Tuning: Standard
Chords: Em:022000
D:xx0232
C:332010
G:320003
ADAM'S ATOMS
Intro:
Em D
Some live, some die
C G D C
Everybody wonders why we're here should even try
G D C G
Philosophers lost in the night
Verse 1:
D C
A beacon in the distance, you gotta turn around
G D
Its vestige dimly flickers in elocution sound
D G
The modernist chronometer uptight and underwound
C D
Pretensions of a higher ground
Chorus:
C Em
Higher ground
G D Em
Introspective paradise found
C Em G D Em
Adam's atoms resound
Verse 2:
D C
Economy of nature, the dead and shallow graves
G D
The particles of happiness elude us in their names
D G
A psycho-symbiotical reflection on the waves
C D
Eternal as the night and day
Chorus2:
C Em
Night and day
G D Em
Omnipresence is losing faith
C Em G D Em
Adam's atoms remain
Break:
Em D C G D C G D
G
Verse 3:
D C
The righteous opposition has led us all astray
G D
One side against the other, one loses, one reclaimed
D G
And if reconciliation eludes us every day
C D
Then will we ever find a way?
Last Chorus:
C Em
Find a way
G D Em
Not without religion as gaze
C Em G D Em
Adam's atoms remain
C Em G D Em
Adam's atoms betray
C Em G D Em
Adam's atoms remain
End on Em
