Old Man Atom Chords by Sons Of The Pioneers
Tempo:
104.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
F#
Em
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [B] on a guard of a bikini
[Em] I'm gonna preach you all a sermon about old man Adam, that's me.
[C#] I [E] don't mean the Adam [Em] in the Bible, Adam.
I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve elated.
[C] I mean the [F#] thing that science [E] liberated.
The thing that Einstein says he's scared of.
And when Einstein's scared, brother, you'd better [Am] be scared.
If [E] you're scared of the Adam, here's [F#] what you gotta do.
You gotta gather all the people in the world [E] with you, cause if you don't get together and do it,
[B] well, first thing you know, I'm gonna blow this world plum [Em] too.
[E]
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, on a [B] guard of [E] a bikini
Now, life used to be such a simple joy.
My cyclotron was just a super toy.
When [A] folks got [C] born, they'd work and marry, [E] and Adam was a word in the dictionary, and then it happened.
The science boys from every [B] clime, they all pitched in with overtime,
and before they knew [F#] it, the thing was done, and they'd hitched up [E] the power of the God-earned sun
[F#] and put a harness on old Saul, [B] splitting Adams while the diplomats were splitting hairs.
[E] Hiroshima, Nagasaki, on [B] a guard [E] of a bikini
But the Adams here, in spite of hysteria, flourishes in Utah as well as Siberia,
and whether you're a black, white, [Em] red, or brown, the question is this when you boil it [F#] down.
To be [Em] or not to be, that's the question.
[E] The [B] answer to it all [E] ain't military, Adam, like who gets there firstest with the mostest Adams.
No, the people [B] of the world must decide their [F#] fate.
They gotta get together or [Em] disintegrate.
A holiest truth to be self-evident that all men may be cremated equal.
[E] [Em]
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [B] on the guard of [E] a bikini
Yes, it's up to the people, cause the Adams don't care.
You can't fence me in, I'm just [E] like air.
I don't give a hoot about any politics or who got what [B] into whichever [F#] fix.
[E] All I want to do is sit around and have my nucleus bombarded by neutron.
Now the moral is this, just as plain as [B] day, that old man Adam is here to stay.
[F#] I'm gonna stick around and that's for true.
[E] But ah, my dearly beloved, [A] are you?
[B] So listen folks, here is my thesis.
Peace in the world, [E] or the world in pieces.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, on the [B] guard [E] of a bikini
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [B] on a guard of a bikini
[Em] I'm gonna preach you all a sermon about old man Adam, that's me.
[C#] I [E] don't mean the Adam [Em] in the Bible, Adam.
I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve elated.
[C] I mean the [F#] thing that science [E] liberated.
The thing that Einstein says he's scared of.
And when Einstein's scared, brother, you'd better [Am] be scared.
If [E] you're scared of the Adam, here's [F#] what you gotta do.
You gotta gather all the people in the world [E] with you, cause if you don't get together and do it,
[B] well, first thing you know, I'm gonna blow this world plum [Em] too.
[E]
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, on a [B] guard of [E] a bikini
Now, life used to be such a simple joy.
My cyclotron was just a super toy.
When [A] folks got [C] born, they'd work and marry, [E] and Adam was a word in the dictionary, and then it happened.
The science boys from every [B] clime, they all pitched in with overtime,
and before they knew [F#] it, the thing was done, and they'd hitched up [E] the power of the God-earned sun
[F#] and put a harness on old Saul, [B] splitting Adams while the diplomats were splitting hairs.
[E] Hiroshima, Nagasaki, on [B] a guard [E] of a bikini
But the Adams here, in spite of hysteria, flourishes in Utah as well as Siberia,
and whether you're a black, white, [Em] red, or brown, the question is this when you boil it [F#] down.
To be [Em] or not to be, that's the question.
[E] The [B] answer to it all [E] ain't military, Adam, like who gets there firstest with the mostest Adams.
No, the people [B] of the world must decide their [F#] fate.
They gotta get together or [Em] disintegrate.
A holiest truth to be self-evident that all men may be cremated equal.
[E] [Em]
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, [B] on the guard of [E] a bikini
Yes, it's up to the people, cause the Adams don't care.
You can't fence me in, I'm just [E] like air.
I don't give a hoot about any politics or who got what [B] into whichever [F#] fix.
[E] All I want to do is sit around and have my nucleus bombarded by neutron.
Now the moral is this, just as plain as [B] day, that old man Adam is here to stay.
[F#] I'm gonna stick around and that's for true.
[E] But ah, my dearly beloved, [A] are you?
[B] So listen folks, here is my thesis.
Peace in the world, [E] or the world in pieces.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, on the [B] guard [E] of a bikini
Key:
E
B
F#
Em
C
E
B
F#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ [B] on a guard of a bikini
[Em] I'm gonna preach you all a sermon about old man Adam, that's me.
[C#] I [E] don't mean the Adam [Em] in the Bible, Adam.
I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve elated.
[C] I mean the [F#] thing that science [E] liberated.
The thing that Einstein says he's scared of.
And when Einstein's scared, brother, you'd better [Am] be scared.
If [E] you're scared of the Adam, here's [F#] what you gotta do.
You gotta gather all the people in the world [E] with you, cause if you don't get together and do it,
[B] well, first thing you know, I'm gonna blow this world plum [Em] too.
_ [E] _
_ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ on a [B] guard of [E] a bikini
Now, life used to be such a simple joy.
My cyclotron was just a super toy.
When [A] folks got [C] born, they'd work and marry, [E] and Adam was a word in the dictionary, and then it happened.
_ The science boys from every [B] clime, they all pitched in with overtime,
and before they knew [F#] it, the thing was done, and they'd hitched up [E] the power of the God-earned sun
[F#] and put a harness on old Saul, [B] splitting Adams while the diplomats were splitting hairs.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, on [B] a guard [E] of a bikini
But the Adams here, in spite of hysteria, flourishes in Utah as well as Siberia,
and whether you're a black, white, [Em] red, or brown, the question is this when you boil it [F#] down.
To be [Em] or not to be, that's the question.
_ [E] The [B] answer to it all [E] ain't military, Adam, like who gets there firstest with the mostest Adams.
No, the people [B] of the world must decide their [F#] fate.
They gotta get together or [Em] disintegrate. _
A holiest truth to be self-evident that all men may be cremated equal.
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ [B] on the guard of [E] a bikini
Yes, it's up to the people, cause the Adams don't care.
You can't fence me in, I'm just [E] like air.
I don't give a hoot about any politics or who got what [B] into whichever [F#] fix.
[E] All I want to do is sit around and have my nucleus bombarded by neutron. _
Now the moral is this, just as plain as [B] day, that old man Adam is here to stay.
[F#] I'm gonna stick around and that's for true.
[E] But ah, my dearly beloved, [A] are you?
[B] So listen folks, here is my thesis.
Peace in the world, [E] or the world in pieces.
_ _ _ _ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ on the [B] guard [E] of a bikini _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ [B] on a guard of a bikini
[Em] I'm gonna preach you all a sermon about old man Adam, that's me.
[C#] I [E] don't mean the Adam [Em] in the Bible, Adam.
I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve elated.
[C] I mean the [F#] thing that science [E] liberated.
The thing that Einstein says he's scared of.
And when Einstein's scared, brother, you'd better [Am] be scared.
If [E] you're scared of the Adam, here's [F#] what you gotta do.
You gotta gather all the people in the world [E] with you, cause if you don't get together and do it,
[B] well, first thing you know, I'm gonna blow this world plum [Em] too.
_ [E] _
_ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ on a [B] guard of [E] a bikini
Now, life used to be such a simple joy.
My cyclotron was just a super toy.
When [A] folks got [C] born, they'd work and marry, [E] and Adam was a word in the dictionary, and then it happened.
_ The science boys from every [B] clime, they all pitched in with overtime,
and before they knew [F#] it, the thing was done, and they'd hitched up [E] the power of the God-earned sun
[F#] and put a harness on old Saul, [B] splitting Adams while the diplomats were splitting hairs.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, on [B] a guard [E] of a bikini
But the Adams here, in spite of hysteria, flourishes in Utah as well as Siberia,
and whether you're a black, white, [Em] red, or brown, the question is this when you boil it [F#] down.
To be [Em] or not to be, that's the question.
_ [E] The [B] answer to it all [E] ain't military, Adam, like who gets there firstest with the mostest Adams.
No, the people [B] of the world must decide their [F#] fate.
They gotta get together or [Em] disintegrate. _
A holiest truth to be self-evident that all men may be cremated equal.
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ [B] on the guard of [E] a bikini
Yes, it's up to the people, cause the Adams don't care.
You can't fence me in, I'm just [E] like air.
I don't give a hoot about any politics or who got what [B] into whichever [F#] fix.
[E] All I want to do is sit around and have my nucleus bombarded by neutron. _
Now the moral is this, just as plain as [B] day, that old man Adam is here to stay.
[F#] I'm gonna stick around and that's for true.
[E] But ah, my dearly beloved, [A] are you?
[B] So listen folks, here is my thesis.
Peace in the world, [E] or the world in pieces.
_ _ _ _ Hiroshima, Nagasaki, _ on the [B] guard [E] of a bikini _ _ _ _ _ _