Chords for Rodney Crowell "The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design"

_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
If [E] I could have [A] just [D] one wish, [Am] _ maybe [E] for an hour, _ [D] _
[Am] _ [B] I'd want to be a [D] woman _ and [C] _ [D] [E] feel [D] that phantom power. _ _
[Am] [B] Maybe I'd want to stick around for a while, _
[Am] [D] till [Em] my heart got [A] broke.
_ [D] _ _
[Am] Maybe then I could find out [E] if I'm a half-decent man, [Am] [D] or [Em] if I'm just [D] a [A] joe. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] [Em] If I could be the [E] first woman president, _ _
[C] [Em] I'd take on [D] evolution.
_ [Am] _
[Dm] I'd [E] walk the streets [D] of Baghdad at dawn, _
[Cm] [D] to find [Em] a real [D] solution. _ _
[C] _ [Dm] [E] I'd bare my soul for the people to [D] read.
[C] [D] I'd [E] make my secrets [D] known. _ _
[Am] [Dm] I'd [Em] probably be [D] assassinated first day in office, [Am] or [Em] die somewhere [D] alone. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[D] It's no excuse to be [A] obtuse. _ _
[D] It's no excuse to [A] be deaf, dumb, [D] and blind.
When evolution is [A] a thing of no use, [D] _
it likes to call itself [A] intelligent design.
[C] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] [D] So [Em] here's the world in [A] the palm of my [D] hand. _
[Am] How come I'm feeling [E] so tender?
_ _ [Am]
It's a [Em] man's world.
I've [D] heard it since birth.
[Am] I'm [E] out of touch with [D] my gender.
I [Am] want to feed the [D] hungry.
I want to heal the sick.
I [Am] want to stifle [Em] the causes of [D] suffering and hate.
I want to know [Em] my enemy by the look [D] in his eye.
I [Am] want to stop [E] all this [A] madness [D] before it's too late.
[Am] I [Em] don't care [D] if you think I've gone crazy.
_ [Em] Messianic delusion is [D] a back-breaking grind.
I've got a dog [Em] and a [D] goldfish and a friend in the Navy.
[Am] _ Don't [Em] know [A] nothing about intelligent design. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [D] It's no excuse to be [A] brutal. _
_ [D] It's no excuse to be [A] vile. _
[Bm] _ [D] It's no excuse to want [A] to die for [Bm] religion [D] or harm an innocent [A] child. _
[Bm] _ [D] It's no excuse to be [A] a slick politician when a [D] whole of New Orleans is [A] drowning in brine.
[D] I'm not mistaken, it was [A] Darwin's position that the whole Indian [D] Navy was caused [Am] by intelligent design.
_ [G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _