The Cognitive Trade-Off Hypothesis Chords by Viagra Boys

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[N] Did you know that years ago, we had sticks and stones to [F#] make our [D] food [E] and build our homes?
[D] We [F#m] collected berries and we lived in [D] homes.
And most of [G] us lived [E] in the trees.
We [F#] counted things [E] and we learned from them.
We had [N] incredible friends [D#] who [F#m] lived a life [G#] of [B] simplicity.
They [Dm] built homes, parks, [B] and [F#m] built their own galleries.
We climbed out [E] from the trees and learned [D] to see. _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] We lost all of [E] the hairs from our [D] bodies. _ _ _ _ _
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[G] [F#m] Our ancestors [E] were very [D]
weak.
They had their chips [F#m] out of the trees and they were [E] forced to learn how to speak in
[F#] exchange for other [G#m] important things.
[F#m] We were [F#] _ [F#m] _ [E] _ exposed [D] to lions and tigers and [G#] predators.
So [A#] we learned to speak, [G] to share our [E]
strategies [F#m] on [F] how to [B] survive as naked monkeys.
[F#m] We climbed out from [E] the trees and learned [D] to speak.
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[F#m] We lost all of our [E] short-term _ [D] memories.
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[G] _ [F#m] What's all of [E] this got to do [D] with me? _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] [F#m] Is there some sort of [E] connection to my [D] beginnings? _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F#m] We climbed out from the [C#m] trees and learned [D] to speak.
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_ [F#m] lost all of our [E] short-term _ [Bm] memories.
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[G] [F#m] But what's all of [E] this got to do [D] with me?
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[G] _ [F#m] Is there some sort of [E] connection to my [D] beginnings? _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [F#m] We climbed out from [E] the trees and learned [D] to speak. _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] We lost all of [E] our cognitive _ [D] abilities. _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] We climbed out from [E] the trees and learned [D] to speak.
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_ [D] We lost all of [E] the hairs from our [D] bodies. _ _ _ _ _ _