word in the dictionary.
[Gm] [Dm] And then it happened.
[Am] The [D] science boys from every clime, [D] they all pitched in with overtime, and before they
knew it, the job was done and they had pitched up the power of the goddarn sun.
Put a harness on old Sal, splitting Adam, [Dm] while [Am] the diplomats [Dm] were splitting her.
[A]
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini.
[C] [Dm]
[D] But the Adam's international in spite of history.
It flourishes in Utah as well as Siberia, and whether you're black, white, red, or brown,
the question is this when you boil it down.
To be or not to be, that is the question.
[Dm] The answer [D] to it all ain't military, Adam, like who gets their firsts with the Moses
Adams, or the people of the world, but beside their fate, they gotta get together or disintegrate.
[Dm] We hold this truth to be self-evident, that all men may be cremated equal.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Lord, I've got to [A]
blow.
Alamogordo, Bikini, [A] it could happen to [Dm] you.
[D] Except to the people, because the Adam don't care, you can't fancy him, he's just like
air, he doesn't give a hoot about any politics, or who gets what and do whichever [Dm] fix.
All he wants to do is sit around and have his nucleus bombarded by neutron.
[D] Now the moral is this, just as plain as day, that old man Adam is here to stay, he's gonna
stick around, that's plain to see, [Am] but ah, my [Gm] dearly beloved, [Dm] are we?
[D] So listen folks, here is my thesis, peace in the world, or the world [C] in [Dm] pieces.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki,
[A] Alamogordo.
[Dm] [Em] [F]
[E] [A]
[Dm] I'm
[Dm] gonna [D] preach you all a sermon about old man Adam.
I don't mean the Adam in the Bible, Adam.
I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve made it.
I mean the thing that [Dm] science liberated.
[Am] The thing that [D] Einstein says he's scared of.
And when Einstein's scared, brother, I'm scared.
If you're scared of the A-bomb, here's what you gotta do.
You gotta gather all the people in the world with you, because if we don't get together
and do it, well, the first thing you know, we're gonna blow the world plum [Dm] to Hiroshima,
[A] Nagasaki, Alamogordo,
[Dm] Bikini.
[A] [D] Now, life used to be such a simple joy, the cyclotron was just a super toy, and folks
got born at work and marry, and Adam was a word in the dictionary.
[Gm] [Dm] And then it happened.
[Am] The [D] science boys from every clime, [D] they all pitched in with overtime, and before they
knew it, the job was done and they had pitched up the power of the goddarn sun.
Put a harness on old Sal, splitting Adam, [Dm] while [Am] the diplomats [Dm] were splitting her.
[A]
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini.
[C] [Dm]
[D] But the Adam's international in spite of history.
It flourishes in Utah as well as Siberia, and whether you're black, white, red, or brown,
the question is this when you boil it down.
To be or not to be, that is the question.
[Dm] The answer [D] to it all ain't military, Adam, like who gets their firsts with the Moses
Adams, or the people of the world, but beside their fate, they gotta get together or disintegrate.
[Dm] We hold this truth to be self-evident, that all men may be cremated equal.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Lord, I've got to [A]
blow.
Alamogordo, Bikini, [A] it could happen to [Dm] you.
[D] Except to the people, because the Adam don't care, you can't fancy him, he's just like
air, he doesn't give a hoot about any politics, or who gets what and do whichever [Dm] fix.
All he wants to do is sit around and have his nucleus bombarded by neutron.
[D] Now the moral is this, just as plain as day, that old man Adam is here to stay, he's gonna
stick around, that's plain to see, [Am] but ah, my [Gm] dearly beloved, [Dm] are we?
[D] So listen folks, here is my thesis, peace in the world, or the world [C] in [Dm] pieces.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki,
[A] Alamogordo.
[Dm] [Em] [F]
Key:
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D
A
Am
Gm
Dm
D
A
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ I'm _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ gonna [D] preach you all a sermon about old man Adam.
I don't mean the Adam in the Bible, Adam.
I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve made it.
I mean the thing that [Dm] science liberated.
_ [Am] The thing that [D] Einstein says he's scared of.
And when Einstein's scared, brother, I'm scared. _ _ _
If you're scared of the A-bomb, here's what you gotta do.
