Chords for The Origin Of Love / Hedwig Original Cast Recording

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When the earth was still flat, [Bm] and clouds made of fire,
[D] And mountains stretched up to the sky, sometimes _ _ higher,
_ [G] Folks roamed the earth like big rollin' cakes,
[D] They had two sets of arms, they had two sets of legs,
They had two faces peering [G] out of one giant head,
So [Em] they could watch all around [A] them as they talked,
While they read [G] and they never,
[A] Known [D] the feeling of love,
[Bm]
It [G] was before all,
[A] _ _
The origin [D] of love,
The origin [G] of love,
The [D] origin of love,
The [G] origin of love,
_ [Bm] And there was three sexes then,
One that looked like men [D] glued up back to back,
Called the [G] children of the sun,
[D] And [Bm] similar in shape and girth,
Was the children of the earth,
[D] They looked like two girls rolled up [G] in one,
_ _ [A] Then the children of the moon,
[B] Like a fork stuck on a spoon,
[C#m] They was parts and parts, parts [A] of a part time,
[E] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ The origin [D] of love,
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] Now the gods grew quite scared,
[Bm] Of our strength and defiance,
And Thor [D] said,
I'm gonna kill them all with my [G] hammer,
Like I killed the giants,
But Zeus said,
No, you better let me,
Use my lightning like scissors,
[D] Like I cut the legs off the whales,
_ Dinosaurs into lizards,
And then he grabbed up some bolts,
[G] He let out a laugh,
Said I'll [E] split them right down the middle,
Then [A] I got them right up in half,
[G] In the storm [A]
clouds,
[D] Gathered above,
[G] He could greet both,
Fire,
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ And [B] then fire,
_ Shot down,
From the sky [G] in both,
Bloodshot flames of a knife,
_ And he [B] ran,
Right through the flesh,
Of the children [G] of the sun,
And the moon and the earth,
And so many [B] gods,
Stored the wound up to a hole,
For the ram through a [G] belly,
To remind us,
The price we pay,
Land [B] of Tartus,
The gods of the Nile,
[G] Gathered above each floor,
Blowed [E] out all the pain,
To scatter [B] us away,
The thunder,
[G] Wind and rain,
The sea [E] of tidal wave,
[B] Marches on away,
If [G] we don't behave,
We'll try [E] to stand again,
Literally hopping [G] round on one [D] foot,
[B] And love you [G] through one eye, _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] Last time I saw you,
[Bm]
We just split in two,
[G] You was looking at me,
_ [A]
I was looking at you,
You,
[D] Hide away so familiar,
I couldn't recognize,
[G] Cause you had blood on your face,
[A]
Yeah,
Blood in my [D] eyes,
But I could swear by your expression,
That the pain,
Down in your [G] soul,
Is the same,
As the [A] one down in mine,
[D] Oh, that's the pain,
That [Bm] cuts a straight line,
Down through [G] the heart,
[A] We call it love,
[D] We're wrapped up,
Around each other,
So let us [Bm] draw ourselves,
Back together,
[G] You was making love,
_ [D]
Making love,
It was a cold heart,
Keeping us [Bm] such a long time ago,
[G] In your mouth and body,
[A] And the jaws,
[D] It was a sad story,
How we [Bm] became,
Lonely two left [G] creatures,
A story,
The [A] origin of love,
The [D] origin of love,
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_ The [D] origin of love,
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_ The [D] origin of love,
_ [G] The origin of love,
_ The [D] origin of _ love,
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