You gotta gather all the people in the world with you, because if we don't get together
and do it, well, the first thing you know, we're gonna blow the world plum [Dm] to _ _ _ Hiroshima,
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Nagasaki, Alamogordo, _
_ [Dm] _ Bikini. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] Now, life used to be such a simple joy, the cyclotron was just a super toy, and folks
got born at work and marry, and Adam was a word in the dictionary.
_ [Gm] [Dm] And then it happened.
_ _ _ [Am] The [D] science boys from every clime, [D] they all pitched in with overtime, and before they
knew it, the job was done and they had pitched up the power of the goddarn sun.
Put a harness on old Sal, splitting Adam, [Dm] while [Am] the diplomats [Dm] were splitting her.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ _ Alamogordo, _ _ Bikini.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [D] But the Adam's international in spite of history.
It flourishes in Utah as well as Siberia, and whether you're black, white, red, or brown,
the question is this when you boil it down.
To be or not to be, that is the question.
_ _ [Dm] The answer [D] to it all ain't military, Adam, like who gets their firsts with the Moses
Adams, or the people of the world, but beside their fate, they gotta get together or disintegrate.
[Dm] _ _ We hold this truth to be self-evident, that all men may be cremated equal. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ _ Lord, I've got to [A]
blow.
_ _ _ _ Alamogordo, Bikini, _ [A] it could _ happen to [Dm] you.
_ [D] _ _ _ Except to the people, because the Adam don't care, you can't fancy him, he's just like
air, he doesn't give a hoot about any politics, or who gets what and do whichever [Dm] fix.
All he wants to do is sit around and have his nucleus bombarded by neutron.
_ _ _ [D] _ Now the moral is this, just as plain as day, that old man Adam is here to stay, he's gonna
stick around, that's plain to see, [Am] but ah, my [Gm] dearly beloved, [Dm] are we? _
_ [D] So listen folks, here is my thesis, peace in the world, or the world [C] in [Dm] pieces. _
_ _ _ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _
_ [A] Alamogordo.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ I'm _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ gonna [D] preach you all a sermon about old man Adam.
I don't mean the Adam in the Bible, Adam.
I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve made it.
I mean the thing that [Dm] science liberated.
_ [Am] The thing that [D] Einstein says he's scared of.
And when Einstein's scared, brother, I'm scared. _ _ _
If you're scared of the A-bomb, here's what you gotta do.
You gotta gather all the people in the world with you, because if we don't get together
and do it, well, the first thing you know, we're gonna blow the world plum [Dm] to _ _ _ Hiroshima,
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Nagasaki, Alamogordo, _
_ [Dm] _ Bikini. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] Now, life used to be such a simple joy, the cyclotron was just a super toy, and folks
got born at work and marry, and Adam was a word in the dictionary.
_ [Gm] [Dm] And then it happened.
_ _ _ [Am] The [D] science boys from every clime, [D] they all pitched in with overtime, and before they
knew it, the job was done and they had pitched up the power of the goddarn sun.
Put a harness on old Sal, splitting Adam, [Dm] while [Am] the diplomats [Dm] were splitting her.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ _ Alamogordo, _ _ Bikini.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [D] But the Adam's international in spite of history.
It flourishes in Utah as well as Siberia, and whether you're black, white, red, or brown,
the question is this when you boil it down.
To be or not to be, that is the question.
_ _ [Dm] The answer [D] to it all ain't military, Adam, like who gets their firsts with the Moses
Adams, or the people of the world, but beside their fate, they gotta get together or disintegrate.
[Dm] _ _ We hold this truth to be self-evident, that all men may be cremated equal. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ _ Lord, I've got to [A]
blow.
_ _ _ _ Alamogordo, Bikini, _ [A] it could _ happen to [Dm] you.
_ [D] _ _ _ Except to the people, because the Adam don't care, you can't fancy him, he's just like
air, he doesn't give a hoot about any politics, or who gets what and do whichever [Dm] fix.
All he wants to do is sit around and have his nucleus bombarded by neutron.
_ _ _ [D] _ Now the moral is this, just as plain as day, that old man Adam is here to stay, he's gonna
stick around, that's plain to see, [Am] but ah, my [Gm] dearly beloved, [Dm] are we? _
_ [D] So listen folks, here is my thesis, peace in the world, or the world [C] in [Dm] pieces. _
_ _ _ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _
_ [A] Alamogordo.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _